THE NINTH DAY
Carson City(Tuesday), February 13, 2001
Senate called to order at 11:02 a.m.
President Hunt presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Reverend Elaine Morgan.
Almighty God, the source of all that is good; for the mistakes we have made, we pray that You will forgive us; for those things we have done that are right, we pray that You will uphold us, and for those decisions we have yet to make, we pray that You will direct us. We ask this for the sake of the people of Nevada and for the sake of Your Holy Presence in our lives.
Amen.
Pledge of allegiance to the Flag.
Senator Raggio moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the President and Secretary be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Madam President:
Your Committee on Human Resources and Facilities, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 17, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass, and place on Consent Calendar.
Raymond D. Rawson, Chairman
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 106—AN ACT relating to roads; requiring the division of minerals of the commission on mineral resources to identify and map certain roads; requiring the attorney general to bring an action for a declaratory judgment concerning those roads under certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that Senate Standing Rule No. 40 be suspended and that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Remarks by Senator Rhoads.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 107—AN ACT relating to education; requiring the state board of education to prescribe standards for the sale of candy and soft drinks at public schools within this state; requiring the department of education to develop a program to promote health and wellness among persons employed at public schools within this state; authorizing the transfer of certain sums of money from the state distributive school account to provide training to teachers and administrators regarding health, physical education and wellness; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 108—AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the apportionments of money from the state distributive school account to provide for the payment of money for pupils who are enrolled in programs of distance education; requiring the department of education to prepare a list of approved courses of distance education; providing for the submission of applications to the department of education to include a course of distance education on the list prepared by the department; providing for the submission of applications to the department of education by boards of trustees of schools districts, governing bodies of charter schools and consortiums thereof to provide programs of distance education; requiring the state board of education to adopt regulations prescribing the requirements of programs of distance education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 109—AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Education and the Interim Finance Committee to improve public relations concerning the standards of content and performance established by the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools and for certain contractual services related to the financial reporting of school districts and charter schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 110—AN ACT relating to public welfare; repealing certain provisions relating to assistance to homeless persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 111—AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain policies, contracts and health care plans to include coverage for general anesthesia and associated dental care for children under certain circumstances; authorizing limitations on the provision of such coverage under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 112—AN ACT relating to indigent persons; revising certain provisions concerning the amelioration of the causes of poverty within this state to conform to changes in the Community Services Block Grant Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 113—AN ACT relating to education; increasing the amount of millennium scholarships for upper division courses at community colleges; authorizing the award of millennium scholarships to students who are enrolled in state colleges established by the University and Community College System of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 114—AN ACT relating to postsecondary education; authorizing the commission on postsecondary education to establish the amount of the bond required for certain postsecondary educational institutions; expanding the conditions under which a bond is required; revising other provisions governing the bonding requirements of postsecondary educational institutions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 115—AN ACT relating to pupils; providing an exception under certain circumstances to the requirement that certain pupils be suspended or expelled; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 116—AN ACT relating to facilities for mental health; clarifying the applicability of certain provisions governing the use of restraints and interventions; revising the circumstances under which a forensic facility may use restraints; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 117—AN ACT relating to public lands; revising provisions relating to the authority of the state land registrar to make grants and enter into certain agreements to carry out certain programs in the Lake Tahoe Basin; authorizing local governments to enter into certain agreements for the use of grant money received from such programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 118—AN ACT relating to passenger cars; increasing the fee a short-term lessor of a passenger car may charge for a waiver of damages; authorizing a short-term lessor of a passenger car to charge a short-term lessee an additional fee for certain additional authorized drivers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 119—AN ACT relating to taxicabs; requiring the taxicab authority to establish a program for the transportation by taxicab of elderly persons and permanently handicapped persons in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 120—AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Human Resources to provide medical assistance to adopted children with special needs under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 121—AN ACT relating to public bodies; requiring a public body to post the notice and minutes of a public meeting on the Internet; requiring a public body to make an audio recording of a public meeting and to retain the recording for 3 years; authorizing a public body to charge a fee for providing a copy of such an audio recording to a person; requiring a member of certain agencies to be present at a workshop of the agency concerning a proposed regulation of the agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 122—AN ACT relating to taxation; consolidating provisions governing the administration, imposition and collection of taxes on revenues from the rental of transient lodging into a single chapter; authorizing a local government responsible for the collection of a tax on transient lodging to audit and investigate an operator of a facility for transient lodging; authorizing a local government to require an operator to maintain certain records; establishing requirements for the issuance of a notice of determination of a deficiency in the payment of taxes on transient lodging; providing a method for the calculation of a tax on transient lodging for certain uses of time-share units; providing for the taxation of the lodging portion of a package program offered by an operator; providing certain exemptions from the tax on revenues from the rental of transient lodging; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 123—AN ACT relating to municipal obligations; requiring a municipality to notify certain entities before incurring general obligation debt or levying a special elective tax under certain circumstances; requiring a debt management commission to resolve conflicts between certain municipalities over the use of any remaining allowable increase of ad valorem taxes and establish certain methods relating thereto; authorizing a debt management commission to establish a procedure for allowing a municipality to reserve a percentage of the remaining allowable increase of ad valorem taxes within a certain geographical area; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 124—AN ACT relating to fuel taxes; requiring the allocation and remittance of money collected from certain taxes to be made directly to incorporated cities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 125—AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring a local government to submit electronically a fiscal report to the department of taxation; requiring the committee on local government finance to establish by regulation certain requirements for a fiscal report of a local government submitted to the department of taxation; authorizing the committee on local government finance to establish by regulation an exception to the requirement that the fiscal report be submitted electronically for certain local governments; authorizing the electronic submission of documents relating to the budgets of local governments to the legislative counsel bureau; repealing the requirement that local governments prepare certain quarterly reports; requiring the publication of certain regulations in the Nevada Administrative Code; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Senator Carlton:
Senate Bill No. 126—AN ACT relating to workers’ compensation; prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees and prospective employees who have filed claims for workers’ compensation when employers are hiring employees or determining terms and conditions of employment; allowing an employee or prospective employee to bring a civil action against an employer who engages in such discrimination; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Carlton moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF SENATE FLOOR
On request of Senator Care, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Dave Johnson.
On request of Senator McGinness, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to the following members of the Nevada Broadcasters Association: Ande Engleman, KOLO TV, Reno; Bill Hall, KOLO TV, Reno; Dane Wilt, KRNV TV, Reno; Darrell Calton, KRJC & KTSN, Elko; Darwin Paustian, KNUU, Las Vegas; Ed Pearce, KOLO TV, Reno; Gabriel Quiroz, KINC TV, Las Vegas; Gene Greenberg, KVBC TV, Las Vegas; Harry Williams, Beasley Broadcast Group, Las Vegas (KSTJ, KKLZ, KJUL); Hayim Mizrachi, NV Broadcaster’s Association; Hayley Hearst, KRNV TV, Reno; John Cuccelli, KRNV TV, Reno; Kirk Anderson, KHWY, Las Vegas; Lamar Marchese, KNPR, Las Vegas; Lillian McMorris, KVVU TV, Las Vegas; Marty Ozer, KAME & KRXI TV, Reno; Mike Ginsburg, Clear Channel Communications, Las Vegas (KWNE, KSMS, KSNE, KQOL); Natalie Trujillo, Student, CCSN; Paul Gardner, Elko Broadcasting Co. (KELK, Elko); Peter Pedilla, KREN TV, Reno; Rick Schneider, KNPB TV, Reno; Robert Fisher, President and CEO of Nevada Broadcasters’ Association; Ron Harrison, KPTL, Reno; Steve Schorr, Cox Communications, Las Vegas; Suzanne Burger, NBA; Ted Waite, KNPB TV, Reno; Tom Axtell, KLVX TV, Las Vegas; Tom Chavez, GSM, Hispanic Broadcasting Corp, Las Vegas (KLSQ, KISS); Tony Bonnici, Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas (KOMP, KBAD, KENO, KPLT) and Lawson Fox, KTVN TV, Reno.
On request of Senator Rawson, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Jared Olson.
On request of Senator Washington, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to the following students from the Lincoln Park Elementary School: Deanna Amaya, Stephen Burton, Michael Chavez, Alexandra Choate, Sasha Dimas, Kristi Erwin, German Garcia, Ruben Gaytan, Ryan Harrison, Jessica Harry, Ray Hernandez, Gregory Miguel, Estela Moran, Brittney Price, Ricardo Ramirez, Amanda Rivas, Juan Rivas, Juan Tapia, Jasmyne Tibulski, Adriana Villapando, Donnie Whittle, Richard Wolff, Brandon Badal, Giovani Becerra, Luz-Alexandro Casillas, Katherine Castaneda, Alyson Edgington, Keshun Freeman, Iryna Gomez, Samantha Kirtley, C. J. Knable, Shu Ya Ma, Roxana Marquez, James Mick, Keisha Mitchell, Rhonda Navarro, Nicole Papez, Manny Posada, Claudio Reza, Carmen Rivas, Beto Rodriguez, Stacy Roldan, Kyle Stratton, Wesley Underwood, Everett Wenzel and teacher: Donna Sosnowski.
On request of President Hunt, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Bob Fisher.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate adjourn until Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at 11 a.m.
Motion carried.
Senate adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
Approved:Lorraine T. Hunt
President of the Senate
Attest: Claire J. Clift
Secretary of the Senate