THE FORTY-THIRD DAY
Carson City (Monday), March 19, 2001
Assembly called to order at 10:50 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Assemblyman Bache, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Pastor Monte Fast.
May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you’re going, and the insight to know when you’ve gone too far.
Amen.
Pledge of allegiance to the Flag.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the Speaker and Chief Clerk be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 148, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Bernie Anderson, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Concurrent Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 109, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Bernie Anderson, Chairman
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By Assemblyman Hettrick:
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 8—Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Nevada to authorize the Nevada legislature to provide for the separate taxation of property whose development is restricted by an interstate compact for environmental purposes.
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, Jointly, That section 1 of article 10 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. 1. The legislature shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real, personal and possessory, except mines and mining claims, which shall be assessed and taxed only as provided in section 5 of this article.
2. Shares of stock, bonds, mortgages, notes, bank deposits, book accounts and credits, and securities and choses in action of like character are deemed to represent interest in property already assessed and taxed, either in Nevada or elsewhere, and shall be exempt.
3. The legislature may constitute [agricultural] :
(a) Agricultural and open-space real property having a greater value for another use than that for which it is being used[, as a separate class] ; and
(b) Property the development of which is restricted pursuant to an interstate compact for the preservation and restoration of the natural environment of the region in which the property is located,
as separate classes for taxation purposes and may provide [a] separate uniform [plan] plans for appraisal and valuation of such property for assessment purposes. If such a plan is provided, the legislature shall also provide for retroactive assessment for a period of not less than 7 years when the agricultural and open-space real property is converted to a higher use conforming to the use for which other nearby property is used[.] , or the property the development of which is restricted is subsequently developed.
4. Personal property which is moving in interstate commerce through or over the territory of the State of Nevada, or which was consigned to a warehouse, public or private, within the State of Nevada from outside the State of Nevada for storage in transit to a final destination outside the State of Nevada, whether specified when transportation begins or afterward, shall be deemed to have acquired no situs in Nevada for purposes of taxation and shall be exempt from taxation. Such property shall not be deprived of such exemption because while in the warehouse the property is assembled, bound, joined, processed, disassembled, divided, cut, broken in bulk, relabeled or repackaged.
5. The legislature may exempt motor vehicles from the provisions of the tax required by this section, and in lieu thereof, if such exemption is granted, shall provide for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation of motor vehicles, which rate shall not exceed five cents on one dollar of assessed valuation.
6. The legislature shall provide by law for a progressive reduction in the tax upon business inventories by 20 percent in each year following the adoption of this provision, and after the expiration of the 4th year such inventories are exempt from taxation. The legislature may exempt any other personal property, including livestock.
7. No inheritance tax shall ever be levied.
8. The legislature may exempt by law property used for municipal, educational, literary, scientific or other charitable purposes, or to encourage the conservation of energy or the substitution of other sources for fossil sources of energy.
9. No income tax shall be levied upon the wages or personal income of natural persons. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of this section, taxes may be levied upon the income or revenue of any business in whatever form it may be conducted for profit in the state.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Williams, de Braga, Bache, Leslie, Anderson, Arberry, Berman, Brown, Buckley, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Goldwater, Koivisto, Lee, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith and Tiffany; Senators Rawson, Coffin, Wiener, Titus and Mathews:
Assembly Bill No. 416—AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the establishment of the basic support guarantee for special education program units; prescribing a maximum percentage of pupils with disabilities in a regular education classroom; revising provisions governing class-size reduction; making appropriations for certain early childhood programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Education and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Leslie:
Assembly Bill No. 417—AN ACT relating to evidence; expanding the circumstances under which expert testimony concerning the effects of domestic violence is admissible in a criminal proceeding; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Leslie moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen de Braga, Bache, Dini, Buckley, Giunchigliani, Chowning and Perkins:
Assembly Bill No. 418—AN ACT relating to energy; expanding the list of primary sources of fuel that may be used by a net metering system; revising the portfolio standard that the public utilities commission of Nevada must establish for renewable energy resources; requiring the commission on economic development to disseminate to smaller counties certain information regarding plants and other facilities that a utility proposes to construct or locate within this state; requiring certain governmental entities to include in the construction or renovation of certain public buildings certain measures pertaining to the conservation of energy and the use of alternative sources of energy; expanding the tax exemption for facilities that generate electricity from solar energy to include facilities that generate electricity from other alternative sources of energy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman de Braga moved that the bill be referred to the Select Committee on Energy.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gustavson, Berman, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, Gibbons, Humke and Price; Senator Washington:
Assembly Bill No. 419—AN ACT relating to peace officers; conferring the powers of a peace officer upon certain members, agents or local or district officers of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Mr. Speaker announced if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Assembly in recess at 10:56 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 10:58 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
Assemblyman Gustavson withdrew the motion that Assembly Bill No. 419 be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gustavson, Angle, Beers and Gibbons:
Assembly Bill No. 420—AN ACT relating to taxation; providing in skeleton form for the repeal of the basic privilege tax for vehicles in prospective increments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Parnell, Leslie, Gibbons, Lee and Smith:
Assembly Bill No. 421—AN ACT relating to the lending of money; imposing a limit upon the rate of interest chargeable upon loans regulated pursuant to chapter 675 of NRS; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Parnell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Buckley, Freeman, Parks, Manendo, Neighbors, Anderson, Arberry, Bache, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Lee, Leslie, McClain, Mortenson, Parnell, Price and Smith:
Assembly Bill No. 422—AN ACT relating to health care; requiring an external review organization to be certified by the commissioner of insurance before conducting an external review of a final adverse determination of a managed care organization or health maintenance organization; authorizing an insured under certain health care plans to submit to a managed care organization or health maintenance organization a request for such a review under certain circumstances; requiring an external review organization to approve, modify or reverse a final adverse determination within a certain period; providing that an external review organization is not liable in a civil action for damages relating to a determination issued by the external review organization under certain circumstances; requiring the director of the office for consumer health assistance to contract with certain external review organizations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Hettrick (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 423—AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; providing for the availability of benefits to certain employees for exposure to certain contagious diseases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen McClain, Manendo, Parks, Ohrenschall, Dini and Leslie; Senators Titus and Care:
Assembly Bill No. 424—AN ACT relating to public highways; directing the Department of Transportation to construct or cause to be constructed walls to function as sound barriers alongside a certain portion of U.S. Interstate No. 515 in Clark County; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman McClain moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Transportation and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Angle:
Assembly Bill No. 425—AN ACT relating to insurance; authorizing a chamber of commerce to engage in the business of insurance under certain circumstances; revising the provisions governing certain policies of health insurance that provide coverage for a child or a parent or spouse of a parent of a policyholder; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Angle moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Angle:
Assembly Bill No. 426—AN ACT relating to juvenile offenders; requiring the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Human Resources to establish a pilot program to study the literacy of juvenile offenders; making an appropriation to carry out the pilot program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Angle moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Education and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Hettrick:
Assembly Bill No. 427—AN ACT relating to state purchasing; revising the requirements for a request for proposals for a contract for state purchasing; revising the manner in which such a contract is awarded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Hettrick:
Assembly Bill No. 428—AN ACT relating to the state public works board; requiring the board to notify the governor if a member of the board fails to attend three successive meetings of the board; authorizing the governor to replace such a member for the unexpired term of the member; establishing qualifications for appointed members of the board; requiring the board to obtain the approval of the legislature or interim finance committee for certain changes to a project; requiring the inclusion of certain provisions concerning change orders in a contract with a design professional; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Hettrick:
Assembly Bill No. 429—AN ACT relating to the protection of children; requiring each person who submits a report or information to a court for consideration in certain proceedings concerning protective services for a child to provide a copy of the report or information to the parent or guardian of the child or the attorney of the parent or guardian within a certain time before the proceeding; providing that such a proceeding may be continued under certain circumstances; providing that the parent or guardian or the attorney of the parent or guardian is entitled to receive a copy of the recording or transcript of such a proceeding under certain circumstances; reducing the period within which the placement of a child with a person other than his parent must be reviewed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Cegavske and Hettrick:
Assembly Bill No. 430—AN ACT relating to general improvement districts; authorizing a general improvement district to charge the owner of a suspected dwelling unit for services that are provided by the district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Cegavske moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Oceguera:
Assembly Bill No. 431—AN ACT relating to the public employees’ retirement system; requiring the public employees’ retirement board to establish a deferred retirement option plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Oceguera moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Neighbors:
Assembly Bill No. 432—AN ACT making an appropriation to the Town of Pahrump for the support of the Pahrump‑Nye County Fairgrounds and Recreation Complex; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Neighbors moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Neighbors:
Assembly Bill No. 433—AN ACT relating to taxation; providing guidelines for determining the amount of time a person leases or uses certain property for the purpose of determining the amount of tax to be levied on such lease or use; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Neighbors moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Mortenson:
Assembly Bill No. 434—AN ACT relating to taxation; exempting from property taxes certain property used as a facility for researching and developing the technology required to generate electrical energy from renewable resources or as a facility for the generation or production of electrical energy from one or more renewable resources, or both; exempting from certain sales and use taxes the sale or use of property for use in equipping, constructing, operating or maintaining a facility for research and development of the technology required to generate electrical energy from renewable resources or for the generation or production of electrical energy from one or more renewable resources, or both; requiring the director of the office of science, engineering and technology to certify such exemptions; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Mortenson moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Taxation and Education.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Ohrenschall:
Assembly Bill No. 435—AN ACT relating to civil liability; revising the provisions pertaining to strategic lawsuits against public participation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Manendo, Goldwater, Leslie, Gibbons, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Brower, Brown, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Freeman, Gustavson, Hettrick, McClain, Mortenson, Price and Williams:
Assembly Bill No. 436—AN ACT relating to evidence; expanding the circumstances under which evidence concerning the prior acts of a criminal defendant is admissible in a criminal proceeding involving domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Anderson, Carpenter, Claborn, Koivisto, Manendo, McClain and Oceguera:
Assembly Bill No. 437—AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring certification by a psychologist or psychiatrist before certain offenders may be released to serve suspended sentences, probation or residential confinement; making offenders convicted of certain sex offenses that are misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors subject to the provisions governing community notification of sex offenders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Perkins (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 438—AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; authorizing the creation of planned communities governed by landscape maintenance associations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Brower:
Assembly Bill No. 439—AN ACT relating to solicitation by telephone; requiring the establishment of a registry of consumers who do not wish to receive unsolicited telephone calls for the sale of goods or services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Brower moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 440—AN ACT relating to the Moapa Valley Water District; revising the provisions governing the qualifications and election of members of the governing board of the district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Von Tobel moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Perkins:
Assembly Bill No. 441—AN ACT relating to libraries; establishing a procedure for the alteration of the boundaries of certain library districts; ratifying certain previously made alterations of the boundaries of certain library districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Manendo, Claborn, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Berman, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Collins, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Oceguera, Parks and Price:
Assembly Bill No. 442—AN ACT relating to sanitation; increasing the maximum penalty for disposing of sewage, garbage or certain other substances unlawfully; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Freeman:
Assembly Bill No. 443—AN ACT relating to elections; providing for certain designated areas for gathering signatures on petitions; prohibiting state and local government, for certain periods, from expending money to support or oppose candidates or ballot questions; revising requirements governing petition circulators; requiring the secretary of state to prepare a nonbonding code of ethics for petition circulators; revising provisions regarding verification of signatures on certain petitions; revising requirements governing the committees that prepare arguments regarding county and municipal ballot questions; extending the period for gathering signatures on certain petitions; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Freeman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Freeman:
Assembly Bill No. 444—AN ACT relating to the preservation of neighborhoods; providing for the revocation of the license or certification of certain facilities for the care and treatment of persons in certain circumstances; requiring certain rental agreements to contain a summary of certain criminal provisions regarding nuisances; requiring that the responsible person whose telephone number a landlord is required to provide to a tenant for emergencies must reside in the same county in which the premises are located; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Freeman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Gustavson:
Assembly Bill No. 445—AN ACT relating to local governments; establishing certain requirements regarding the issuance and validity of work permits for the gaming business and all other businesses; limiting the authority of a local government to require a report concerning the criminal history of an applicant for a work permit under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Perkins, Goldwater and Dini:
Assembly Bill No. 446—AN ACT relating to unarmed combat; authorizing the Nevada athletic commission to require the registration of certain television networks and sanctioning organizations; requiring certain information that must be provided to the commission to be kept confidential; revising the provisions relating to the suspension of a license or permit issued by the commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Buckley:
Assembly Bill No. 447—AN ACT relating to lending practices; prohibiting certain acts by lenders of home loans as unfair lending practices; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; revising related provisions governing credit insurance; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen de Braga and Carpenter:
Assembly Bill No. 448—AN ACT relating to railroad trains; requiring the Nevada gaming commission to adopt regulations governing the licensing and operation of railroad gaming; making an appropriation to White Pine County for the repair of certain trains and the purchase and renovation of certain track; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman de Braga moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Carpenter, de Braga and Marvel; Senators Rhoads and McGinness:
Assembly Bill No. 449—AN ACT relating to gaming; reserving a portion of certain gaming license fees collected from persons licensed to conduct off-track pari-mutuel wagering to augment purses for horse racing in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Carpenter moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Tiffany, Cegavske, Beers, Chowning, Hettrick, Leslie, Marvel and Parks; Senators Rawson, Coffin, Jacobsen, Mathews and O'Donnell:
Assembly Bill No. 450—AN ACT relating to education; making an appropriation for allocation to school districts for the purchase of textbooks and workbooks; making an appropriation for allocation to school districts for the purchase of textbooks and for professional development and educational technology; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Tiffany moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Perkins, Dini, Giunchigliani, Chowning, Cegavske, Beers, Carpenter, Claborn, de Braga, Goldwater, Hettrick, Koivisto, Leslie, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan and Ohrenschall:
Assembly Bill No. 451—AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing counties and cities to donate real property to certain nonprofit organizations in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Giunchigliani:
Assembly Bill No. 452—AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain providers of individual or group health insurance to contract with federally qualified health centers as providers of certain health care services under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Giunchigliani:
Assembly Bill No. 453—AN ACT relating to controlled substances; authorizing the medical use of marijuana in certain circumstances; revising the penalties for possessing marijuana; making appropriations for the continuation of certain court programs of treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblyman Mortenson moved that the action whereby Assembly Bill No. 434 was referred to the Concurrent Committees on Taxation and Education be rescinded.
Motion carried.
Assemblyman Mortenson moved that Assembly Bill No. 434 be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Taxation and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Arberry, Giunchigliani, Collins, Anderson, Berman, Buckley, Dini, Goldwater, Manendo, Mortenson, Neighbors, Price and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 454—AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; establishing the duty of board of regents of the University of Nevada to appoint certain administrative personnel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Arberry moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Goldwater, Cegavske and Arberry; Senators McGinness, Coffin and Schneider:
Assembly Bill No. 455—AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the Nevada tax commission to enter into, under certain circumstances, the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, to act jointly with other states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration, take other actions reasonably required to implement the agreement and represent this state before the other states that are signatories to the agreement; allocating certain liabilities among certain participants in certain sales or services that involve more than one state; specifying that no provision of the agreement invalidates or amends any provision of Nevada law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Goldwater moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gustavson, Price, Angle, Beers, Berman, Carpenter, Cegavske, Gibbons, Hettrick, Humke, Mortenson and Neighbors:
Assembly Bill No. 456—AN ACT relating to gaming tokens; creating an advisory committee on gaming tokens; authorizing the minting of gaming tokens of the State of Nevada; providing for the use of the gaming tokens in gaming establishments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Gustavson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Beers and Goldwater:
Assembly Bill No. 457—AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the provisions governing the distribution of the basic vehicle privilege tax revenue to increase the amount allocated for educational purposes; specifying the educational purposes for which the additional allocation may be used; allowing an increase in the amount of revenue from taxes ad valorem that certain larger counties may receive to offset the reduction in revenue resulting from the reallocation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Beers moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Parks (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 458—AN ACT relating to impact fees; including a fire station project, park project and police station project as capital improvements which a local government may finance by imposing impact fees on new developments; prohibiting a local government from imposing an impact fee for a park project in certain circumstances; revising the definition of “street projects” to include traffic signals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Parks moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Parks, Leslie, Williams, Bache, Anderson, Arberry, Buckley, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Koivisto, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Ohrenschall, Parnell, Perkins, Price and Smith; Senators Titus, Wiener, Rawson, Care and Coffin:
Assembly Bill No. 459—AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and discrimination in public schools; requiring the department of education to prescribe a policy for public schools to provide a safe and respectful learning environment; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to adopt local policies and to provide appropriate training for personnel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Parks moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Education.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Parks:
Assembly Bill No. 460—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions governing the payment of fees by short-term lessors of passenger cars to require monthly or quarterly payments to the department of taxation; revising the manner in which those fees are required to be distributed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Parks moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Parks:
Assembly Bill No. 461—AN ACT relating to public works; eliminating the requirement that the state public works board or a governing body of a local government have a public hearing before adopting criteria for the qualification of bidders on a contract for a public work; requiring the board or governing body to disqualify persons from bidding on public works contracts in certain circumstances based on their past performance on contracts for public works; requiring the appointment of a committee to evaluate bids for certain public works projects; establishing criteria for evaluating certain bids for a public work to determine whether a bid is a best bid; repealing the provision providing an exemption from qualifying to bid for public works; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Parks moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the action whereby Assembly Bill No. 429 was referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services be rescinded.
Motion carried.
Assemblyman Hettrick moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the action whereby Assembly Bill No. 442 was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining be rescinded.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Ohrenschall moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the action whereby Assembly Bill No. 450 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means be rescinded.
Motion carried.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Education and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT
Assembly Bill No. 152.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 2 as sec. 4 and adding new sections designated sections 2 and 3, following section 1, to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. NRS 598A.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
598A.060 1. Every activity enumerated [below] in this [section] subsection constitutes a contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade, and it is unlawful to conduct any part of any such activity in this state:
[1.] (a) Price fixing, which consists of raising, depressing, fixing, pegging or stabilizing the price of any commodity or service, and which includes, but is not limited to:
[(a)] (1) Agreements among competitors to depress prices at which they will buy essential raw material for the end product.
[(b)] (2) Agreements to establish prices for commodities or services.
[(c)] (3) Agreements to establish uniform discounts, or to eliminate discounts.
[(d)] (4) Agreements between manufacturers to price a premium commodity a specified amount above inferior commodities.
