THE NINTH DAY
Carson City (Tuesday), February 11, 2003
Assembly called to order at 11:03 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Pastor Albert Tilstra.
It is good, O Lord, that it is not custom that brings us again into this sacred moment of prayer, but our deep sense of need. Forgive us all, that we talk too much and think too little. Forgive us all, that we worry so often and pray so seldom. Most of all, O Lord, forgive us that, so helpless without You, we are so unwilling to seek Your help. Give us grace to seek You with the whole heart, that seeking You we may find You, and finding You may love You, and loving You may keep Your commandments and do Your will. Through our Lord we ask these things.
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.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Commerce and Labor, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 22, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
David Goldwater, Chairman
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 10, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.
Bernie Anderson, Chairman
MESSAGES FROM THE Senate
Senate Chamber, Carson City, February 10, 2003
To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Bill No. 13.
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Mary Jo Mongelli |
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Assistant Secretary of the Senate |
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Assemblymen McClain, Claborn, Chowning, Parks, Conklin, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Carpenter, Collins, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Grady, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Perkins, Pierce, and Williams (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 73—AN ACT relating to crimes; reducing the age of a victim that is used as the threshold for determining the applicability of certain crimes against older persons; authorizing a court to require a person found guilty of certain crimes against older persons to pay the cost of investigating and prosecuting the crime; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman McClain moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining:
Assembly Bill No. 74—AN ACT relating to brownfield sites; creating a revolving fund to finance the remediation of brownfield sites; requiring the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to administer the fund; providing for the uses of money in the fund; authorizing the Administrator of the Division to impose a fee; authorizing the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Collins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining:
Assembly Bill No. 75—AN ACT relating to agriculture; revising the provisions governing the certification of organic agricultural products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Collins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.
By Assemblyman Carpenter:
Assembly Bill No. 76—AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Human Resources for the establishment of a branch office in West Wendover; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Carpenter moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Angle, Gustavson, Andonov, Beers, Brown, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Knecht, Mabey, McCleary, Mortenson, Ohrenschall, Sherer, and Weber; Senator Shaffer (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 77—AN ACT relating to motorcycles; authorizing certain inserts in tail lamps; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Angle moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen McCleary, Conklin, Claborn, Chowning, Angle, Atkinson, Christensen, Geddes, Griffin, Hettrick, Horne, Manendo, Marvel, and Weber:
Assembly Bill No. 78—AN ACT relating to sexual offenses; revising the penalty for a sexual assault against a child under the age of 16 years; revising the penalty for lewdness with a child; prohibiting the suspension of sentence or granting of probation to a person convicted of lewdness with a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman McCleary moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Assemblymen Buckley, Gibbons, Anderson, Manendo, Giunchigliani, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber, and Williams; Senator Titus:
Assembly Bill No. 79—AN ACT relating to health care; requiring an external review organization to be certified by the Commissioner of Insurance before conducting an external review of a final adverse determination of a managed care organization or health maintenance organization; authorizing an insured under certain health care plans to submit to a managed care organization or health maintenance organization a request for such a review under certain circumstances; requiring an external review organization to approve, modify or reverse a final adverse determination within a certain period; providing that an external review organization is not liable in a civil action for damages relating to a determination issued by the external review organization under certain circumstances; requiring the Director of the Office for Consumer Health Assistance to contract with certain external review organizations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Senate Bill No. 13.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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 11:20 a.m.
ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
At 11:21 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the action whereby
Senate Bill
No. 13 was referred to the Committee on Judiciary be rescinded.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that Senate Bill No. 13 be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Motion carried.
Assemblywoman Buckley
moved that RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL:
Bill O'Driscoll, Ryan Randazzo, Thomas Walsh; KWNA RADIO:
Joyce Sheen, 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.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing of Bills and Resolutions
There being no
objections, the Speaker and Chief Clerk signed
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2; Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2.
GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR
On request of Assemblyman Arberry, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Frank R. Woodbeck.
On request of Assemblywoman Leslie, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Juliet Klemm, Tina Ruff, Julie Hinton, Austin Buss, Emily Fernandez, Aqueelah Thompson, and Chanika Corley.
On
request of Assemblywoman Gibbons, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly
Chamber for this day was extended to Ashley Ablahani and
Cindy Elkins.
Assemblywoman Buckley moved that the Assembly adjourn until Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 11:00 a.m.
Motion carried.
Assembly adjourned at 11:25 a.m.
Approved: Richard D. Perkins
Attest: Jacqueline Sneddon