THE TENTH DAY
Carson City(Wednesday), February 14, 2001
Senate called to order at 11:11 a.m.
President Hunt presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Reverend Elaine Morgan.
Dear Father of all: As this body comes together for another day’s work, be present to each person. Create a new heart in each individual so that response to each issue and to each other is one of understanding and servanthood as members strive to provide for the people and State of Nevada.
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.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510-2804
February 13, 2001
The Honorable Senator William J. Raggio, The Honorable Assemblyman Richard D. Perkins, Nevada Legislature, Legislative Building, Carson City, Nevada 89701
Dear Majority Leader Raggio and Speaker Perkins:
I respectfully request that you allow me the privilege of addressing a joint session of the Nevada State Legislature on Tuesday, February 20, 2001, from 5:15 p.m. until 5:45 p.m.
Sincerely,
John Ensign
United States Senator
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Senator Washington:
Senate Bill No. 127—AN ACT relating to education; authorizing certain school districts to carry out demonstration projects in lieu of complying with the class-size reduction program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By Senator Washington:
Senate Bill No. 128—AN ACT relating to education; providing for the gubernatorial appointment of the superintendent of public instruction; specifying the date for expiration of the term of office of the incumbent superintendent of public instruction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By Senator Jacobsen:
Senate Bill No. 129—AN ACT relating to forfeitures; providing that ownership of an aircraft forfeited for the commission of a crime may be transferred to the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Jacobsen moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 130—AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising the provisions governing the suspension of a driver’s license of a person less than 21 years of age who drives a vehicle with a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more but less than 0.10 in his blood or breath; revising the provisions governing the revocation of a driver’s license of a person who drives a vehicle with a concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his blood or breath or a detectable amount of a prohibited substance in his blood or urine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Donnell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Senators Shaffer, Coffin, Titus, Care, Mathews, Neal and Wiener:
Senate Bill No. 131—AN ACT relating to state employees; providing that classified employees who receive a salary below a certain amount are entitled to receive pay for time spent on standby status; requiring certain employees of the department of prisons to attend muster and entitling such employees to receive pay for attending muster; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senators Shaffer, Coffin, Care, Neal and Wiener:
Senate Bill No. 132—AN ACT relating to state employees; requiring the committee established to administer the public employees’ deferred compensation program to establish a plan for monthly contributions to the program by the state on behalf of certain employees; requiring the state to make monthly contributions to the public employees’ deferred compensation program under certain circumstances; prohibiting the state from making such contributions 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 Senators Shaffer, Coffin, Titus, Carlton and Neal:
Senate Bill No. 133—AN ACT relating to dentistry; authorizing the board of dental examiners of Nevada to issue a limited number of licenses each year to dentists licensed in other jurisdictions; authorizing the establishment of the fee for an application to practice dentistry without examination; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 134—AN ACT relating to real property; providing a statutory foreclosure mechanism for contracts of sale for the purchase of real property; making various changes regarding statutory releases and deeds of trust; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Senators Care, Amodei, Wiener, Titus, Carlton, Jacobsen and Assemblyman Neighbors:
Senate Bill No. 135—AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; making various changes concerning the veterans’ home account and the gift account for veterans’ homes; requiring the appointment of an administrator of veterans’ homes in this state and establishing his qualifications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Care moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Motion carried.
Senate in recess at 11:28 a.m.
SENATE IN SESSION
At 11:30 a.m.
President Hunt presiding.
Quorum present.
REMARKS FROM THE FLOOR
Senator Raggio requested that the following remarks be entered in the Journal.
Senator Raggio:
Claire Jesse Clift is a fifth generation Nevadan. Her two great, great grandfathers on her mother’s side, Daniel Clark Simpson and William Harris, settled in Nevada in the late 1850s. D.C. Simpson served Nevada as an Assemblyman representing Eureka County in 1871.
Claire was born in Reno, Nevada, to Ed and Maizie Jesse. She lived in Reno, Fallon, Lovelock and Carson City. Her father was a high school civics teacher and football coach. She attended Saint Teresa’s Catholic grade school and graduated from Carson High School. Claire attended the University of Nevada, Reno; Western Nevada Community College and graduated from North Idaho College with a degree in Legal Secretarial Science.
In 1978, Claire moved to the small community of North Fork, Idaho, and began an 11-year career with the U.S. Forest Service. She then moved to Otis Orchards, Washington, with her husband, Jim. While living in Washington, she worked for her alma mater, North Idaho College. She organized and spearheaded the adopt-a-family Christmas program for the College, and was a member of the College’s salary review, insurance and employee benefits committees.
Upon returning to Nevada, she worked for the Nevada State Legislature during the 1987 and 1989 Sessions as the committee secretary for the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Claire and Jim moved to Washington only to return to Nevada just in time for the New Year’s Flood of 1997. At that time, she began working full time for the Senate. She served as the Media Clerk for the Senate Front Desk during session and the Senate’s Technical Administrative Assistant during the interim.
Currently, she is the vice chair of the Carson River Advisory Committee and member of the Capital Nevada Toastmasters Club. For the past three years, she has participated in the Carson River Clean-up Day. Claire collected seeds for the Nevada Division of Wildlife’s program to reseed the burned areas that, this year, devastated Nevada’s rangelands. She is a volunteer tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of Carson City.
Claire enjoys being close to family and visiting San Francisco. She loves white water rafting, gardening and the incredible beauty of Nevada’s skies, valleys and mountains.
Claire is proud to be a native Nevadan and to have worked for and with the retiring Secretary of the Senate, Jan Thomas. She is happy to be a part of the legislative process and thankful for the many personal blessings that are and have been a part of her life.
Senator Amodei:
Thank you, Madam President. Having grown up a few blocks from the Jesse household, but not knowing Claire well during that time, I can tell you from knowing her younger brothers, Ward and Rett, who are here today, that they grew up in fear of her. As a result of knowing them, I also grew up in fear of her. I thought I had gotten over that fear until this year when, on the first day of session, I walked into the Chamber and realized she was in control.
It is fair to note that Claire’s mother, one of my dear friends and one of the best Democrats in Carson City, has been proud of the fact that for each of my campaigns for office she has volunteered to put one of my yard signs up—in her backyard—and for the State of the State message, her sister Helaine called me for tickets.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF SENATE FLOOR
On request of Senator Raggio, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to the following family members and friends of the Secretary of the Senate, Claire J. Clift: Jim Clift, Maizie H. Jesse, Ed Jesse, Terry Ward, Helaine Jesse, Andy Harvey, Ward Jesse, Rett Jesse, Tamie Jesse, Kirk Jesse, Coe Swobe, Kress Whalen, Brian Whalen, Jim Kiley, Sheila Kiley and Everett Jesse. Additional guests included the following students from Bishop Manogue Catholic High School: Collin Alldredge, Nicholas Allen, Ian Babcock, Bryan Bach, Jenny Bailey, Justin Barba, Mike Baumann, Melissa Beairsto, Ben Becerra, Thomas Biondi, Richard Blakey, Colleen Brown, Roger Bruce, Lara Burgarello, Jamie Byrne, Silvia Cabrera, Cabrina Calvanese, Nicole Carroll, Lindsay Carter, Britanny Cassingham, Alyson Christiansen, Josh Codding, Milinda Codega, Heather Cross, Brandon Crum, Bryan Daane, Jordan Davis, Anthony Delacruz, Eric Deweerd, Casey Dillon, Heather Dillon, Graham Dollarhide, Danielle Dorsey, Jack Douglass, Chris Drossullis, Rachael Dulcey, Jennier Elston, Kyle Endres, Jeff Epperson, Amanda Evans, Chris Farley, Taelor Feinberg, Mike Ferris, Megan Frette, Jessica Funston, Matt Gallagher, Willy Gehlen, Mayanne Getts, Sara Ginocchio, Jessica Griffin, Joelle Gutman, Brian Hagen, Michelle Hancock, Zack Hanks, Daniel Hansen, Bridget Harris, Matt Heyer, Johnmin Hickey, Chris Ibaibarriage, Jeremy Jaureguito, Kendra Jepson, Jennifer Johansson, Anthony Jones, Phillip Karam, Jacob Keese, Kim Krichbaum, Erin Lockwood, Matt Mathisen, Brett Maupin, Ian McEwen, Matt McGraw, Matt Menicucci, Austin Menicucci, Austin Miller, Daniel Mooney, Bethanne Mullen, Heather Naut, Alicia Nehrkorn, Frank O’Gorman, Matt Olivero, Chris Pacheco, Michael Paine, Jeremy Pilzner, Matt Polak, Charisse Puckett, Thomas Pugh, Jesse Rinehart, Jesus Ruiz, Hayley Sawyer, Nichoel Seymour, Rachel Seymour, Jeff Shackelton, Camille Sotero, Andrew Stieb, Megan Sullivan, Aundrea Taylor-Caldwell, Nicole Theodoulou, Elizabeth Thompson, John Toll, Brad Trader, Annie Tran, John Trevino, Dawn Vandam, Krystle Vergara, Gwen Washington, Adam Weiss, Samantha Welsh, Nathan Wendel, Kimberly Whitney, Scott Wideman, Ashleigh Williams, Joshua Wooley; teachers: Jack Neal, Austin Miller, John Toll, Willy Gehlen, Denton Gehr; assistant principal: Mary Leman; chaperones: Beverly Elston, Patty Gehr and Lori Krichbaum.
On request of Senator Townsend, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Brandon Price.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, February 15, 2001 at 11 a.m.
Motion carried.
Senate adjourned at 11:44 a.m.
Approved:Lorraine T. Hunt
President of the Senate
Attest: Claire J. Clift