[(e)] (5) Agreements not to sell below cost.
[(f)] (6) Agreements to establish uniform trade-in allowances.
[(g)] (7) Establishment of uniform cost surveys.
[(h)] (8) Establishment of minimum markup percentages.
[(i)] (9) Establishment of single or multiple basing point systems for determining the delivered price of commodities.
[(j)] (10) Agreements not to advertise prices.
[(k)] (11) Agreements among competitors to fix uniform list prices as a place to start bargaining.
[(l)] (12) Bid rigging, including the misuse of bid depositories, foreclosures of competitive activity for a period of time, rotation of jobs among competitors, submission of identical bids, and submission of complementary bids not intended to secure acceptance by the customer.
[(m)] (13) Agreements to discontinue a product, or agreements with anyone engaged in the manufacture of competitive lines to limit size, styles or quantities of items comprising the lines.
[(n)] (14) Agreements to restrict volume of production.
[2.] (b) Division of markets, consisting of agreements between competitors to divide territories and to refrain from soliciting or selling in certain areas.
[3.] (c) Allocation of customers, consisting of agreements not to sell to specified customers of a competitor.
[4.] (d) Tying arrangements, consisting of contracts in which the seller or lessor conditions the sale or lease of commodities or services on the purchase or leasing of another commodity or service.
(e) Monopolization of trade or commerce in this state, including, without limitation, attempting to monopolize or otherwise combining or conspiring to monopolize trade or commerce in this state.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, consolidation, conversion, merger, acquisition of shares of stock or other equity interest, directly or indirectly, of another person engaged in commerce in this state or the acquisition of any assets of another person engaged in commerce in this state that may:
(1) Result in the monopolization of trade or commerce in this state or would further any attempt to monopolize trade or commerce in this state; or
(2) Substantially lessen competition or be in restraint of trade.
2. The provisions of paragraph (f) of subsection 1 do not:
(a)
Apply to a person who, solely for an investment purpose, purchases stock or
other equity interest or assets of another person if the purchaser does not use
his acquisition to bring about or attempt to bring about the substantial
lessening of competition in this state.
(b) Prevent a person who is engaged in commerce in this state from forming a subsidiary corporation or other business organization and owning and holding all or part of the stock or equity interest of that corporation or organization.
Sec. 3. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses committed before July 1, 2001.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to trade practices; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in certain actions relating to deceptive trade practices; providing that certain monopolies and other trade practices are unlawful if they monopolize trade or commerce in this state; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing trade practices. (BDR 52‑485)”.
Assemblyman Dini moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Dini.
Amendment adopted.
Assemblyman Dini moved that upon return from the printer Assembly Bill No. 152 be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Assembly Bill No. 176.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Bill No. 177.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Bill No. 301.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 4.
Resolution read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 6.
Resolution read second time and ordered to third reading.
general file and third reading
Assembly Bill No. 171.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Chowning.
Roll call on Assembly Bill No. 171:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Bache.
Assembly Bill No. 171 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26 of the 70th Session.
Resolution read third time.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Giunchigliani.
Roll call on Assembly Bill No. 171:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Bache.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 26 of the 70th Session having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Resolution ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Senate Bill No. 64.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Goldwater.
Roll call on Assembly Bill No. 64:
Yeas—41.
Nays—None.
Excused—Bache.
Senate Bill No. 64 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblyman Collins:
Assembly Bill No. 462—AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing the governing body of a city or county to impose a tax on nonresidential construction or require the dedication of certain land for neighborhood parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Collins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Speaker announced if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Assembly in recess at 11:47 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 11:48 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
Assemblyman Collins withdrew the motion that Assembly Bill No. 462 be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Assemblyman Collins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Collins (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 463—AN ACT relating to animals; revising the duties of a driver of a vehicle when approaching or passing a person who is driving an animal-drawn vehicle or riding or herding an animal; providing an additional penalty for certain crimes relating to police animals; clarifying that certain provisions related to riding horses in public places do not apply to police officers while performing their official duties; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Collins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Williams, Cegavske, Leslie, Manendo, Parks, Anderson, Arberry, Brower, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Hettrick, Koivisto, Lee, McClain, Nolan, Oceguera, Parnell, Smith and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 464—AN ACT relating to substances causing impairment; providing an increased penalty for a conviction of a fourth or subsequent offense within 14 years for operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or controlled substance; providing that any subsequent violation after 14 years is treated as a felony; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Brown, Anderson, Beers, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Gibbons, Hettrick, Lee, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parnell, Price, Smith and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 465—AN ACT relating to transportation; authorizing the use of the proceeds of certain taxes for certain highway improvement projects located wholly or partially outside the boundaries of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Brown moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Leslie, Parks, Parnell, Gibbons, Anderson, Brower, Chowning, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Humke, Smith and Tiffany; Senator Mathews:
Assembly Bill No. 466—AN ACT relating to gaming employees; providing for the issuance of statewide work permits for gaming employees; establishing a maximum fee for the issuance of such a work permit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Leslie moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the Assembly recess until 5:00 p.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly in recess at 11:53 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 5:06 p.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 105, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Bernie Anderson, Chairman
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By the Committee on Constitutional Amendments:
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 9—Urging the Congress of the United States to repeal a provision of federal law that requires each state to record the social security number of a citizen on an application for a driver’s license for the state to receive certain federal funding.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Health and Human Services:
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10—Urging Congress to amend the Social Security Act to modify certain reductions in social security benefits that are required for spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain federal, state or local government pensions.
