THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY
Carson City (Tuesday), February 25, 2003
Senate called to order at 11:18 a.m.
President pro Tempore Amodei presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Dr. Ken Haskins.
Our loving and compassionate Father, we come before you with
heavy hearts this morning as we receive word that a good friend of many in this
body, Gerry Selover, passed from this life early this morning. God of all
comfort, comfort her family, loved ones and friends with the promises of Your
Word that to be absent from this body is to be at home with the Lord and that
in Your House are many mansions.
Now, Father, we must turn our eyes toward the business of this
day, light our path so that we would see clearly the issues before us and
perform well the duties demanded of this day. We pray in the Name of the One
who is even now the light of the world.
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.
REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES
Mr. President
pro Tempore:
Your
Committee on Judiciary, to which were referred Senate Bill No. 73; Assembly
Bill No. 10, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to
report the same back with the recommendation: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Mark E. Amodei, Chairman
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
By the Committee on Judiciary:
Senate Joint Resolution No. 5—Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to allow the Legislature to establish an intermediate appellate court.
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
JOINTLY, That a new section,
designated Section 3A, be added to Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution to read
as follows:
Sec. 3A. 1. The
Legislature may provide by law for the creation of a Court of Appeals.
2. If the Legislature creates a Court of Appeals pursuant to
subsection 1, then:
(a) The Court of Appeals must
consist of three judges or such greater number as the Legislature may provide
by law. If the number of judges is so increased, the Supreme Court shall
provide by rule for the assignment of each appeal to a panel of three judges
for decision.
(b) After the initial terms,
each judge of the Court of Appeals must be elected by the qualified electors of
this state at the general election for a term of 6 years beginning on the first
Monday of January next after the election. The initial judges must be elected
by the qualified electors of this state at the first general election following
the creation of the Court of Appeals. The initial terms of the judges must be
staggered so that one judge serves for an initial term of 2 years, one for 4
years and one for 6 years. The initial judges shall meet as soon as practicable
after their election to determine by lot the term of office that each judge
will fill. If there is an increase in the number of judges, each additional
judge must be elected by the qualified electors of this state at the first
general election following the increase for a term beginning on the first
Monday of January next after the election. The Legislature shall provide for an
initial term of 6 or fewer years for each additional judge so that one-third of
the total number of judges, as nearly as may be, is elected every 2 years. If
the number of judges is increased by more than one, the additional judges shall
meet as soon as practicable after their election to determine by lot the term
of office that each judge will fill.
(c) The Supreme Court shall
appoint one of the judges of the Court of Appeals to be Chief Judge. The Chief
Judge serves a term of 4 years and may succeed himself. The Chief Judge may
resign his position as Chief Judge without resigning from the Court of Appeals.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 1 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The
Judicial power of this State [shall be] is vested in a court system, comprising a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, if established by the
Legislature, District Courts [,]
and Justices of the Peace. The Legislature may also establish, as part of the
system, Courts for municipal purposes only in incorporated cities and towns.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4. 1. The supreme court [shall] and the court of appeals, if established by the legislature, have
appellate jurisdiction in all civil cases arising in district courts, and also
on questions of law alone in all criminal cases in which the offense charged is
within the original jurisdiction of the district courts. The legislature shall fix the jurisdiction of the court of appeals.
The supreme court [shall] and the court of
appeals also have power to issue writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto [,] and habeas corpus and also all writs necessary or proper to the
complete exercise of [its
appellate] their jurisdiction. Each [of the justices shall have power to] justice of the supreme court and judge of the court of appeals may
issue writs of habeas corpus to any
part of the state, upon petition by, or on behalf of, any person held in actual
custody [,] in this state and may make such writs returnable [, before himself] before the issuing justice or judge or the [supreme court,] court of which the
justice or judge is a member, or before any district court in the state or [before] any judge of [said
courts.] a district court.
2. In case of the disability or
disqualification, for any cause, of [the chief justice or one of the
associate justices] a justice of
the supreme court, [or any two of them,] the governor [is authorized
and empowered to designate any] may
designate a judge of the court of appeals or a district judge [or
judges] to sit in the place [or places of such] of the disqualified or disabled justice . [or justices, and said judge or judges so designated shall
receive their] The judge designated
by the governor is entitled to receive his actual expense of travel and
otherwise while sitting in the supreme court.
3. In case of the disability or disqualification, for any cause, of a
judge of the court of appeals, the governor may designate a district judge to
sit in the place of the disabled or disqualified judge. The judge that the
governor designates is entitled to receive his actual expense of travel and
otherwise while sitting in the court of appeals.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 7 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7. The times of
holding the Supreme Court , the Court of
Appeals and the District Courts [shall]
must be as fixed by law. The terms of
the Supreme Court [shall] must be
held at the seat of Government unless the Legislature otherwise provides by
law, except that the Supreme Court may hear oral argument at other places in
the state. The terms of the Court of
Appeals must be held at the place provided by law. The terms of the
District Courts [shall] must be
held at the County seats of their respective counties unless the Legislature
otherwise provides by law.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 8 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8. 1. The Legislature shall determine the number of Justices of the
Peace to be elected in each city and township of the State [,] and shall fix by law their qualifications, their terms of
office and the limits of their civil and criminal jurisdiction, according to
the amount in controversy, the nature of the case, the penalty provided [,] or any combination of these.
[The provisions
of this section affecting the number, qualifications, terms of office and
jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace become effective on the first Monday of
January, 1979.]
2. The Legislature shall also prescribe by
law the manner, and determine the cases ,
in which appeals may be taken from Justices and other courts. The Supreme
Court, the Court of Appeals, the
District Courts [,] and such
other Courts [,] as the
Legislature shall designate [,
shall be] are Courts of Record.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 11 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11. The justices of
the supreme court , the judges of the
court of appeals and the district judges [shall be] are ineligible to any office, other than
a judicial office, during the term for which they [shall] have
been elected or appointed . [; and all] All elections or
appointments of any such judges by the people, legislature [,] or otherwise [,] during said period [,] to any office other than judicial [, shall be] are void.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 15 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
[Sec:] Sec. 15. The Justices of the Supreme Court , the Judges of the Court of Appeals
and the District Judges [shall]
are each entitled to receive for their services a compensation to be fixed
by law and paid in the manner provided by law, which [shall] must not be increased or diminished
during the term for which they [shall] have been elected, unless a
Vacancy occurs, in which case the successor of the former incumbent [shall]
is entitled to receive only such
salary as may be provided by law at the time of his election or appointment . [; and provision shall] A provision must be made by law for
setting apart from each year’s revenue a sufficient amount of Money, to pay
such compensation.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 20 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20. 1. When a vacancy occurs before the expiration
of any term of office in the supreme court ,
the court of appeals, if established by the legislature, or among the
district judges, the governor shall appoint a justice or judge from among three
nominees selected for such individual vacancy by the commission on judicial
selection.
2. The term of office of
any justice or judge so appointed expires on the first Monday of January
following the next general election.
3. Each nomination for
the supreme court [shall] or the
court of appeals must be made by the permanent commission, composed of:
(a) The chief justice or an associate justice designated by him;
(b) Three members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public
corporation created by statute, appointed by its board of governors; and
(c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed
by the governor.
4. Each nomination for
the district court [shall] must be
made by a temporary commission composed of:
(a) The permanent commission;
(b) A member of the State Bar of Nevada resident in the judicial
district in which the vacancy occurs, appointed by the board of governors of
the State Bar of Nevada; and
(c) A resident of such judicial district, not a member of the
legal profession, appointed by the governor.
5. If at any time the
State Bar of Nevada ceases to exist as a public corporation or ceases to
include all attorneys admitted to practice before the courts of this state, the
legislature shall provide by law, or if it fails to do so the supreme court shall provide by rule,
for the appointment of attorneys at law to the positions designated in this section
to be occupied by members of the State Bar of Nevada.
6. The term of office of
each appointive member of the permanent commission, except the first members,
is 4 years. Each appointing authority shall appoint one of the members first
appointed for a term of 2 years. If a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority
shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The additional members of a
temporary commission [shall] must be
appointed when a vacancy occurs, and their terms [shall] expire when the
nominations for such vacancy have been transmitted to the governor.
7. An appointing
authority shall not appoint to the permanent commission more than:
(a) One resident of any county.
(b) Two members of the same political party.
No member of the permanent
commission may be a member of a commission on judicial discipline.
8. After the expiration
of 30 days from the date on which the commission on judicial selection has
delivered to him its list of nominees for any vacancy, if the governor has not
made the appointment required by this section, he shall make no other appointment
to any public office until he has appointed a justice or judge from the list
submitted.
[If a commission on judicial
selection is established by another section of this constitution to nominate
persons to fill vacancies on the supreme court, such commission shall serve as
the permanent commission established by subsection 3 of this section.]
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 21 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21. 1. A justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of appeals, if
established by the legislature, a district judge, a justice of the peace or
a municipal judge may, in addition to the provision of article 7 for
impeachment, be censured, retired, removed or otherwise disciplined by the
commission on judicial discipline. Pursuant to rules governing appeals adopted
by the supreme court, a justice or judge may appeal from the action of the
commission to the supreme court, which may reverse such action or take any
alternative action provided in this subsection.
2. The commission is
composed of:
(a) Two justices or judges appointed by the supreme court;
(b) Two members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation
created by statute, appointed by its board of governors; and
(c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed
by the governor.
The commission shall elect a
chairman from among its three lay members.
3. If at any time the
State Bar of Nevada ceases to exist as a public corporation or ceases to
include all attorneys admitted to practice before the courts of this state, the
legislature shall provide by law, or if it fails to do so the supreme court shall provide by rule,
for the appointment of attorneys at law to the positions designated in this
section to be occupied by members of the State Bar of Nevada.
4. The term of office of
each appointive member of the commission, except the first members, is 4 years.
Each appointing authority shall appoint one of the members first appointed for
a term of 2 years. If a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term. An appointing authority shall not appoint more
than one resident of any county. The governor shall not appoint more than two
members of the same political party. No member may be a member of a commission
on judicial selection.
5. The legislature shall
establish:
(a) In addition to censure, retirement and removal, the other
forms of disciplinary action that the commission may impose;
(b) The grounds for censure and other disciplinary action that
the commission may impose, including, but not limited to, violations of the
provisions of the code of judicial conduct;
(c) The standards for the investigation of matters relating to
the fitness of a justice or judge; and
(d) The confidentiality or nonconfidentiality, as appropriate, of
proceedings before the commission, except that, in any event, a decision to
censure, retire or remove a justice or judge must be made public.
6. The supreme court
shall adopt a code of judicial conduct.
7. The commission shall
adopt rules of procedure for the conduct of its hearings and any other
procedural rules it deems necessary to carry out its duties.
8. No justice or judge
may by virtue of this section be:
(a) Removed except for willful misconduct, willful or persistent
failure to perform the duties of his office or habitual intemperance; or
(b) Retired except for advanced age which interferes with the
proper performance of his judicial duties, or for mental or physical disability
which prevents the proper performance of his judicial duties and which is
likely to be permanent in nature.
9. Any matter relating to
the fitness of a justice or judge may be brought to the attention of the
commission by any person or on the motion of the commission. The commission
shall, after preliminary investigation, dismiss the matter or order a hearing
to be held before it. If a hearing is ordered, a statement of the matter [shall]
must be served upon the justice or
judge against whom the proceeding is brought. The commission in its discretion
may suspend a justice or judge from the exercise of his office pending the
determination of the proceedings before the commission. Any justice or judge
whose removal is sought is liable to indictment and punishment according to
law. A justice or judge retired for disability in accordance with this section
is entitled thereafter to receive such compensation as the legislature may
provide.
10. If a proceeding is
brought against a justice of the supreme court, no justice of the supreme court
may sit on the commission for that proceeding. If a proceeding is brought against a judge of the court of appeals, no
judge of the court of appeals may sit on the commission for that proceeding.
If a proceeding is brought against a district judge, no district judge from the
same judicial district may sit on the commission for that proceeding. If a
proceeding is brought against a justice of the peace, no justice of the peace
from the same township may sit on the commission for that proceeding. If a
proceeding is brought against a municipal judge, no municipal judge from the
same city may sit on the commission for that proceeding. If an appeal is taken
from an action of the commission to the supreme court, any justice who sat on
the commission for that proceeding is disqualified from participating in the
consideration or decision of the appeal. When any member of the commission is
disqualified by this subsection, the supreme court shall appoint a substitute
from among the eligible judges.
11. The commission may:
(a) Designate for each hearing an attorney or attorneys at law to
act as counsel to conduct the proceeding;
(b) Summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath and compel
the production of books, papers, documents and records;
(c) Grant immunity from prosecution or punishment when the
commission deems it necessary and proper in order to compel the giving of
testimony under oath and the production of books, papers, documents and
records; and
(d) Exercise such further powers as the legislature may from time
to time confer upon it.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 3 of Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
[Sec:] Sec. 3. For any reasonable
cause to be entered on the journals of each House [,] which may [,]
or may not be sufficient grounds for impeachment, the [Chief Justice and
Associate] Justices of the Supreme Court
, the Judges of the Court of Appeals, if established by the Legislature,
and the Judges of the District Courts
[shall] must be removed from
Office on the vote of two thirds of the Members elected to each branch of the
Legislature . [, and the] The Justice or Judge complained of [, shall] must be served with a copy of the complaint against him [, and shall] and have an opportunity of being heard
in person or by counsel in his defense . [, Provided,
that no member] No Member of
either branch of the Legislature [shall be] is eligible to fill the vacancy occasioned by such removal.
And be it further
RESOLVED, That Section 8 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution
be amended to read as follows:
[Sec:] Sec. 8. The Legislature
shall provide for the speedy publication of all Statute laws of a general
nature [,] and such decisions of the
Supreme Court [,] and the Court of Appeals, if established by
the Legislature, as it may deem expedient . [; and all] All laws and judicial decisions [shall] must be free for publication by any person . [; Provided, that no] No judgment of the
Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals
shall take effect and be operative until the Opinion of the Court in such case [shall
be] is filed with the Clerk of
said Court.
Senator Washington moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE
By Senator McGinness:
Senate Bill No. 199—AN ACT relating to firearms; prohibiting the sale or disposition of firearms or ammunition to certain persons; prohibiting possession of a firearm on which the serial number has been changed, altered, removed or obliterated; revising the provisions pertaining to possession of a firearm by certain persons; making various other changes to the provisions pertaining to firearms; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator McGinness moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
By Senators Washington, Care, Amodei, McGinness; Assemblymen Marvel, Carpenter and Grady:
Senate Bill No. 200—AN ACT relating to water; authorizing grants to pay certain costs associated with connecting to a community sewage disposal system; increasing the amount of general obligation bonds that the State Board of Finance may issue to provide the grants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.
By the Committee on Natural Resources:
Senate Bill No. 201—AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; eliminating the limitation on the amount of fees that the State Emergency Response Commission may impose for the services of the Commission and for the storing or manufacturing of extremely hazardous materials 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 Senators Raggio, Rawson, Schneider, Care, Hardy, McGinness, Nolan, Rhoads, Shaffer, Washington, Wiener; Assemblymen Griffin, Hettrick and Perkins:
Senate Bill No. 202—AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of the conservation of wetlands; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; 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 Judiciary:
Senate Bill No. 203—AN ACT relating to civil actions; enacting provisions concerning the separation and adjudication of certain small claims actions; 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. 204—AN ACT relating to real property; providing that the fact that real property has been the site for the manufacture of methamphetamine is not immaterial for the purposes of making disclosures to a purchaser of the property; removing the exemption from the requirement of completing and providing a disclosure form to a purchaser of residential property that is provided to the seller of the property in certain types of transactions; 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. 205—AN ACT relating to juveniles; prohibiting the impairment of a minor by the use of any alcoholic beverage; requiring the suspension of the driver’s license of a minor who is found guilty of being impaired by the use of any alcoholic beverage; requiring an evaluation of such a minor to determine if the minor is an abuser of alcohol or other drugs; requiring such a minor to undergo a program of treatment as recommended by the person who conducted the evaluation; providing penalties; 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. 206—AN ACT relating to liens; prohibiting the waiver or modification of rights relating to mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens except under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain provisions in a contract for a work of improvement; making various changes to the provisions relating to mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens; 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. 207—AN ACT relating to distribution of estates; authorizing a person to convey his interest in real property in a deed which becomes effective upon his death; extending the statute of limitations for certain actions filed on behalf of a decedent; increasing the limit for a set-aside estate; providing for the sale of personal property of an estate; making various other changes related to wills and estates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senator Washington moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.
SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT
Senate Bill No. 28.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Government Affairs:
Amendment No. 7.
Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 11 through 14 and inserting:
“(c) May be invested in any reasonable and prudent manner, except that such money must not be invested to purchase any obligations of the school district or the board of trustees of the school district or its agent. All interest and income earned on the money in the fund must be deposited in the fund.”.
Senator Mathews moved the adoption of the amendment.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.
Senate Bill No. 54.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Senate Bill No. 79.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Senate Bill No. 103.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
Assembly Bill No. 38.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.
GENERAL FILE AND THIRD READING
Senate Bill No. 43.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Senators Care and Neal.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 43:
Yeas—21.
Nays—None.
Senate Bill No. 43 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. President pro Tempore declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
Senate Bill No. 77.
Bill read third time.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 77:
Yeas—21.
Nays—None.
Senate Bill No. 77 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. President pro Tempore declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
Senate Bill No. 107.
Bill read third time.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 107:
Yeas—21.
Nays—None.
Senate Bill No. 107 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. President pro Tempore declared it passed, as amended.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
Senate Bill No. 128.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Senator Care.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 128:
Yeas—21.
Nays—None.
Senate Bill No. 128 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. President pro Tempore declared it passed, as amended.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Assembly.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing
of Bills and Resolutions
There being no objections, the President pro Tempore and Secretary signed Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3.
remarks
from the floor
Senator Raggio requested that his remarks be entered in the Journal.
As you heard from the Pastor, Gerry Selover
passed away early this morning at Stanford Medical Center. Gerry took a turn
for the worse yesterday afternoon. At 7:00 p.m. last evening, our Deputy
Sergeant at Arms and Gerry’s close friend, John Turner, was called back to
California to be with Gerry. He made it back to Stanford in time to say goodbye
and be with Gerry as she passed.
It was just over a year ago that Gerry was
diagnosed with myelodysplastic anemia, commonly referred to as pre-leukemia.
Her only chance for survival was a bone-marrow transplant. I want to
acknowledge the efforts of P. Forrest “Woody” Thorne and the Public Employees
Benefits Program that gave great assistance in having her covered by that
program.
Gerry received the transplant this past
summer. She was determined and ecstatic to have had the opportunity to take on
this fight. Her doctors and the medical staff at Stanford were so impressed
with her progress after the transplant, that they sent her home six days
earlier than most transplant patients.
One of the complications of bone-marrow
transplants is a condition called graft vs. host disease. This occurs when the
transplanted bone marrow begins to reject the body in which it has been
transplanted. Gerry noticed a rash in November that is an indicator of this
life threatening disease. She was hospitalized at Stanford in mid-December. We
were all looking forward to, once again, having her with us as a valued member
of our staff.
Gerry, her doctors and the medical staff at
Stanford fought a courageous battle against this disease. Gerry was hopeful and
optimistic that she could win this battle, but the constant onslaught against
her tissues and liver was just too much.
She loved our well wishes, prayers and the
poster cards everyone signed for her. Our staff was thoughtful during this
ordeal both before and during session. They arranged for the many cards and
posters to be sent to Gerry. This gave us an opportunity to sign cards sharing
our thoughts. She laughed and proudly displayed them in her room. Gerry talked
about all the signatures when doctors and nurses throughout Stanford would stop
by to see and to read them.
It is
appropriate, today, when we adjourn to do so in memory of Gerry Selover and to
remember her for her kindness, her warmth and her dedication and to say we will
miss her.
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 Gale Maynard.
On request of Senator Raggio, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Prince Estafanos Mengesha of Ethiopa, Bruce R. Jones, Julie Jones, Tamiru Jones and Tamirat Jones.
On request of Senator Townsend, the privilege of the floor of the Senate Chamber for this day was extended to Mathew Long.
Senator Raggio moved that the Senate adjourn until Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 11 a.m. and that it do so in memory of former Senate Document Clerk Gerry Selover.
Motion carried.
Senate adjourned at 11:48 a.m.
Approved: Mark E. Amodei
President
pro Tempore of the Senate
Attest: Claire J. Clift
Secretary of the Senate