Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4–Assemblymen Hettrick, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

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Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Honoring the longest-serving Legislators in the State of Nevada, Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Lawrence E. Jacobsen.

 

    Whereas, The two longest-serving members of the Nevada

 Legislature are former Assemblyman Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and

 former Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen; and

    Whereas, Assemblyman Dini is a native of Yerington, an

 alumnus of the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Nevada

 businessman; and

    Whereas, Assemblyman Dini served for 36 years in the

 Nevada Legislature, beginning in 1966 when he was elected to the

 Nevada State Assembly; and

    Whereas, Assemblyman Dini served in the Nevada State

 Assembly for a record 18 regular sessions and 5 special sessions

 and was recognized for his strong leadership abilities by election to

 Speaker of the Assembly in 1977, serving an unprecedented eight

 times in that capacity; and

    Whereas, “Mr. Speaker,” as Assemblyman Dini has been

 known affectionately by colleagues and staff alike, was recognized

 as an expert on numerous issues, including the management of

 Nevada’s water resources; and

    Whereas, Assemblyman Dini took the leadership role in many

 areas affecting the State of Nevada, from equity issues of revenues

 for education to safeguarding the clear waters of Lake Tahoe, in

 which he worked to develop a compact with California to control

 growth in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and

    Whereas, “Mr. Speaker” has forwarded the international

 interests of the State of Nevada by developing cooperative relations

 with the Province of Taiwan of the Republic of China, and in April

 2000, he was honored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

 Republic of China with the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy; and

    Whereas, In 2001, Speaker Dini was bestowed the honorary

title of Speaker Emeritus, a first for a Nevada Legislator; and

    Whereas, Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen is a native of

 Gardnerville, served his country throughout World War II and is a

 decorated survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and

    Whereas, Senator Jacobsen served for a remarkable 40 years in

 the Nevada Legislature, which included 20 regular legislative

 sessions and 8 special sessions, this being an all-time record for

 legislative service in the State of Nevada; and

    Whereas, In 1963, Senator Jacobsen began his tenure in the

 Legislature with election to the Nevada State Assembly, and he

 remained in the Assembly for 16 years and was elected Speaker of

 the Assembly for the 1971 Session; and

    Whereas, In 1979, Senator Jacobsen began serving in the

 Nevada State Senate and was President pro Tempore of the Senate

 for seven legislative sessions, setting a record for the longest

 service of any Senator in this capacity in Nevada history; and

    Whereas, Senator Jacobsen was a member of the Legislative

 Commission for 26 years, 6 of those years serving as the Chairman

 of the Commission, as well as being a member of the Interim

 Finance Committee for 12 years; and

    Whereas, Senator Jacobsen took a particular interest in the

 buildings, grounds and staff of the Legislature and the Legislative

 Counsel Bureau, being the main force behind moving the

 Legislature out of the crowded Capitol Building and into a new and

 completely separate Legislative Building; and

    Whereas, Senator Jacobsen represented the Nevada Legislature

 for many years through his work on numerous committees of the

 National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State

 Governments; and

    Whereas, Always a strong supporter of the military veterans of

 this state, Senator Jacobsen sponsored more legislation for the

 benefit of veterans than any legislator before him; and

    Whereas, The long and distinguished careers of Assemblyman

 Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen will forever

 serve as models of public service for future members of the Nevada

 Legislature; now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

 Senate Concurring, That the members of the Nevada

 Legislature pay special tribute to and express sincere gratitude to

 Assemblyman Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Senator Lawrence E.

 Jacobsen in recognition of their long records of public service to

 Nevada; and be it further

 

    Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and

transmit a copy of this resolution to former Assemblyman Joseph E.

 Dini, Jr., and to former Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen.

 

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