THE SECOND DAY
Carson City (Tuesday), February 4, 2003
Assembly called to order at 11:09 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Reverend Bruce Henderson.
Lord, it’s that time once more, so here we are again. Same time. Same place. Some of our faces are different, but our request is the same. I thank You for these men and women and their desire to serve. Please grant them wisdom and grit along with grace and compassion. And, oh yes, Lord, we’ll need humor for the next several months, so please grant us that, too. May we remember why we are here, and may we remember You.
Amen.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the Speaker and Chief Clerk be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, February 3, 2003
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform
your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Bill No. 1.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Assembly Bill No. 42—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring a driver of a motor vehicle to stop in obedience to the direction or traffic control signal of a school crossing guard; prohibiting the driver from proceeding until the highway is clear of all persons; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Anderson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Assembly Bill No. 43—AN ACT relating to property; authorizing the units’ owners in certain common-interest communities to have delegates or representatives exercise their voting rights; authorizing a penalty to be imposed against a unit’s owner for failing to adhere to a schedule for certain construction related to the unit; authorizing a unit-owners’ association to place and foreclose a lien on a unit for failure to pay such a penalty under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Anderson moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Marvel:
Assembly Bill No. 44—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the Kerak Shrine, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America, which is located in Reno, Nevada, or its successor; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Marvel moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill No. 1.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that all rules be suspended, reading so far had considered first reading, rules further suspended, bill considered engrossed, declared an emergency measure under the Constitution and placed on third reading and final passage.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Buckley.
Motion carried unanimously.
general file and third reading
Senate Bill No. 1
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Arberry.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 1:
Yeas—42.
Nays—None.
Senate Bill No. 1 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that all rules be suspended and that Senate Bill No. 1 be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Motion carried unanimously.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that KLAS-TV: Brandon Eisenberg; LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: Lisa Bach, Joelle Babula, Amy Bennett, Kevin Cannon, Jan Moller, Jane Ann Morrison, Natalie Patton, be accepted as accredited press representatives, that they be assigned space at the press table in the Assembly Chambers and that they be allowed use of appropriate broadcasting facilities.
Motion carried.
Mr. Speaker announced if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Assembly in recess at 11:23 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 11:45 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, February 4, 2003
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1.
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MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Mr. Speaker announced the appointment of Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Anderson, Buckley, Perkins, Christensen, Griffin, and Hettrick as a Select Committee on Credentials, with Assemblywoman Giunchigliani to serve as Chairman.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1.
Assemblyman Beers moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblymen Beers, Buckley, Gibbons, and Anderson.
Resolution adopted unanimously.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen Williams and Giunchigliani:
Assembly Bill No. 45—AN ACT relating to education; providing for the adjustment of state funding to school districts when pupils drop out of school after the count of pupils is calculated; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Education.
Motion carried.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblyman
Beers, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was
extended to Reverend Marvin Gant, Anita Gant, Ann Gant, Sarah Gant, John Gant,
Caryl Gobel,
Alan M. Myers, M.D., Linda West Myers, and Ed Gobel.
On request of Assemblywoman Gibbons, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Marlyn Scholl.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the Assembly adjourn until Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 11:59 a.m.
Approved: Richard D. Perkins
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon