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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Thirteenth Special Session, 1968

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AN ACT making an appropriation from the general fund in the state treasury to the legislative fund. Senate Bill No. 1–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 7, 1968

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled “AN ACT fixing the state ad valorem tax levies for the 2 fiscal years commencing July 1, 1965, and ending June 30, 1966, and commencing July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1967; providing for the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes on personal property not placed on the secured tax roll; and providing other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 13, 1965; validating and confirming certain action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 2–Committee on Taxation.  Approved February 19, 1968

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AN ACT to repeal NRS 449.010, relating to the unlawful location and maintenance of hospitals near public schools. Assembly Bill No. 4–Messrs. Roy Young and Glaser.  Approved February 22, 1968

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AN ACT to amend chapter 396 of NRS, relating to the University of Nevada; providing for the creation of a nonprofit corporation pursuant to NRS 81.290 to 81.340, inclusive; providing the basic function of such corporation and the character thereof; specifying powers, duties, rights, privileges, liabilities and limitations in connection therewith; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 5–Washoe and Storey Counties Delegation.  Approved February 22, 1968

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AN ACT relating to regional planning; to enact on the part of the State of Nevada the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 9–Committee on Federal, State and Local Governments.  Approved February 23, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the support of public schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 18–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An Act to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley, Clark County, Nevada; to provide for the procurement, storage, distribution and sale of water and rights in the use thereof from Lake Mead for industrial, irrigation, municipal, and domestic uses; to provide for the conservation of the ground-water resources of the Las Vegas valley, and to create authority to purchase, acquire and construct the necessary works to carry out the provisions of this act; to provide for the issuance of district bonds; to provide for the levy of taxes for the payment of operation and maintenance expenses and to supplement other revenues available for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds of said district; granting said district the franchise to carry on its operations in municipal corporations within its boundaries; exempting the property and bonds of said district from taxation; validating the creation and organization of said district; and for other purposes related thereto,” approved March 27, 1947, as amended. Senate Bill No. 15–Clark County Delegation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation from the state highway fund for the support of the public service commission of Nevada during the fiscal years 1967-1968 and 1968-1969; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 14–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to enable the board of county commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, to contract specially for the development of an airport, to acquire land therefor, and to issue revenue bonds and other securities in connection therewith; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 11–Clark County Delegation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the reserve for statutory contingency fund; making an appropriation thereto; providing that the state’s expenses under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act shall be paid from such fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 10–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT making an appropriation from the general fund in the state treasury to the Title XIX fund for the fiscal year 1967-1968; authorizing the transfer of such appropriated moneys from one fiscal year to the other under certain conditions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 8–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT concerning Nevada Southern University; authorizing the acquisition of certain specified facilities thereat, the issuance and sale of revenue bonds and other securities of the University of Nevada for such purpose, and the use and repayment of the receipts of such securities; defining certain words and terms and additional powers of the board of regents of the University of Nevada; providing for the payment of such securities, the security therefor, and other details in connection therewith; otherwise providing powers, duties, rights, privileges, immunities, liabilities, limitations and other details in connection with the University of Nevada, its board of regents, its regional branch designated Nevada Southern University, such facilities, such securities, the revenues for their payment, their proceeds, other moneys and pledges and liens pertaining thereto, including without limitation by reference to the University Securities Law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 6–Clark County Delegation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An Act making appropriations from the general fund, the state highway fund, the county gas tax fund and the fish and game fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1967, and ending June 30, 1968, and beginning July 1, 1968, and ending June 30, 1969; and providing other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 20, 1967. Senate Bill No. 3–Committee on Transportation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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14

AN ACT to provide for the transfer of mentally retarded children from the Nevada state hospital to a cottage-type group care facility. Assembly Bill No. 21–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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15

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled “An Act relating to the inspection of meat in intrastate commerce; enacting a comprehensive meat inspection law and transferring the functions of slaughter inspection from the department of health and welfare to the state department of agriculture; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 25, 1967. Assembly Bill No. 18–Committee on Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend chapter 41 of NRS, relating to actions and proceedings, in particular cases concerning persons, by adding a new section requiring that in any action against an employee or officer of a political subdivision, a claim must also be filed against the political subdivision. Assembly Bill No. 16–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Town of Reno, in Washoe County, and defining the boundaries thereof, and to authorize the establishing of a city government therefor, and other matters relating thereto,” approved March 16, 1903, as amended. Assembly Bill No. 15–Washoe and Storey Counties Delegation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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18

AN ACT relating to the corporate boundaries of the cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada; detaching certain real property from the city of Las Vegas and annexing the same to the city of North Las Vegas; detaching certain real property from the city of North Las Vegas and annexing the same to the city of Las Vegas; annexing certain other described parcels of real property in Clark County to the city of North Las Vegas; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 12–Clark County Delegation.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the Nevada highway patrol; to amend NRS 481.140, relating to the composition of the Nevada highway patrol, by increasing the authorized number of its personnel; to repeal section 3 and amend the title of chapter 463, Statutes of Nevada 1967, entitled “An Act relating to the department of motor vehicles; to increase the number of personnel in the motor carrier division and in the Nevada highway patrol; and providing other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 20, 1967; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 10–Messrs. Ashworth, Wilson, Bowler, Lowman, Howard, Jacobsen, Bishop, Mello, Prince and Wood.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT authorizing the board of regents of the University of Nevada to construct an office, shop and warehouse building for the use of the buildings and grounds department of Nevada Southern University and to pay the costs of such construction from the Nevada Southern University capital improvement fee fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 8–Messrs. Frank Young, White, Lowman, Bryan Hafen, Smith, Wilson, Bishop, May, Espinoza, Mesdames Brookman, Tyson, Mr. Hilbrecht, Miss Dungan, Messrs. Close, Bowler and Ashworth.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend NRS 41.035, relating to the limitation of liability in tort actions, by extending its provisions with respect to liability arising from recreational activities and uses of property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 6–Messrs. Getto, Dini, Swackhamer and Howard.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the punishment of public offenses; declaring the common law respecting individual challenges for cause; deleting an obsolete provision; abolishing the degrees of burglary; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 21–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to mental illness; relieving the state from paying certain expenses; authorizing emergency apprehension upon an order issued by a district attorney; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 19–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the commitment of insane persons charged with crime; providing for their detention and treatment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 20–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to education; establishing a pilot project for community colleges; directing further study of their feasibility generally; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 22–Messrs. Glaser and Roy Young.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend chapter 318 of NRS, relating to general improvement districts, by enlarging the authority to borrow money of districts having certain basic powers and authorizing the payment of compensation to certain board members. Assembly Bill No. 23–Messrs. Swackhamer, Prince and Manning.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An Act making appropriations from the general fund, the state highway fund, the county gas tax fund and the fish and game fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1967, and ending June 30, 1968, and beginning July 1, 1968, and ending June 30, 1969; and providing other matters properly relating thereto,” approved April 20, 1967. Assembly Bill No. 25–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT authorizing the employment of a construction engineer in the division of state parks of the state department of conservation and natural resources; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 26–Committee on Ways and Means.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT to amend NRS 62.270, relating to the records of juvenile courts, by authorizing the discovery and use of the name of a child in a civil action based on the child’s conduct. Senate Bill No. 22–Committee on Judiciary.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to the mental hygiene division of the department of health, welfare and rehabilitation; to limit the number and salaries of psychiatrists in the classified service of the state; to increase the salary of the superintendent of the Nevada state hospital; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 23–Committee on Finance.  Approved February 26, 1968

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AN ACT relating to town boards; to provide for the establishment of a town board form of government for unincorporated towns through an initiative petition; to establish additional qualifications for electors in elections called pursuant to such petitions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 16–Senator Titlow.  Approved February 26, 1968

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