THE FIFTIETH DAY
Carson City(Monday), March 26, 2001
Senate called to order at 11:34 a.m.
President pro Tempore Jacobsen presiding.
Roll called.
All present except Senator James, who was excused.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Monte Fast.
Eternal God.
May we never be forgetful that we did not create ourselves, that every good gift comes from our creator and that we are custodians, not owners, of those material goods which come to our hands. And in acknowledging our humanity, let commit to service above self.
Amen.
Pledge of allegiance to the Flag.
Senator Raggio moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the President pro Tempore and Secretary be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.
WAIVERS AND EXEMPTIONS
Notice of Exemption
March 22, 2001
The Fiscal Analysis Division, pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6, has determined the exemption of: Assembly Bills Nos. 15, 19, 31, 35, 52, 53, 58, 73, 75, 80, 90, 109, 115, 120, 122, 124, 134, 139, 141, 146, 147, 166, 174, 177, 178, 184, 188, 196, 206, 214, 221, 222, 224, 228, 230, 232, 241, 244, 250, 297, 300.
Mark Stevens
March 24, 2001
The Fiscal Analysis Division, pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6, has determined the exemption of Assembly Bills Nos. 313, 319, 330, 335, 343, 346, 354, 356, 367, 371, 378, 404, 405, 409, 411, 416, 420, 424, 426, 448, 449, 453, 454, 470, 473, 474.
Mark Stevens
March 25, 2001
The Fiscal Analysis Division, pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6, has determined the exemption of Senate Bills Nos. 23, 28, 31, 54, 69, 73, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 92, 95, 107, 108, 111, 121, 131, 132, 135, 138, 156, 169, 175, 177, 180, 181, 184, 186, 194, 195, 198, 220, 230, 232, 233, 235, 241, 261, 262, 267, 269, 276, 319, 364, 379, 382, 415, 465, 469.
Gary Ghiggeri
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 482—AN ACT relating to skateboard parks; prohibiting a person who uses a skateboard park from engaging in certain conduct; requiring such a person to follow certain safety requirements; limiting the liability of a skateboard park operator; providing a penalty; 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. 483—AN ACT relating to medical facilities; requiring the state board of health to adopt regulations for the licensure of mobile units as medical facilities; 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. 484—AN ACT relating to the cost of health care; revising the provisions requiring major hospitals to reduce their billed charges for certain services; 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. 485—AN ACT relating to health care records; requiring a provider of health care to notify a patient or certain other persons before destroying the health care records of the patient; 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. 486—AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; creating the Task Force for Community-Based Services for Persons with Disabilities; prescribing its powers and duties; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 487—AN ACT relating to public investments; authorizing additional types of investments for money in certain public funds; 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. 488—AN ACT relating to the state treasurer; revising the authority of the state treasurer to invest money held in certain trust funds; authorizing the state treasurer to create a nonprofit corporation to purchase and collect the proceeds from settlement agreements and civil litigation between the State of Nevada and tobacco companies; 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. 489—AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the authority of the state treasurer to employ a staff and to use a facsimile signature; abolishing the division of unclaimed property of the department of business and industry and transferring the duties of the division to the state treasurer; revising the time for the submission of an annual report by the state treasurer; providing for the submission of certain public revenue and reports to the state controller instead of the state treasurer; revising the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act; 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 Finance:
Senate Bill No. 490—AN ACT relating to education; providing that certain public schools are not eligible to receive an exemption from the annual designation of public schools; revising provisions pursuant to which certain public schools must be designated as demonstrating need for improvement; revising related provisions governing the accountability of public schools; authorizing the department of education to spend from the state distributive school account money for programs of remedial study and tutoring; 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. 491—AN ACT making an appropriation to Opportunity Village Foundation; 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. 492—AN ACT relating to state financial administration; clarifying the provisions governing the transfer of money to the fund to stabilize the operation of the state government; 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. 493—AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing an institution or unit of the University and Community College System of Nevada to retain and carry forward for expenditure a certain portion of the unencumbered balance of an appropriation made from the state general fund for the support of the institution or unit; 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. 494—AN ACT relating to nuclear waste; creating the Nevada protection account in the state general fund; providing that the account be used to protect the State of Nevada and its residents through funding activities to prevent the location of a federal nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain; making an appropriation; 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. 495—AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain private schools to administer the high school proficiency examination; requiring certain pupils enrolled in private schools to pass the high school proficiency examination to receive a diploma and graduate; providing for the selection and administration of certain examinations to pupils enrolled in public schools; requiring the department of education to conduct a pilot program for the administration of alternative assessments to certain pupils whose primary language is not English; 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. 496—AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; increasing the maximum amount of revenue bonds authorized by chapter 501, Statutes of Nevada, 1991, for the financing of facilities required or desired by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Nevada, Reno; 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. 497—AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to acquire certain facilities for Truckee Meadows Community College; 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. 498—AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising the authorized uses of an appropriation made in the previous session to the Lincoln County School District for the construction of an elementary school; changing the date of the reversion of the appropriation; 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. 499—AN ACT relating to state parks; revising the name of the parks marina development fund; expanding the permissible uses of money in the fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 500—AN ACT relating to the University Securities Law; revising provisions governing security interests in connection with bonds, notes or other borrowings of the University and Community College System of Nevada; authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to delegate its authority concerning the sale of securities; authorizing variable rates of interest on securities; authorizing the investment of pledged revenues and the proceeds of securities in certain investment contracts; authorizing agreements for an exchange of interest rates; 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. 501—AN ACT relating to commission on ethics; repealing the prospective expiration by limitation of the provisions relating to the appointment of a commission counsel by the commission on ethics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 502—AN ACT relating to state job training office; eliminating the office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 503—AN ACT relating to the department of motor vehicles and public safety; increasing the service charge assessed by the department for checks that are dishonored upon presentation for payment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 504—AN ACT relating to the department of prisons; revising provisions relating to the appointment of wardens by the department of prisons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 505—AN ACT relating to dairy products; making various changes relating to the transfer of responsibility for the dairy inspection program to the state dairy commission of the department of business and industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 506—AN ACT relating to homeopathic medicine; requiring a person regulated by the board of homeopathic medical examiners and his insurer to report to the board any claim for malpractice or negligence and the disposition thereof; revising the requirements for the restoration of a license or certificate under certain circumstances; requiring suspension of a license or certificate under certain circumstances; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 507—AN ACT relating to energy; revising and repealing various provisions concerning utilities and energy; clarifying certain procedures and requirements governing the regulation of utilities; expanding the availability of net metering; requiring the terms and conditions of certain contracts or agreements related to net metering and net metering systems to be approved by the public utilities commission of Nevada; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 508—AN ACT relating to the regulation of public utilities; requiring an audit of certain electric utilities, their affiliates, parent company and subsidiaries; specifying the scope and conduct of the audit; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 509—AN ACT relating to the public utilities commission of Nevada; revising provisions governing certain education and informational services provided by the commission; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 510—AN ACT relating to the practice of chiropractic; authorizing certain chiropractors who are certified in animal chiropractic to engage in the practice of animal chiropractic without the order, referral, direction or supervision of a licensed veterinarian; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 511—AN ACT relating to employment practices; limiting the enforceability of certain contracts and agreements that restrain persons from engaging in a lawful profession, trade or business; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 512—AN ACT relating to accountants; requiring the Nevada state board of accountancy to charge a fee for administering an examination in this state to a person who is a candidate for a certificate as a certified public accountant in another state or jurisdiction of the United States; providing for the registration of certain persons who establish or maintain an office in this state under a fictitious name; authorizing the board to take certain actions against persons who make false or fraudulent statements on certain applications submitted to the board; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 513—AN ACT relating to professions; creating a new chapter which provides certain provisions that are applicable to all regulatory bodies that regulate occupations or professions in Title 54 of NRS; requiring regulatory bodies who regulate certain professions, occupations and businesses to maintain the confidentiality of certain records and proceedings relating to investigations under certain circumstances; requiring such regulatory bodies to make certain records and proceedings public if the regulatory body decides to proceed with disciplinary action; requiring such regulatory bodies to hold a public hearing to discuss and approve the terms of certain consent agreements before entering such agreements; requiring any reprimand issued by such regulatory bodies to be public; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 514—AN ACT relating to utilities; excluding persons who are engaged in providing commercial mobile radio service from the definition of “public utility”; revising the authority of the public utilities commission of Nevada to regulate mergers, acquisitions and changes in control of public utilities, holding companies and other entities; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 515—AN ACT relating to homeopathic medicine; prohibiting a person from advertising himself as qualified to practice homeopathic medicine if he does not possess the requisite license or certificate; 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 the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 516—AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a claimant to present a claim of a 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 a claim of a constructional defect; requiring a contractor to disclose certain information to the purchaser of a new residence; revising the definition of a constructional defect; eliminating mandatory mediation and revising procedures in cases involving a constructional defect; revising provisions concerning common-interest communities; 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 the Committee on Finance:
Senate Bill No. 517—AN ACT making an appropriation to restore and increase the balance in the reserve for statutory contingency account; 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. 518—AN ACT making appropriations to the contingency fund to restore and increase the balance in the fund; 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. 519—AN ACT relating to offenders; providing that certain prisoners may be assigned to the custody of the division of parole and probation of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to participate in a program for re-entry into the community; providing that certain parolees may be ordered to participate in a program for re-entry into the community; providing for the sealing of records of certain prisoners and parolees who successfully complete the program for re-entry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT
Senate Bill No. 234.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Senate Bill No. 282.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate recess until 1 p.m.
Motion carried.
Senate in recess at 12 p.m.
SENATE IN SESSION
At 1:58 p.m.
President pro Tempore Jacobsen presiding.
Quorum present.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Joint Resolution No. 12—Urging Congress to require the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interior and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to take certain actions to prevent and reduce air pollution.
Senator Rhoads moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 24—Urging the Commission on Tourism and the Commission on Economic Development to promote Nevada as a state where choice in health care is available.
Senator O'Connell moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 520—AN ACT relating to vehicles; authorizing the optional registration of vehicles for a 2-year period; making various changes in the provisions governing the imposition and the procedure for distribution of the vehicle privilege tax; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 521—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; making optional the use of a siren by an emergency vehicle; specifically authorizing an emergency vehicle to operate warning lamps without sounding the siren; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 522—AN ACT relating to the state financial administration; clarifying certain provisions governing use of money in the state highway fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 523—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing the period of validity of a permit issued to operate certain unregistered vehicles; revising provisions relating to the form provided by the department of motor vehicles and public safety to a dealer for the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle; authorizing the department to enter into an agreement with another state concerning the exchange of information relating to the issuance, renewal, suspension or revocation of drivers’ licenses; requiring the investigation of the criminal history of an applicant for a license to operate a school for training drivers or for a license as an instructor for such a school; providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 524—AN ACT relating to vehicles; authorizing the department of motor vehicles and public safety to establish a program for the electronic submission and storage of documents relating to the registration and title of vehicles; prescribing the requirements of the program; authorizing the department to charge a fee for participation in the program; revising related provisions governing registration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Transportation:
Senate Bill No. 525—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; extending the reversion date of an appropriation made in the previous session for the production of certain license plates; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety to complete the replacement of the bighorn sheep license plates within a specified period; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Raggio moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Commerce and Labor:
Senate Bill No. 526—AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the public utilities commission of Nevada to adopt regulations pertaining to the affordability of rates for certain services provided by public utilities; 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 the Committee on Taxation:
Senate Bill No. 527—AN ACT relating to cigarettes; exempting duty-free sales enterprises and persons importing cigarettes for personal use from provisions governing the licensing of cigarette dealers and the taxation of cigarettes; providing that cigarette revenue stamps must identify the dealer who affixed the stamps; requiring certain dealers to file certificates regarding cigarettes imported into the United States; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Taxation:
Senate Bill No. 528—AN ACT relating to taxation; clarifying the provisions relating to the taxation of medical devices sold to governmental entities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Taxation:
Senate Bill No. 529—AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring the department of taxation to withhold a portion of certain taxes remitted to each county as compensation to the State of Nevada for the costs of assessing and collecting the taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 530—AN ACT relating to regional planning; extending the interval at which the regional planning coalition may review certain plans of a governing body, regional agency, state agency or public utility; authorizing the regional planning coalition to make certain grants to a city or county for purposes related to land use planning; authorizing the regional planning coalition to request the preparation of not more than three legislative measures for a regular legislative session; authorizing the regional planning coalition to adopt rules or bylaws pertaining to the attendance of members of its governing board at meetings of the governing board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 531—AN ACT relating to the Colorado River commission; removing certain employees of the office of the Colorado River commission from the classified and unclassified service of the state; requiring the Colorado River commission to adopt certain regulations relating to its employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 532—AN ACT relating to livestock; requiring an owner or manager of livestock to enclose certain private land with a legal fence under certain circumstances; providing that such an owner or manager of livestock is liable for double damages for a trespass under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 533—AN ACT relating to the control of air pollution; authorizing the control officer of a local air pollution control board to request the initiation of certain proceedings regarding the enforcement of certain laws pertaining to the control of air pollution; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 534—AN ACT relating to air pollution; requiring the state department of conservation and natural resources to take certain actions with regard to the financing of programs for the control of air pollution; providing for the review of an implementation plan of a local air pollution control board by the department; requiring the department to establish standards for the control of regional haze; requiring certain local air pollution control boards to conduct an audit of their programs for the control of air pollution; requiring the department to establish a program that provides incentives for the repair of motor vehicles which do not comply with the standards for emissions; revising the provisions relating to the determination of the adequacy of certain programs for the control of air pollution; requiring the department to establish a program to provide incentives for the use of alternative fuels in motor vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 535—AN ACT relating to air pollution; authorizing the local air pollution control agency in certain counties to establish a program for the receipt and exchange of credits to reduce and control air pollution; requiring such an agency to use the fees collected from such a program for projects to reduce air pollution; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 536—AN ACT relating to the control of air pollution; authorizing the creation, by cooperative agreement, of a separate entity to establish and administer a program for the control of air pollution in certain counties; setting forth the powers and duties of such an entity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 537—AN ACT relating to the state department of agriculture; requiring the director of the department to appoint a person to manage certain activities relating to the department; providing that the person appointed is in the unclassified service of the state and has the powers of a peace officer; prescribing his duties; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rhoads moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Human Resources and Facilities:
Senate Bill No. 538—AN ACT relating to the department of human resources; creating an advisory council within the department of human resources; abolishing the state welfare board, the Nevada commission on aging, the commission on mental health and developmental services, and the advisory board on maternal and child health; 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. 539—AN ACT relating to the fund for a healthy Nevada; providing that a portion of the money in the fund may be used to pay certain administrative costs incurred by the department of human resources; revising the procedures for allocating money in the fund; revising provisions relating to the program of subsidies for the provision of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services to senior citizens; increasing the maximum allowable subsidies for senior citizens who participate in that program; authorizing the department of human resources to change that program under certain circumstances; 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 Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 540—AN ACT relating to mental health; changing the name of the Nevada mental health institute to northern Nevada adult mental health services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell 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. 541—AN ACT relating to the department of museums, library and arts; changing the name of the department to the department of cultural affairs; requiring the administrator of the division of museums and history of the department to establish the qualifications for, and the powers and duties of, the museum directors of the various institutions of the division; transferring the museum directors of the Nevada state museum, the Nevada museum and historical society and the Nevada historical society from the unclassified to the classified service of the state; providing that abandoned property held by an institution of the division of museums and history becomes the property of the division; 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. 542—AN ACT relating to education; creating the fund for residency programs of the University of Nevada School of Medicine; 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. 543—AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring the board of regents of the University of Nevada to establish policies governing the contracts that faculty members and employees of the system may enter into or benefit from; authorizing such faculty members and employees to enter into or benefit from certain contracts that are consistent with those policies; 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. 544—AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy; authorizing the state board of pharmacy to adopt requirements for the form, content and transmittal of prescriptions for controlled substances; clarifying the authority of the board to regulate pharmacies and wholesalers who offer services in this state via the Internet; revising the disciplinary action that may be taken by the board against the holder of a certificate, license or permit issued by the board; 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. 545—AN ACT relating to public health; creating a state commission for the approval of research programs for the medical use of marijuana; prescribing the membership and duties of the commission; authorizing persons to apply to the commission for approval of research programs for the medical use of marijuana; providing immunity from civil and criminal liability for the possession and delivery of marijuana under certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Rawson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 546—AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the penalties for a second or subsequent offense of abuse or neglect of a child; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 547—AN ACT relating to prisoners; requiring a prisoner who commences a civil action to pay the full amount of any filing fees under certain circumstances; prohibiting a prisoner from bringing a civil action for mental or emotional injury without a prior showing of physical harm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 548—AN ACT relating to criminal justice; expanding the types of specimens that may be used for genetic marker testing of certain offenders; expanding genetic marker testing to offenders who are convicted of conspiring to commit certain offenses; expanding genetic marker testing to certain probationers and parolees who are subject to supervision pursuant to an interstate compact; revising provisions relating to psychosexual evaluations and the process of certifying whether certain sex offenders may be granted probation; revising provisions relating to the restoration of civil rights of certain offenders who are honorably discharged from probation; revising provisions relating to the collection and maintenance of genetic marker information by the central repository for Nevada records of criminal history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 549—AN ACT relating to peace officers; authorizing a peace officer to detain a witness to a crime under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 550—AN ACT relating to presentence investigations; authorizing the division of parole and probation of the department of motor vehicles and public safety to contract with a person to conduct a presentence investigation and to prepare reports and related documents; restricting the disclosure of information obtained by such a person during the performance of his duties; requiring assistant parole and probation officers to supervise any such person with whom the division contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 551—AN ACT relating to technology; requiring Internet service providers to maintain certain information; authorizing certain persons to issue subpoenas to obtain such information; establishing a penalty for committing the crime of stalking with the use of the Internet or electronic mail; prohibiting the use of a computer, network or system to lure children and providing that such an offense constitutes a sexual offense for the purpose of certain statutes pertaining to sex offenders; making various changes concerning the sale of tobacco products or alcoholic beverages to minors through the use of the Internet; requiring that certain conditions of probation and parole be imposed upon certain offenders who are convicted of a crime involving a computer, network or system; requiring each public library and the department of education to adopt a policy to limit access of children to obscene material on the Internet; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 552—AN ACT relating to affordable housing; expanding the powers of the housing division of the department of business and industry; exempting the officers and employees of the housing division from the state personnel system; requiring the housing division to make certain information relating to obligors open for public inspection; exempting the housing division from the state purchasing act; exempting the housing division from certain provisions relating to the department of information technology; changing prerequisites for the housing division to provide financing for residential housing; changing requirements for use of money in the account for low-income housing; exempting transfers by a local government from the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions; repealing certain powers of the housing division; removing certain requirements for loans made by the housing division; repealing certain provisions relating to bond reserve funds; removing certain requirements for bonds issued by the housing division; 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. 553—AN ACT relating to governmental administration; establishing certain requirements for the use of installment-purchase agreements by local governments; removing the requirement that local governments create funds for certain extraordinary maintenance, repair or improvements; creating certain exceptions to the Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions; authorizing the committee on local government finance to adopt certain regulations; requiring the committee on local government finance to adopt certain regulations; prohibiting the use of the proceeds from certain obligations issued by a local government to pay operating expenses; requiring the Nevada tax commission to appoint a subcommittee to conduct a public hearing concerning the management of a local government in a severe financial emergency; 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 the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 554—AN ACT relating to land use planning; requiring the governing body of each county and city to adopt an ordinance providing for the appeal of certain land use decisions to the governing body; providing for an appeal of such decisions by the governing body to the district court; raising the maximum compensation that a governing body may provide to its planning commission for each meeting of the planning commission; authorizing certain attested copies of a master plan to be certified by electronic means; modifying the period within which certain entities must take action on a tentative map, parcel map or final map; revising provisions regarding the presentation of a series of final maps for a subdivision; 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. 555—AN ACT relating to cities; changing the classification thereof; altering the powers and size of certain city councils; changing the method by which a mayor pro tem is appointed; changing certain references to city councils; modifying the rules regarding city council meetings; revising the terms and compensation of appointed city council members; 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. 556—AN ACT relating to local government; prohibiting reprisal or retaliatory action against an officer or employee of a local government who discloses improper governmental action; requiring a local government to establish procedures for hearing appeals relating to a reprisal or retaliatory action; 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. 557—AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the formula for the distribution among counties of certain revenue from the tax on certain motor vehicle fuel; providing for a review of the estimates of the total mileage of roads or streets maintained by each county and incorporated city prepared by the department of transportation; extending the date for expiration of the legislative committee to study the distribution among local governments of revenue from state and local taxes and certain statutory provisions relating thereto; changing the name of the committee to the legislative committee for local government taxes and finance; 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. 558—AN ACT relating to information; providing additional protection for trade secrets; defining a Nevada employer’s right to intellectual property created by his employee; providing remedies for unauthorized use of patented material owned by Nevada businesses and residents; 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 the Committee on Government Affairs:
Senate Bill No. 559—AN ACT relating to municipal obligations; establishing certain requirements for the use of installment-purchase agreements by local governments; removing the requirement that local governments create funds for certain extraordinary maintenance, repair or improvements; creating certain exceptions to the Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions; 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. 560—AN ACT relating to public works; requiring the attorney general to prosecute persons who violate certain provisions relating to employment of workmen on a public work; increasing the period within which a person may not be awarded a contract for a public work after being assessed an administrative penalty for committing an offense; revising the provisions governing the determination of the prevailing wages in a county; revising the provisions establishing which workmen are employed on a public work and subject to the provisions governing prevailing wages; requiring public bodies to investigate possible violations of certain provisions governing employment on a public work; requiring contractors and subcontractors to submit certain records concerning his workmen to a public body within a certain period; providing that a failure to maintain and provide such records within such period constitutes an offense which may subject the contractor or subcontractor to administrative penalties and civil liability; providing that a violation of certain regulations is a misdemeanor; changing monetary limits of certain penalties and fines; providing a penalty; 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. 561—AN ACT relating to public financial administration; requiring the chief of the division of internal audits of the department of administration to appoint a manager of internal controls; establishing the qualifications of the manager of internal controls; exempting certain governmental agencies from certain provisions concerning audits, reviews, training and assistance provided by the division of internal audits; 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. 562—AN ACT relating to the office of the governor; transferring the office of science, engineering and technology within the University and Community College System of Nevada to the office of the governor; 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. 563—AN ACT relating to telecommunications; changing the place of billing of the customers from which a supplier of mobile telephone service may collect certain fees; removing the date for expiration of the provisions relating to the surcharge on telephone services for the enhancement of the telephone systems for reporting emergencies; changing provisions relating to a limitation on fees charged by local government for a public utility that sells or resells wireless service; 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. 564—AN ACT relating to state printing; requiring competitive bidding for the printing of certain state publications and other printed materials; 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. 565—AN ACT relating to elections; allowing certain members of the Armed Forces of the United States to vote through the use of the Internet; providing for a statewide system of voter registration; providing for one presidential elector to represent each congressional district of this state and two presidential electors to represent this state at large; revising various deadlines and procedures relating to petitions, ballots, elections, recounts and campaign practices; 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. 566—AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring the successor organization to the state industrial insurance system to release certain liens created by the system; 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. 567—AN ACT relating to cities; revising the requirements relating to the adoption and revision of programs of annexation; 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. 568—AN ACT relating to tort claims; allowing the risk management division of the department of administration and the attorney general to assess local governments for certain tort claims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator O'Connell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Senator Raggio moved that Senate Bills Nos. 27, 46, 125, 202; Assembly Bill No. 84, 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 pro Tempore and Secretary signed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23; Senate Resolution No. 4; Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2; Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 14.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF SENATE FLOOR
On request of Senator McGinness, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Henry Neth.
On request of Senator Neal, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Patricia Thomas.
On request of Senator O'Connell, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Dina Kennedy.
On request of Senator Rawson, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Valerie Dimick.
On request of Senator Washington, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Janet Serial.
On request of Senator Wiener, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Samantha Brown, Stephanie Cook and Tisha Cook.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate adjourn until Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 11 a.m.
Motion carried.
Senate adjourned at 2:28 p.m.
Approved:Lawrence E. Jacobsen
President pro Tempore of the Senate
Attest: Claire J. Clift