Assemblywoman Koivisto moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Beers, Hettrick, Tiffany, Cegavske, Angle, Berman, Brower, Brown, Carpenter, Gibbons, Gustavson, Humke, Marvel, Nolan and Von Tobel; Senators Rawson, James, Amodei, Jacobsen, McGinness, O'Donnell and Washington:
Assembly Bill No. 467—AN ACT relating to interior design; deregulating the practice of interior design; revising the name of the state board of architecture, interior design and residential design; requiring city and county building codes to include provisions governing the fire safety of interior materials and furnishings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Beers moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Beers, Tiffany, Berman, Brown, Carpenter, Collins, Hettrick, Humke, Lee, Marvel, Oceguera, Ohrenschall and Price:
Assembly Bill No. 468—AN ACT relating to water; requiring a county of origin to obtain the prior approval of the state engineer before imposing a tax on certain transfers of water; requiring the state engineer to make certain determinations concerning those transfers; prohibiting the imposition of the tax upon certain water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Beers moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Beers, Collins, Brown, Hettrick, Humke, Lee, Ohrenschall, Price and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 469—AN ACT relating to watercraft; prohibiting the operation of certain motorboats by persons who do not satisfy certain requirements; prohibiting the rental or lease of certain motorboats to those persons; requiring the division of wildlife of the state department of conservation and natural resources to certify instructors to provide courses in safe boating; requiring the division to establish a database of persons who possess certificates relating to safe boating; revising provisions regarding the operation of personal watercraft; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Beers moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke, Cegavske, Angle, Anderson, Beers, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, de Braga, Dini, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Leslie, Marvel, Nolan and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 470—AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; creating the juvenile crime reduction fund; providing for the administration and use of the fund; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblywoman Freeman:
Assembly Bill No. 471—AN ACT relating to health care; revising the provisions governing a declaration to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment; revising the provisions governing a durable power of attorney for health care and other powers of attorney concerning the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Freeman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke and Koivisto:
Assembly Bill No. 472—AN ACT relating to public health; requiring each health authority to establish and carry out a program to survey and control diseases that may be transmitted by arthropods or rodents; requiring a board of county commissioners to pay the costs of carrying out such a program in that county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Nolan, Brown, Parks, Cegavske, Anderson, Angle, Beers, Berman, Buckley, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Gustavson, Hettrick, Koivisto, Manendo, Mortenson, Neighbors, Smith, Tiffany and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 473—AN ACT relating to public safety; making an appropriation to the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources for the purchase of automated external defibrillators for distribution to certain public places and establishments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Cegavske moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Nolan, Gibbons, McClain, Beers, Manendo, Berman, Brown, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Koivisto, Mortenson, Parks, Smith and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 474—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the director of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to establish a toll-free telephone number for the reporting of certain violations relating to the registration of a vehicle; authorizing the Nevada highway patrol to appoint volunteers to issue certain citations relating to the registration of a vehicle; providing an administrative penalty for failing to register a vehicle within a certain time; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Cegavske moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Neighbors:
Assembly Bill No. 475—AN ACT relating to state employees; establishing an account within the state general fund to pay certain parking and licensing expenses and costs relating to supplemental insurance of persons in the classified and unclassified service of the state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Neighbors moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Government Affairs and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Dini (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 476—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the fee for the reinstatement of the registration of a motor vehicle that was suspended for lack of insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Dini moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Dini:
Assembly Bill No. 477—AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a claimant to present a claim of constructional defect to the state contractors’ board for review and investigation before commencing an action based upon the claim; revising provisions governing the duties of the state contractors’ board to require the board to review and investigate claims of constructional defects; revising the definition of a constructional defect; eliminating mandatory mediation in cases involving a constructional defect; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Dini moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Mr. Speaker announced if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Assembly in recess at 5:14 p.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 5:25 p.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
By Assemblymen Price, Arberry, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, McClain, Mortenson, Ohrenschall and Williams:
Assembly Bill No. 478—AN ACT relating to labor; authorizing collective bargaining for employees of the supreme court, the legislative counsel bureau and boards and commissions that issue occupational or professional licenses, certificates or permits; creating a board for labor relations between those employees and their employers; establishing procedures for collective bargaining; prohibiting certain unfair labor practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Price, Ohrenschall, Chowning, Von Tobel, Anderson, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Freeman, Goldwater, Humke and Lee:
Assembly Bill No. 479—AN ACT relating to meetings of public bodies; clarifying the meaning of the term “public office” with respect to the prohibition against holding a closed meeting to discuss the appointment of a person to public office or as a member of a public body; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Price, Berman, Gibbons, Manendo, Chowning, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Lee, Leslie, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Tiffany and Williams:
Assembly Bill No. 480—AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; providing for the submission to the voters of the question whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to provide an exemption from the tax for funeral supplies; creating the same exemption from certain analogous taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Price moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, Gibbons, Brown, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Arberry, Carpenter, Claborn, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price and Tiffany; Senator Wiener:
Assembly Bill No. 481—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting in certain circumstances a person from operating a sound amplification system in a motor vehicle in a certain manner; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, Cegavske, de Braga, Freeman, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Beers, Carpenter, Claborn, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Parks, Price, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams:
Assembly Bill No. 482—AN ACT relating to fireworks; requiring the state fire marshal to adopt regulations governing the types of fireworks that a local government may regulate; requiring regulations and ordinances adopted by certain local governments to be at least as restrictive as the regulations adopted by the state fire marshal; imposing civil liability under certain circumstances for the storage or use of fireworks; making the provisions of this act contingent upon the approval of the voters at the next general election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Government Affairs and Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Beers, Tiffany, Berman, Brown, Carpenter, Collins, Hettrick, Humke, Lee, Marvel and Price:
Assembly Bill No. 483—AN ACT relating to elections; establishing the general form used for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures; revising the dates for filing those reports; revising the reporting periods included in those reports; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Beers moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, Gibbons, Price, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Beers, Berman, Brown, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Parks, Perkins, Smith and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 484—AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; revising the information that must be furnished by a unit’s owner to a prospective purchaser before the sale of the unit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Brown, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Gibbons, Goldwater, Humke, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Parks, Perkins, Price, Smith and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 485—AN ACT relating to property; establishing the office of private property ombudsman within the department of business and industry; defining the powers and duties of the office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, Anderson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Hettrick, Humke, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Ohrenschall, Parks, Price, Tiffany and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 486—AN ACT relating to local government; prohibiting the sale of a product in a county, city or town if use of the product is prohibited in the county, city or town; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Chowning, de Braga, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Beers, Berman, Brown, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith and Tiffany:
Assembly Bill No. 487—AN ACT relating to candidates for office; allowing an elector to challenge the legal qualifications of certain candidates for office; providing that a candidate who files certain false documents is removed from the ballot, disqualified from his office and ineligible for office for 5 years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Health and Human Services:
Assembly Bill No. 488—AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; authorizing a fire-fighting agency to transport sick or injured persons to a medical facility; extending the grant of limited civil immunity of certain persons who are employed or serve as volunteers for a public fire-fighting agency to include certain conduct while transporting sick or injured persons to a medical facility; authorizing a board of county commissioners to establish fees for the transportation by a fire department of sick or injured persons to a medical facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Koivisto moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gustavson, Angle, Beers, Anderson, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Claborn, Gibbons, Humke, Lee, Oceguera, Price and Von Tobel:
Assembly Bill No. 489—AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; requiring genetic marker analysis to be obtained from all offenders convicted of a felony; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Oceguera, Manendo, Williams, Ohrenschall, Arberry, Bache, Buckley, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Goldwater, Koivisto, Lee, McClain, Mortenson, Parks, Perkins and Price:
Assembly Bill No. 490—AN ACT relating to counties; requiring certain counties to establish an advisory committee on the abatement of noise attributable to the flight of helicopters and other aircraft; requiring such counties, to the extent permitted by federal law, to enact and enforce certain ordinances concerning helicopters; requiring the imposition of penalties for violations of such ordinances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke, Beers, Brower, Buckley, Hettrick, Leslie and Parks:
Assembly Bill No. 491—AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing an ophthalmologist and an optometrist to cooperate in the formation of a professional corporation or professional association; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke, Arberry, Beers, Buckley, Hettrick, Leslie and Parks:
Assembly Bill No. 492—AN ACT relating to occupations; requiring a person to obtain a license from the private investigator’s licensing board before engaging in business as a thermal technician; authorizing the board to issue such a license without an examination under certain circumstances; expanding the membership of the board to include a thermal technician; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke, Gibbons, Brown, Mortenson and Neighbors:
Assembly Bill No. 493—AN ACT relating to state risk management; requiring that a contract for services for certain insurance be awarded through a qualification-based bidding process; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Humke, Lee, Neighbors, Von Tobel, Cegavske, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Gustavson, Hettrick, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Price and Tiffany; Senators James, McGinness and Shaffer:
Assembly Bill No. 494—AN ACT relating to wildlife; eliminating the division of wildlife of the state department of conservation and natural resources; creating the department of wildlife; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Humke moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Assembly Bill No. 495—AN ACT relating to contractors; requiring the suspension of a contractor’s license by the state contractors’ board if the licensee has failed to comply with a certain number of administrative citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Dini moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Parks:
Assembly Bill No. 496—AN ACT relating to domestic relations; providing for the recognition of reciprocal beneficiary relationships; setting forth the benefits and rights to which persons in a valid reciprocal beneficiary relationship are entitled; declaring certain actions by employers to be an unlawful employment practice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Parks moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Gibbons, Leslie, Giunchigliani, Buckley, McClain, Anderson, Brown, Cegavske, de Braga, Freeman, Hettrick, Humke, Smith and Tiffany; Senators Rawson and O'Donnell:
Assembly Bill No. 497—AN ACT relating to anatomical gifts; providing in skeleton form for the establishment of a registry for anatomical gifts by the department of motor vehicles and public safety; creating the anatomical gift account in the department of human resources’ gift fund; creating the advisory committee on anatomical gifts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Gibbons moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Manendo (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 498—AN ACT relating to real property; requiring certain inspections to be made by professional engineers before building permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued for certain residential dwellings; revising the provisions governing the periods of limitation and repose for certain actions involving constructional deficiencies; revising the provisions governing damages in certain actions involving constructional defects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Manendo moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Williams, Arberry, Chowning and Manendo:
Assembly Bill No. 499—AN ACT relating to public schools; revising provisions governing the use of certain proceeds of bonds for a pilot program of a certain school district for the replacement of schools; requiring a certain school district to continue its pilot program for the replacement of schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Education.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Williams, Giunchigliani, Leslie, Goldwater, Parks, Anderson, Bache, Buckley, Chowning, Manendo and Ohrenschall:
Assembly Bill No. 500—AN ACT relating to law enforcement; directing the Attorney General to conduct a statistical study regarding traffic stops by law enforcement officers in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing of Bills and Resolutions
There being no objections, the Speaker and Chief Clerk signed Assembly Bills Nos. 32, 153; Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 12; Senate Joint Resolution No. 9; Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 21.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblyman Beers, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Chip Maxfield.
On request of Assemblyman Brower, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Annette Halford, Frank Flaherty, Jim Graham, Gary Schulz, Mary Lewis, Bob Burns, Carole Kerkla, Carol Gibson, David Burgess, Bobby Burns, Jeremy Comba, Heather Costello, Lauren Ely, Patrick Flaherty, Catherine Florence, Brianna Gormly, Jim Graham, Julia Halford, Erik Henricksen, Katie Higgins, Samantha Hoch, Chelsea Keating, Sarah Kerkla, Maciej Kuroczka, Beth Lewis, Rachel Lindgren, Michael McSweeney, Vanessa Pickles, Donovan Prestella, Belinda Saavedra, Bianca Saavedra, Lauren Schulz, Dennis Seiler, Tyler Smith, Lindsey Stoeberl, Tori Stovall, Ben Wood, Evan Zamora and Carol Gibson.
On request of Assemblyman de Braga, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Katie West.
On request of Assemblyman Marvel, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Allison Cunningham, Erica Ingle, Kristy Ingle, Meghan McKinnon, Kyle Diaz, Misti Leader, Whitney Herrera, Kate Seeliger, Mandy Chaffin, Tab Ellifritz, Lisa Wiley, Molly Haaglund, Caroline Nicholson, Havelah Gibson, Tammy Criddle, Allison Beck, Morgan Berentsen, Tara Beck, Dani Scala, Dylan Angus, Amanda Vesco, Rachel Detweiler, Alexa Williams, Elisa Leader, Molly Bieg, Jessica Lovato, Nicole Nakamura, Jordan Bernabe, Guy Tipton, Jeremy Pfarr, Vanalorin Kitras, Josh Gratwohl, Brad York, Virginia Schofield, Stephanie Montgomery, Heather Peraldo, Jenny Viegel, Meg Ackerman, Katie Gast, Kevin Vance, Mitch Weber, Sierra Tiske, Annie Burbans, Jenny Johnson, Desi Chavez, Carrie Ralls and Gini Cunningham.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the Assembly adjourn until Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Approved: Richard D. Perkins
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon