THE THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY
Carson City(Tuesday), March 13, 2001
Senate called to order at 11:19 a.m.
President Hunt presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Senator Rawson, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Dr. Ken Haskins.
Our loving, Heavenly Father, You have revealed to us in giving―joy, in sacrifice―love, in service―greatness and even in death―life. Bless abundantly these servants of Yours as they give of themselves sacrificially in the service of others. May the efforts of these Senators make a positive impact upon the lives of the many people whom they represent.
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. 239, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Raymond D. Rawson, Chairman
Madam President:
Your Committee on Natural Resources, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 161, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Dean A. Rhoads, Chairman
MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY
Assembly Chamber, Carson City, March 12, 2001
To the Honorable the Senate:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on this day passed Assembly Bill No. 183; Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on this day passed, as amended, Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2.
Patricia R. Williams
Assistant Chief Clerk of the Assembly
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11.
Senator Care moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Senator Care.
Resolution adopted.
Resolution ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2.
Senator Raggio moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5.
Senator Raggio moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Senator O'Connell (by request):
Senate Bill No. 320—AN ACT relating to health care; making various changes relating to the rights of persons under certain policies, contracts and plans of health insurance to obtain independent review of determinations by certain health insurers that allocations of health care services and resources provided or proposed to be provided to insured persons are not medically necessary and appropriate; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
By Senator McGinness:
Senate Bill No. 321—AN ACT relating to public welfare; revising the state plan for Medicaid; requiring the state controller to transfer a certain amount of money from the intergovernmental transfer account in the state general fund to the fund for the institutional care of the medically indigent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator McGinness and Assemblyman Neighbors:
Senate Bill No. 322—AN ACT making an appropriation to Mineral County for expenses relating to the continued renovation of the Hawthorne National Guard Armory into a facility to house juvenile offenders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator Titus:
Senate Bill No. 323—AN ACT relating to railroads; authorizing the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission to issue bonds, notes, obligations or evidences of borrowing to finance the construction of a super speed ground transportation system; making various changes to the definition of a super speed ground transportation system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Titus moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Senators Titus, Wiener, Care, Schneider, Neal, Coffin and Carlton:
Senate Bill No. 324—AN ACT relating to visually impaired persons; requiring the state public works board to adopt regulations for signage in public buildings to ensure that toilet facilities in such buildings are as identifiable to blind and other visually impaired persons as to other persons; requiring that toilet facilities in public buildings, certain leased areas and places of public accommodation be identified with signs that comply with such regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Titus moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Senators Titus and Wiener:
Senate Bill No. 325—AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada Association for the Handicapped for expansion of the Developmental Child Care Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Titus moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator Jacobsen:
Senate Bill No. 326—AN ACT making an appropriation to the State Public Works Board for the construction of a veterans’ home in northern Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Jacobsen moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator Jacobsen:
Senate Bill No. 327—AN ACT relating to certain hazardous materials; revising provisions governing the disposal of certain hazardous materials; revising provisions governing motor carriers who transport certain hazardous materials; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Jacobsen moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 328—AN ACT relating to health care; repealing the requirement to obtain prior state approval of certain expenditures for new construction by or on behalf of health facilities in certain counties; authorizing the boards of county commissioners of certain counties to require prior approval of such expenditures; 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 Care and Assemblyman Parks:
Senate Bill No. 329—AN ACT relating to public bodies; prohibiting certain public bodies from taking action by vote without the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the public body; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Care moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 330—AN ACT relating to financial businesses; authorizing certain mortgage companies and lending businesses to be licensed to conduct business in this state from locations outside this state under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures for a mortgage company to notify the commissioner of financial institutions of a change of address of its licensed place of business; changing the procedures for a lending business to notify the commissioner of financial institutions of a change of address of its licensed place of business; authorizing the commissioner of financial institutions to impose a fine on a mortgage company or lending business for failing to notify the commissioner of a proposed change of address; removing the requirement that the commissioner of financial institutions notify lending businesses of his receipt of an application for licensure of a lending business; providing a penalty; 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 Amodei:
Senate Bill No. 331—AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association for the repromulgation of their administrative regulations governing disputes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Amodei moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator Amodei and Assemblyman Dini:
Senate Bill No. 332—AN ACT making appropriations to Storey County for a historical facility in Virginia City and to the Comstock Cemetery Foundation, Inc., for the preservation of cemeteries within the Virginia City National Historic Landmark District; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Amodei moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By Senator Shaffer:
Senate Bill No. 333—AN ACT relating to welfare; revising the provisions governing the payment of hospitals for treating a disproportionate share of Medicaid patients, indigent patients or other low-income patients; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Shaffer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 334—AN ACT relating to the Tricounty Railway Commission; expanding the commission to include additional counties; changing the name of the commission; 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 Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 335—AN ACT relating to gaming; revising the membership of the gaming policy committee to include a representative of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling; requiring the state board of education to adopt regulations regarding the establishment and applicability of a course of study concerning the prevention of problem gambling; creating the revolving account to support programs for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling; making an appropriation to the revolving account to support programs for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator James moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 336—AN ACT relating to arbitration; adopting the revision of the Uniform Arbitration Act that was adopted in 2000; providing for the transition from the present act to the act as revised; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator James moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Senators Care, Titus, Carlton, Schneider, Wiener, Mathews and Neal:
Senate Bill No. 337—AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring an owner of a boiler, elevator, or pressure vessel to obtain a permit from the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry before the boiler, elevator or pressure vessel may be operated; requiring boiler operators and elevator mechanics to be certified by the division; requiring the division to adopt regulations governing the construction, maintenance and operation of boilers, elevators and pressure vessels and the certification of boiler inspectors and elevator mechanics; authorizing the division to impose certain fees; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Care moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Assembly Bill No. 183.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
GENERAL FILE AND THIRD READING
Senate Bill No. 53.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Senator Amodei.
Senator Coffin disclosed that his wife is a member of the board of directors of a bank.
Senator O'Connell disclosed that her husband is chairman of a bank.
Senator James disclosed that he is on the board of a bank.
Senator Townsend disclosed that he is on the board of a bank.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 53:
Yeas—20.
Nays—None.
Excused—Rawson.
Senate Bill No. 53 having received a constitutional majority, Madam President declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
Senate Bill No. 153.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Senators Schneider, Neal, Townsend, Titus, Mathews and Washington.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 153:
Yeas—19.
Nays—None.
Not Voting—Neal.
Excused—Rawson.
Senate Bill No. 153 having received a two-thirds majority, Madam President declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Senator Raggio moved that Assembly Bills Nos. 32, 153, be taken from the General File and placed on the General File for the next legislative day.
Remarks by Senator Raggio.
Motion carried.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing of Bills and Resolutions
There being no objections, the President and Secretary signed Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF SENATE FLOOR
On request of Senator Amodei, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Mike Pomi.
On request of Senator Jacobsen, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Lana Hess.
On request of Senator Mathews, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Kathy King.
On request of Senator McGinness, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Valdine McLean.
On request of Senator O'Donnell, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Joanne Schlekley.
On request of Senator Porter, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Linda Johnson.
On request of Senator Raggio, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Barbara Surritte and Mark R. Dodson.
On request of Senator Rhoads, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Gael McGibbon.
On request of Senator Townsend, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Stacy Drum.
On request of Senator Washington, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Susan Vaughn and the following students from the Washoe County School District: Chelsea Boles, David Carr, Maureen Choman, Drury McPherson, Gwen McPherson, Teola Shaw, Jonathan Daniels, Daniel Diebel, Nicholas Diebel, Mitchell Jones, Henry Sosnowski, Kevin Salls, Edwin Sweeny, Steven Sweeny, Samantha Carr, Julio Retana, Jimmy Bailey, William Stednick, Patrick Tabar, Emily Quigg, Seth Rilea, Heber Lopez, Zachary Johnson, Matt Klippenstein, Jaeed Volk, Luke Babbit, Keegan Ferrari, Tyler Haller; teachers: Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Shoulder and Mr. Waller.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate adjourn until Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 11 a.m.
Motion carried.
Senate adjourned at 12:12 p.m.
Approved:Lorraine T. Hunt
President of the Senate
Attest: Claire J. Clift
Secretary of the Senate