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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Seventy-Second Session, 2003 CONTENTS ________
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Legislative Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 1 — Senators Raggio and Titus. Approved February 7, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to statutes; ratifying technical corrections made to sections of NRS and to multiple amendments of sections of NRS; correcting the effective date of, correcting and clarifying certain provisions in and repealing certain provisions in Statutes of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 38 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 5, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; revising provisions governing extraordinary dividends or distributions of certain insurers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 11 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved March 5, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; repealing the prohibition against a person refusing to relinquish a party line for an emergency call or securing the use of a party line by falsely stating that it is needed for an emergency call; revising the definition of public telephone for the purposes of the statute prohibiting a person from refusing to relinquish a public telephone for an emergency call and from falsely stating that it is needed for an emergency call; repealing the prohibition against a person pasturing livestock in a cemetery; repealing the prohibition against a person shearing sheep within a city or town; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 10 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 7, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the revision of statutes; directing the Legislative Counsel to resolve all nonsubstantive conflicts between legislative acts and give effect to multiple amendments to a single section of the Nevada Revised Statutes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 39 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to tort actions; providing immunity from liability to certain governmental entities and actors for damages caused by equipment or other personal property donated by any of them to a volunteer fire department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 26 — Assemblyman Oceguera. Approved March 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Fund for a Healthy Nevada; providing that allocations by the Task Force for the Fund for a Healthy Nevada of money from the Fund may be done by contract or grant; requiring at least one competitive round of requests for proposals each biennium for the distribution of certain money from the Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 32 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved March 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public employees’ benefits; reducing the number of days of notice that participants in the Public Employees’ Benefits Program must be given before being required to select or change a policy of health insurance that will result in a change in premiums or coverage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 263 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved March 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the State General Fund from the Fund to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 252 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to nursing; defining certain terms related to the regulation of nursing; revising the requirements for the licensure of nurses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 22 — Assemblywoman Koivisto. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing for an additional penalty to be imposed upon a person who is convicted of manufacturing methamphetamines in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 33 — Assemblyman Horne. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to electronic transmissions; providing certain requirements to identify advertisements in electronic mail; increasing liability for improperly transmitting electronic mail that includes an advertisement in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 93 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the office of the commissioner of civil marriages; revising the provisions governing the hours of operation for the office of the commissioner of civil marriages in certain larger counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 94 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to trusts; providing that divorce or annulment of the marriage of a settlor revokes certain provisions of a revocable inter vivos trust related to the former spouse under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 101 — Assemblymen Anderson, Giunchigliani, Parks, Brown, Buckley, Conklin, Oceguera, Ohrenschall and Sherer. Approved March 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to child support; revising the method for adjusting the presumptive maximum amounts of child support owed by noncustodial parents; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 27 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the requirements for the publication of notice of certain meetings of the board of county commissioners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 46 — Assemblymen Grady, Collins, Goicoechea, Hettrick, Koivisto, Marvel, McClain and Sherer. Approved March 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; requiring the interest earned on the money deposited in certain accounts or funds for use by the Department to be credited to those accounts or funds; providing that certain money collected for purposes of the Program for the Voluntary Cleanup of Hazardous Substances and Relief From Liability must be deposited in the Account for the Management of Hazardous Waste; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 129 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved March 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; revising certain provisions governing the program of restitution through work; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 57 — Senator Wiener. Approved March 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring the driver of a vehicle entering or exiting a controlled-access highway to yield to vehicles traveling on the highway; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 77 — Senator Wiener. Approved March 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Office of the Governor; revising the requirements for the submission of a report to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau concerning the Bureau for Hospital Patients within the Office for Consumer Health Assistance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 137 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved April 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water; increasing the limit on the assessment for water distribution expenses incurred by the State Engineer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 90 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved April 8, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; creating the Election Fund in the State Treasury to receive money pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002; prescribing conditions for the receipt and use of money in the Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 417 — Committee on Finance. Approved April 25, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing for an enhanced penalty for committing an assault or battery upon certain providers of health care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 53 — Assemblymen Oceguera, Leslie, Koivisto, Parks, Giunchigliani, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Perkins and Pierce. Approved April 25, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to children; changing the dates by which each mental health consortium is required to prepare a recommended plan for the provision of mental health services to certain children and submit the plan to the Department of Human Resources and to the Legislative Committee on Children, Youth and Families; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 6 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of “United We Stand” special license plates; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 19 — Assemblywoman Chowning. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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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; authorizing portable signs designating a school zone to be placed on a roadway during certain hours; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 42 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to dairy products; revising provisions relating to fees imposed by the State Dairy Commission and the issuance of licenses and permits; revising provisions concerning retention of certain records by pasteurizing plants; revising provisions governing the processing and sale of milk and cream; requiring disclosure of certain governmental actions against licensed distributors and applicants for licensure as distributors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 111 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to utilities; exempting certain public utilities from provisions governing stocks, security transactions, mergers, acquisitions, changes in control, and disposal or encumbrance of property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 139 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; prohibiting the failure to comply with an order issued by the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to cease all business operations at a place of employment or jobsite; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 140 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to utilities; revising the procedure for the distribution of assessments collected on behalf of the Consumer’s Advocate of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 145 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions relating to the issuance to certain disabled persons of special license plates, placards and stickers; revising the period within which the holder of a valid registration must notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of a change of name or residence address; revising provisions relating to the issuance of duplicate number plates and substitute number plates; revising provisions relating to submission to the Department, at the time of registering a vehicle, of evidence of automobile liability insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 177 — Committee on Transportation. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to children; revising certain provisions relating to awards of money made by the Committee for Protection of Children from the Children’s Trust Account to certain agencies, organizations or institutions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 201 — Assemblymen Leslie and Williams. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to controlled substances; repealing a duplicative provision concerning the penalty for the sale of imitation controlled substances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 302 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; authorizing certain veterans’ organizations to take possession of the unclaimed bodies of deceased veterans and provide for a military funeral; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 306 — Assemblymen Andonov, Sherer, Hardy, Chowning, Geddes, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Weber and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Townsend, Care, Wiener, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus and Washington. Approved April 30, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to school districts; providing for the appointment of a temporary replacement to a board of trustees of a school district for a member who enters active military service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 175 — Committee on Education. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing a greater penalty for false imprisonment when committed by using the person so imprisoned as a shield or to avoid arrest; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 189 — Assemblymen Parks, Chowning, Koivisto, Manendo, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Geddes, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Knecht, Leslie, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams (by request). Joint Sponsor: Senator Wiener. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; providing for the creation and administration of a trust fund consisting of money belonging to the residents of a veterans’ home; providing for the creation and administration of a reserve cash fund to allow those residents immediate access to their money; providing for the creation and administration of a revolving account for each veterans’ home to be used for the immediate payment of certain expenses of the veterans’ home; authorizing the Executive Director of the Office of Veterans’ Services to transfer money from the Veterans’ Home Account to the revolving accounts under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 247 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT making supplemental appropriations to the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources for unanticipated shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2002-2003 for the Electronic Transfer Program and the State’s share of caseload requirements and cost allocation of the Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 468 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; establishing the joint and several liability of a responsible person and other taxpayers for the payment of the use tax, interest and applicable penalties that are owed; establishing the same liability for certain other analogous taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 531 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to courts; revising the provisions pertaining to the transaction of judicial business; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 87 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 1, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public services for children; creating the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children; creating the Committee for the Statewide Alert System; prescribing the membership and duties of the Committee; prescribing the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may activate the System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 322 — Assemblymen Perkins, Ohrenschall, Goldwater, Gibbons, Koivisto, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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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. Assembly Bill No. 74 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to agriculture; revising the provisions governing the certification of organic agricultural products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 75 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motorcycles; authorizing certain inserts in tail lamps; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 77 — Assemblymen Angle, Gustavson, Andonov, Beers, Brown, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Knecht, Mabey, McCleary, Mortenson, Ohrenschall, Sherer and Weber. Joint Sponsor: Senator Shaffer. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting the use of certain devices for braking in certain circumstances; requiring that regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation concerning combinations of vehicles in excess of 70 feet in length be consistent with certain federal requirements; eliminating the limitation on the maximum fee which may be charged for a permit for a combination of vehicles in excess of 80,000 pounds; repealing certain provisions relating to alternative limitations on the weight of a trailer or semitrailer; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 83 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to parole; providing additional credits against the sentence of a parolee under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 105 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to district courts; revising the provision governing the duties that may be performed by masters for criminal proceedings in district courts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 133 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to agriculture; revising the provisions governing commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; requiring the Director of the State Department of Agriculture to adopt regulations concerning the application, distribution and classification for restricted use of certain commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; prohibiting a person who is not registered with the Director from selling or offering to sell at retail, or distributing or delivering for transportation for delivery to the consumer or user, a commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral that is classified for restricted use; requiring the State Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations establishing fees for such registration; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 193 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund for an unanticipated shortfall in Fiscal Year 2002-2003; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 253 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; transferring the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Public Safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 520 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; providing that certain money set aside for group insurance for officers and employees of school districts must not be used for other purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 28 — Senator Mathews. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; allowing a district judge to transfer certain civil actions to the justice’s court under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 88 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to medical facilities; removing certain mobile units from the requirement of being regulated as a medical facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 96 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; revising provisions relating to the purchase, sale or exchange by a county of certain real property; revising provisions relating to the notice that a board of county commissioners must provide before selling or exchanging certain real property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 110 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; allowing a tenant to recover immediate possession of the premises from a landlord under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 128 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Board of Parole Commissioners; authorizing the Chairman of the State Board of Parole Commissioners to appoint a person to serve as Secretary to the State Board of Pardons Commissioners; revising the provisions pertaining to the timing of certain hearings concerning violations of parole; revising certain provisions pertaining to the revocation of parole and discharge from parole; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 232 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to juveniles; providing for the supervision of certain juvenile sex offenders placed in treatment programs in this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 286 — Senator McGinness. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; limiting the fee that may be charged by a provider of Internet service for providing information pursuant to certain subpoenas; revising the provision relating to using technology to lure children; providing that the crime of using technology to lure a child constitutes immoral conduct for the purposes of certain provisions related to educational personnel; providing that certain licensed educational employees forfeit their rights of employment if convicted of such a crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 300 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to metropolitan police departments; authorizing a metropolitan police committee on fiscal affairs under certain circumstances to propose to the registered voters of the taxing district the question of whether an additional ad valorem tax shall be levied on all taxable property within the taxing district for the support of the metropolitan police department for the purpose of employing additional police officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 334 — Senator Hardy. Approved May 6, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to professional corporations; allowing the formation of certain professional corporations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 65 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to psychiatrists; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to issue restricted licenses that allow certain psychiatrists to practice medicine at certain mental health centers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 133 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to dentists; authorizing a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in this state who holds a medical degree to identify himself by that degree under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 350 — Senator Rawson. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to court reporters; authorizing the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada to place a court reporter or court reporting firm on probation or impose an administrative fine against the court reporter or court reporting firm under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board to employ an Executive Secretary on a full-time basis; expanding the circumstances under which the Board may refuse to issue or renew or suspend or revoke the certificate of a court reporter for performing certain acts; eliminating the provisions that require the holder of a certificate to place the number of his certificate on certain advertisements, solicitations, stationery and listings in telephone directories; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 395 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; increasing the presumptive limits for attorneys’ fees in first degree murder cases; increasing the presumptive limits for ancillary expenses in criminal proceedings; requiring the court to appoint certain persons to assist in the defense of a person in certain cases involving murder of the first degree; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 17 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; providing for the issuance of standard high school diplomas to certain veterans who served in the Armed Forces; requiring the State Board of Education and the Office of Veterans’ Services to establish guidelines for identifying and issuing standard high school diplomas to such veterans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 52 — Assemblymen Leslie, Giunchigliani, Chowning, McClain, Gibbons, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Collins, Horne, Koivisto, Manendo, Oceguera and Parks. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water; extending the date of expiration of the Newlands Project Water Rights Fund and of a related program established by the Carson Water Subconservancy District for the acquisition of certain surface water rights; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 82 — Assemblyman Mortenson. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising the penalty for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled or prohibited substance; revising the qualifications of a person who may apply to the court to undergo a program of treatment for alcoholism or drug abuse; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 106 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to Carson City; providing for the election of a Vice Chairman of the Charter Committee; requiring a joint meeting of the Charter Committee and Board of Supervisors regarding proposed charter amendments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 113 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to prescriptions; prohibiting a practitioner from specifying on the label or other device for a drug or medicine an expiration date that is earlier than the expiration date specified by the manufacturer of the drug or medicine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 119 — Assemblyman Williams. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that certain documents submitted to, issued by or retained by the Department contain the full legal name of the relevant person; providing that the document setting forth indicia of the ownership of a motor vehicle shall be known as a “certificate of title”; making various other changes relating to the operations of the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 178 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; exempting the proceeds from the annual tax that a county may impose to support a county museum, art center or historical society from the limitation on allowed revenues from taxes ad valorem for the county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 199 — Assemblyman Hettrick. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising provisions governing deductions from compensation for a permanent total disability; prohibiting the recovery by an insurer of more than the actual amount of a lump sum paid to an employee for a permanent partial disability when the employee is compensated for a permanent total disability; authorizing an employee to repay in a single payment the actual amount of a lump sum paid to an employee for a permanent partial disability; requiring insurers to refund to certain employees the amounts the employees overpaid when repaying lump sums for permanent partial disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 206 — Assemblymen Pierce, Manendo, Giunchigliani, Chowning, Leslie, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Goldwater, Hardy, Horne, Koivisto, Mabey, McClain, McCleary, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas; increasing the term of Office of Municipal Judges; authorizing an increase in salary to be applied during the current term of a Municipal Judge; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 248 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; establishing the duties of a driver when that driver approaches an authorized emergency vehicle which is stopped and is making use of flashing lights; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 299 — Assemblymen Beers, Gustavson, Christensen, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Grady, Horne, Koivisto, McClain, Pierce, Sherer and Weber. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cegavske, Amodei, Care and Schneider. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; increasing the penalty for evading a peace officer when evading the peace officer results in death or substantial bodily harm to another person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 335 — Assemblymen Manendo, Horne, Parks, McCleary, Conklin, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Gustavson, Hardy, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, McClain, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public bodies; authorizing public bodies to provide certain notice of meetings and other information by electronic mail; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 409 — Assemblymen Sherer, Knecht, Brown, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Hettrick and Marvel. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring an annual increase in the amount of compensation that a claimant or a dependent of a claimant is entitled to receive for a permanent total disability under industrial insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 438 — Assemblymen Christensen, Knecht, Ohrenschall, Andonov, Koivisto, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Townsend, Rawson and Washington. Approved May 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to exploitation; revising the definition of “exploitation” for the purposes of certain provisions concerning the abuse of an older person to include converting money, assets or property of the older person under certain circumstances; revising the definition of “exploitation” for the purposes of certain provisions concerning civil liability of a person for exploiting an older person or vulnerable person to include converting money, assets or property of the older or vulnerable person under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 126 — Assemblymen Pierce, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, Horne, Koivisto, McCleary and Oceguera (by request). Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to pupils; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to adopt policies concerning the use and possession by pupils of pagers, cellular telephones and other similar electronic devices while on the premises of a public school or while at an activity sponsored by a public school; repealing the prohibition against pupils carrying or possessing any electronic device used for paging or communication while on school grounds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 138 — Assemblyman Goldwater (by request). Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, with respect to certain special license plates, to design and prepare souvenir license plates and to issue those souvenir license plates for resale by the charitable organization that is benefited by the particular special license plate; authorizing the Department, in certain circumstances, to issue special license plates for vehicles other than passenger cars and light commercial vehicles; making certain changes with respect to the money collected in connection with the issuance of license plates for the support of veterans’ homes; imposing an additional fee for the issuance and renewal of license plates that encourage the donation of human organs and providing for the deposit of any such proceeds for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 192 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the board of county commissioners of certain counties to impose a sales and use tax to support the operation and maintenance of a county swimming pool; authorizing the imposition of the tax in White Pine County without further approval of the voters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 208 — Assemblymen Goicoechea, Knecht, Andonov, Atkinson, Beers, Carpenter, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Grady, Hardy, Hettrick, Koivisto, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, McCleary and Sherer. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to safety belts; requiring certain passengers of taxicabs to wear safety belts; requiring signs within taxicabs advising passengers that they must wear safety belts while being transported by the taxicab; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 226 — Assemblymen Oceguera, Gibbons, Chowning, Claborn, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Christensen, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Parks, Pierce and Sherer. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to fuels; revising the findings of the Legislature concerning the feasibility of the conversion to cleaner-burning alternative fuels by certain fleets of motor vehicles; revising the definitions of “alternative fuel” and “dedicated alternative fuel motor vehicle”; requiring the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations relating to dedicated alternative fuel motor vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 237 — Assemblymen Geddes, Conklin, Knecht, Gibbons, Leslie, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Christensen, Collins, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Weber. Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, Wiener, Coffin, Rhoads and Shaffer. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to healing arts; eliminating the authority of a dispensing optician to perform the initial fitting of contact lenses; revising the requirements for an optometrist to be certified to treat persons diagnosed with glaucoma; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 275 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to wildlife; providing for the payment of money or materials to prevent or mitigate damages caused by certain animals to fences on private and public lands and to construct fences around certain areas of those lands under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 301 — Assemblyman Carpenter. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to special fuel; revising the provisions governing the operation or maintenance of a vehicle on a highway in this state using dyed special fuel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 346 — Assemblyman Carpenter (by request). Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the definition of “rebuilt vehicle” for the purposes of licensing and registration of motor vehicles; authorizing an insured to select a body shop for repairs to a motor vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 367 — Assemblywoman Chowning (by request). Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public schools; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts to grant the use of public school libraries to the general public; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 407 — Assemblymen Hardy, Collins, Knecht, Brown, Mabey, Andonov, Beers, Christensen, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Koivisto, Manendo, McClain, Oceguera, Pierce and Weber. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to dental hygiene; authorizing the issuance of a temporary license to practice dental hygiene; creating the Committee on Dental Hygiene; prescribing the powers and duties of the Committee; expanding the definition of the term “dental hygiene”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 489 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 13, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to regional planning; reducing the number of meetings that the Board of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition is required to hold; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 79 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to personal care facilities; revising provisions relating to the administration of surety bonds and other obligations required of certain facilities that provide care for elderly persons; decreasing the amount of those surety bonds and other obligations; exempting certain facilities from the requirement of filing such a surety bond or depositing such an obligation in certain banks or trust companies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 84 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to courts; changing the limitation on the period of time in which a county or city may authorize justices or judges of justices’ or municipal courts to impose an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 107 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to redevelopment; revising the manner of valuing certain property that becomes exempt from taxation for the purposes of allocating certain tax revenue among taxing agencies and a redevelopment agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 113 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to agriculture; deleting provisions authorizing the State Quarantine Officer to impose certain administrative penalties; providing civil penalties for violations of interstate quarantines; providing for the automatic suspension of licenses to engage in pest control under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing pests and plant diseases; making various changes concerning the regulation and licensing of dealers of nursery stock; providing for the issuance of permits for occasional sales of nursery stock; authorizing the State Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations establishing certain license fees and penalty fees; providing for the payment of costs of corrective actions ordered by the Director of the State Department of Agriculture; revising provisions governing inspections and shipments of nursery stock; revising certain exemptions from the licensing requirements relating to pest control; eliminating the grace period for renewing licenses to perform pest control; changing the Noxious Weed and Insect Pest Control Program to the Program for the Control of Pests and Plant Diseases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 172 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; allowing the designation of an attendant in all civil and certain criminal proceedings involving a victim of an act of domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 224 — Senators Titus, Carlton, Wiener and Mathews. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic relations; providing that a change of 20 percent or more in the gross monthly income of a person who is ordered to pay alimony or who is subject to an order for support of a child shall be deemed to constitute changed circumstances requiring a review for modification of the payments of alimony or the order for support of a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 269 — Senator Schneider. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state purchasing; requiring a using agency to purchase prescription drugs, pharmaceutical services, or medical supplies and related services only through the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 277 — Senators Wiener, O’Connell, Titus, Hardy, Care, Raggio, Tiffany and Townsend. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to drugs; revising certain provisions relating to dispensing or distributing drugs via the Internet; prohibiting certain acts relating to filling or refilling a prescription via the Internet; clarifying that a person may fill or refill a prescription via the Internet within the time prescribed by law; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 337 — Senators Wiener, Rawson, Washington, Titus, Amodei, Care, Mathews and McGinness. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; revising certain provisions governing registration and community notification of sex offenders and offenders convicted of a crime against a child; requiring sex offenders and offenders convicted of a crime against a child who are enrolled in or work at institutions of higher education to register with local law enforcement agencies in whose jurisdiction the institutions of higher education are located; requiring such local law enforcement agencies to notify appropriate campus police departments; providing immunity for certain entities and persons for certain acts or omissions relating to information obtained, maintained or disclosed under certain circumstances; making various other changes concerning conditions of parole and probation for certain sex offenders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 397 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to medical and other related facilities; authorizing the State Board of Health to allow or require the payment of fees for licensing such facilities in installments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 412 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to agriculture; revising the membership of the Garlic and Onion Growers’ Advisory Board; eliminating the refund for certain assessments paid for growing and harvesting garlic or onions; revising the date by which a grower of garlic or onions must pay such an assessment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 484 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to housing; providing for the inspection of, and the issuance of certificates of occupancy for, factory-built housing and manufactured buildings by the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry in certain counties under certain circumstances; authorizing the Division to establish certain fees; providing for the classification of mobile, manufactured and factory-built homes on leased land as real property for purposes of property taxes under certain circumstances; establishing liability for the unlawful removal of a mobile or manufactured home which has been converted to real property; authorizing certain dealers of new manufactured homes to contract with licensed providers of services to perform work pertinent to the sale, installation and occupancy of manufactured homes; revising provisions governing the licensure of limited servicemen who provide services relating to the installation and repair of manufactured homes; clarifying the applicability of certain statutory provisions regarding deceptive trade practices to a mobile or manufactured home; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 262 — Assemblymen Manendo, Giunchigliani, Koivisto, McClain, Chowning, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Carpenter, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Horne, Knecht, Leslie, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the protection of children; establishing procedures for permanently placing an abused or neglected child with a guardian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 273 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to food establishments; exempting a licensed child care facility from certain regulations applicable to a food establishment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 497 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 15, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to land use planning; limiting certain powers of planning and zoning that may be exercised by local governments within certain enumerated lands adjacent to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area; providing certain exceptions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 358 — Senators Titus, Wiener, Care, Schneider and Coffin. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to air pollution; revising provisions governing the program established by the State Environmental Commission for the regulation of smoke and other emissions by inspection of certain heavy-duty motor vehicles; revising provisions relating to the inspection and testing of certain motor vehicles; prohibiting certain branch offices and agents of the Department of Motor Vehicles from registering certain motor vehicles; eliminating the requirement that certain standards for petroleum products adopted by the State Board of Agriculture be similar to those of the State of California; exempting military tactical vehicles from requirements relating to the control of emissions from engines; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 36 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the City of Sparks; providing that the boundaries of wards must be determined on the basis of population; eliminating the authority of the Mayor to vote on any matter; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 56 — Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Brown, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, McClain, Oceguera, Sherer and Williams. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Charter of the City of Henderson; revising the positions of city employment that are excluded from the system of civil service of the City of Henderson; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 67 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Public Works Board; expanding the exemption from the requirement that the State Public Works Board furnish engineering and architectural services for buildings constructed on state property or with legislative appropriation to certain improvements made by the Division of Wildlife of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 69 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to notarial officers; clarifying requirements for the execution of a certificate evidencing a notarial act; revising the provisions governing the additional fee that a notary public may charge for traveling to perform a notarial act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 87 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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111 |
AN ACT relating to pesticides; providing for the registration of brands of pesticides; expanding the authorized uses of the fees currently deposited in an account for the disposal of pesticides to include the monitoring of ground water and surface water from contamination by pesticides; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 91 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to local governmental purchasing; providing for the consideration of the performance or delivery date in awarding contracts; exempting certain purchases of certain safety equipment for use by a local fire department or law enforcement agency from the requirements of competitive bidding; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 147 — Assemblymen Oceguera, Claborn, Brown, Christensen, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Horne, McClain, McCleary and Pierce. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water; removing the prospective expiration of certain provisions establishing the circumstances under which certain temporary permits for the appropriation of ground water may be revoked; removing the prospective expiration of certain provisions restricting the authority of the State Engineer to limit the depth or prohibit the repair of certain wells; transferring the authority to provide financial assistance for the connection of certain property previously served by domestic wells to public water systems from certain local governmental entities to the Southern Nevada Water Authority; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 213 — Assemblymen Mortenson, Christensen, Koivisto, Gibbons, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Buckley, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Knecht, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Oceguera, Parks, Pierce, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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114 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising the manner in which certain claims against this state are audited; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 216 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Cultural Affairs; revising provisions relating to the duties, governance and structure of the Nevada Arts Council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 224 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; establishing the Center for the Analysis of Crime Statistics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; providing that the Center may apply for grants and accepts gifts and donations, and may use such gifts, grants and donations to carry out its duties and functions; declaring the intent of the Legislature in creating the Center; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 246 — Assemblymen Oceguera, Anderson, Conklin, Horne, Knecht, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Griffin, Hettrick, Leslie, Mortenson, Perkins and Sherer. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Business and Industry for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2001-2002; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 256 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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118 |
AN ACT relating to community redevelopment; expanding the criteria that the legislative body of a city or county must consider before consenting to any payment by a community redevelopment agency for the land for and the cost of construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement and the installation of any improvement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 270 — Assemblymen Goldwater, Parks, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Brown, Buckley, Conklin, Griffin, Horne, Leslie and Oceguera. Joint Sponsors: Senators O’Connell and Carlton. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to historical markers; directing the design, fabrication and installation of an historical marker at the gravesite of the first native-Nevadan who served as Governor of Nevada; authorizing the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation of the Department of Cultural Affairs to accept and expend gifts and donations for this purpose; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 318 — Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Leslie, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Gustavson, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Mabey, McClain, Mortenson, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to older persons; requiring the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Nursing to encourage licensees who treat or care for persons who are more than 60 years of age to receive continuing education in geriatrics and gerontology; removing the limitation on the number of hearings that the Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum may hold; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 349 — Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Claborn and Buckley. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to protection of children; authorizing a licensing authority and an agency which provides child welfare services to conduct a preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation Interstate Identification Index name-based check of the records of criminal history of certain persons for the placement of children in emergency situations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 378 — Assemblymen Leslie, Conklin, Koivisto, Ohrenschall, Atkinson, Buckley, McClain and McCleary. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water; revising the circumstances that the State Engineer is required to consider in determining whether to grant or deny a request to extend the time necessary to work a forfeiture of certain water rights; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 403 — Assemblymen Sherer, Knecht, Brown, Collins, Conklin, Hettrick and Marvel. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to secondhand dealers; requiring a county or city to require a person who engages in the business of a secondhand dealer to obtain a license as a secondhand dealer; authorizing a county or city to impose fines for certain violations committed by a secondhand dealer; prohibiting a secondhand dealer from removing or otherwise disposing of property in his possession which is involved in a criminal investigation under certain circumstances; authorizing a peace officer or investigator to obtain custody of such property under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 420 — Assemblymen Weber, Knecht, Christensen, Grady, Hardy, Hettrick, McClain, Pierce and Williams. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to land use planning; prohibiting a governing body from requiring that an owner of land dedicate real property or an interest therein as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit; setting forth certain exceptions; restricting the circumstances pursuant to which a governing body may impose certain requirements pertaining to land use; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 427 — Assemblymen Hettrick, Knecht, Gibbons, Angle, Beers, Brown, Grady, Hardy, Mabey, Marvel, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public assistance; revising provisions governing meetings of the State Welfare Board; transferring certain duties relating to the State Program for Medicaid to the Department of Human Resources and the Director of the Department; revising provisions governing the program to provide temporary assistance for needy families; requiring the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources to adopt regulations establishing a schedule of penalties for failure to comply with the terms of a plan for personal responsibility; revising provisions governing the determination of eligibility of qualifying relatives in a program to assist relatives with legal guardianship of children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 501 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 19, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Division of Wildlife of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; authorizing the Division to charge a fee for advertising in printed materials prepared by the Division and for advertising on a website on the Internet that is maintained by the Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 71 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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127 |
AN ACT relating to purchasing by local governments; revising the provisions pursuant to which certain local governments advertise and award contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 86 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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128 |
AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections; eliminating the requirement for the Director of the Department of Corrections to return, upon the expiration or termination of the imprisonment of a prisoner, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction to the county clerk of the issuing county; requiring the Director of the Department to submit a list each month to each county clerk providing certain information concerning offenders who were released from prison or discharged from parole during the previous month; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 103 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the consignee of a vehicle to obtain a signed disclosure statement from the consignor of a vehicle; requiring the consignee to assist the consignor in completing a financing statement to create a purchase-money security interest of the consignor in the vehicle; requiring the consignee to file the financing statement with the Secretary of State; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 221 — Assemblymen Chowning, Buckley, Collins, Gibbons, McCleary, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Christensen, Claborn, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to podiatry; requiring the State Board of Podiatry to issue a limited license to practice podiatry to certain persons who have practiced podiatry in another state or the District of Columbia under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 231 — Committee on Commerce and Labor (by request). Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing a governing body of a city incorporated pursuant to general law to adopt an ordinance requiring that primary city elections and general city elections be held on the same dates as those established for statewide primary elections and general elections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 233 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing a Voters’ Bill of Rights; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 235 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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133 |
AN ACT relating to manufactured home parks; prohibiting a governing body, commission or board authorized to approve the conversion of a manufactured home park into individually owned lots from requiring certain changes to certain existing restrictions applicable to the park as a condition of approval for the conversion; revising the period that a landlord who is converting a manufactured home park into individual manufactured home lots is required to hold open an offer to sell a lot to a tenant; prohibiting a landlord from selling a lot to a person other than the tenant for a certain period for a more favorable price or terms than those offered to the tenant; providing that such an offer or certain notice by the landlord does not constitute notice of termination of the tenancy of the tenant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 245 — Assemblymen Collins, Manendo, Claborn, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Horne and Mortenson. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy to include a statement that the declarant is a qualified elector and, if he has been convicted of a felony, that his civil rights have been restored; prohibiting a filing officer from accepting a declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy if the candidate has not presented certain identification; making various changes concerning investigations to determine whether a candidate has been convicted of a felony and, if so, whether he has had his civil rights restored; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 285 — Assemblymen Koivisto, McClain, Chowning, Conklin, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Buckley, Carpenter, Collins, Manendo, McCleary, Oceguera, Parks, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Joint Sponsor: Senator Carlton. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; making minor revisions to districts from which certain members of the Legislature, State Board of Education and Board of Regents of the University of Nevada are elected; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 375 — Assemblymen Beers and Mabey. Joint Sponsors: Senators Nolan and Rawson. Approved May 20, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing for a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress; requiring that the election be held sooner in the event of certain catastrophes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 344 — Assemblyman Perkins. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting a sentence of death for a person who is mentally retarded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 15 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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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, health maintenance organization or certain insurers; authorizing an insured under certain health care plans to submit to a managed care organization, health maintenance organization or certain insurers 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; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 79 — Assemblymen Buckley, Gibbons, Anderson, Manendo, Giunchigliani, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, Neal and O’Connell. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to cities; revising the provisions governing the authority of the governing body of a city to abate certain dangerous conditions; revising the manner in which the governing body of a city may recover money expended in abating certain nuisances and dangerous and noxious conditions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 135 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to labor; revising various provisions relating to the enforcement of the labor laws by the Labor Commissioner; authorizing the Labor Commissioner to impose administrative penalties for certain violations of the labor laws and regulations; requiring the Labor Commissioner to follow certain procedures before enforcing administrative penalties; revising provisions relating to the issuance of subpoenas and the settlement of certain matters; prohibiting employers from changing regular paydays or the place of payment without providing advance written notice to employees; prohibiting employers from paying employees a lower wage, salary or compensation than the amount earned by the employees when the work was performed; prohibiting employers from decreasing the wage, salary or compensation of employees without providing advance written notice to the employees under certain circumstances; clarifying certain provisions of the labor laws; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 143 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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141 |
AN ACT relating to local government finance; authorizing a special district to petition the Department of Taxation for a conditional exemption from the requirement of providing for an annual audit under certain circumstances; excepting the receipt by a local government of certain revenue from the prohibition against the expenditure of any money or the incurrence of any liability by the local government in excess of the amounts appropriated for that function; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 149 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public guardians; authorizing a public guardian to appoint deputies; providing for the compensation of such deputies; providing that an appointed public guardian serves at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 151 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; providing a multiplier for electricity generated by certain renewable energy systems for the purpose of calculating compliance with a portfolio standard for renewable energy; deeming electricity generated by certain processes to be electricity not generated by a renewable energy system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 296 — Assemblymen Weber, Geddes, Anderson, Sherer, Leslie, Buckley, Horne, Mabey and Pierce. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to protective orders; providing for the issuance and enforcement of temporary and extended orders against a person who is alleged to have committed a certain type of crime against a child; providing specific authorization for the parent or guardian of a child to obtain such orders on behalf of the child; providing justices’ courts with jurisdiction over proceedings to obtain such temporary or extended orders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 331 — Assemblyman McCleary (by request). Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property tax; requiring a company that uses certain property of an interstate or intercounty nature directly in its operations to file with the Nevada Tax Commission written reports to enable the Commission to establish an appropriate valuation of the property; providing for an extension of time in which to file a required report; providing for the payment of a penalty for failure to file a required report by the date due; providing for the collection of penalties and interest for the late payment of certain property taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 530 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to revision of statutes; requiring the development of biennial recommendations for the elimination of obsolete or antiquated statutes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 37 — Senator Wiener. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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147 |
AN ACT relating to education; revising the provisions governing the terms of members of the Commission on Educational Technology and the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 68 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; revising the provision requiring a landlord to disclose an emergency telephone number to a tenant at or before the commencement of a tenancy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 13 — Senator McGinness. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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149 |
AN ACT relating to public bodies; specifying the effect of an abstention from voting by a member of certain public bodies on the necessary quorum and number of votes necessary to take action on matters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 16 — Senator Care. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; expanding the services for which and property against which delinquent charges may be collected with county general taxes in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 54 — Senator Amodei. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to municipal obligations; revising provisions governing the acquisition by a county or this state of municipal obligations issued by a water authority organized as a political subdivision created by cooperative agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 140 — Senator Townsend. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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152 |
AN ACT relating to local government finance; revising provisions relating to the investment by certain local governments of collateral obtained by the local government in exchange for lending securities from its investment portfolio; revising provisions relating to the investment and reinvestment by certain municipalities of the proceeds of bonds or other municipal securities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 141 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the uses of and interests in federal land that a board of county commissioners may apply for and accept; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 145 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; revising the limitations on the amount of certain fees that the State Emergency Response Commission may impose; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 201 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 21, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to children; authorizing an employee of an agency which provides child welfare services to provide maintenance and special services to certain children under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 25 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from requesting or requiring the consent or concurrence of any person to carry out an anatomical gift made by the donor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 51 — Assemblymen Koivisto, Gibbons, McClain, Parks, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Goldwater, Horne, Leslie, Manendo, McCleary, Ohrenschall, Sherer and Williams. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Legislature; changing the membership of the Advisory Committee of the Legislative Committee for Local Government Taxes and Finance; revising the duties of the Legislative Committee; eliminating the subcommittee of the Legislative Committee appointed to conduct a study of the cost to the counties and incorporated cities in this state of maintaining highways, streets and roads; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 35 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to secured transactions; revising provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code governing the filing of certain records; revising certain fees related to certain security instruments and liens; authorizing the Secretary of State to prescribe a form for the filing and recording of certain documents; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 92 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to sentencing; making various changes to the provision pertaining to the authority and discretion of the court to suspend a sentence and grant probation in certain cases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 95 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to justices’ courts; increasing the monetary limit of the jurisdiction of justices’ courts; providing for the establishment of a mandatory short trial program for civil cases in the justices’ courts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 100 — Assemblymen Brown, Knecht, Gibbons, Christensen, Andonov, Beers, Geddes, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Mabey, Marvel, McCleary, Perkins, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to child support; making various changes to provisions governing the withholding of income which is ordered to enforce the payment of child support; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 117 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain employees of facilities for long-term care to receive education in the care of persons with dementia; requiring the Department of Human Resources to develop a plan for increasing the number of beds in this state that are used to provide long-term care to persons with dementia; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 323 — Assemblymen McClain, Parks, Chowning, Koivisto, Gibbons, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Hardy, Horne, Manendo, Mortenson, Ohrenschall and Pierce. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising the provisions regarding notification of victims of a crime if the defendant is released before or during a trial; providing that a victim can request information concerning the release of the defendant by telephone in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 336 — Assemblymen Manendo, McClain, Koivisto, Parks, McCleary, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Hardy, Horne, Knecht, Leslie, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to protection of children; revising the provisions governing the purpose, membership and procedure of a multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child; increasing the fee for a certificate of death to support the reviews; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 381 — Assemblymen Leslie, Koivisto, Parks, Ohrenschall, Atkinson, Buckley, Conklin, Geddes and McClain. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans’ cemeteries; revising the provisions governing financial support for veterans’ cemeteries; providing for the employment of additional employees to operate veterans’ cemeteries; authorizing the use of the remainder of certain gifts of money and personal property donated for use at veterans’ cemeteries; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 405 — Assemblymen Hardy, Knecht, Andonov, Grady, Brown, Beers, Christensen, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Koivisto, Mabey, McClain, McCleary, Oceguera, Pierce and Weber. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring that the names of candidates for certain nonpartisan offices who are unopposed be placed on the ballot for a primary election; requiring that, under certain circumstances, such a candidate be declared elected to office following the primary election and that his name not be placed on the ballot for a general election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 421 — Assemblywoman Weber. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state purchasing; revising the provisions concerning certain penalties for a person who has entered into a contract with an agency of this state and who fails to perform according to the terms of the contract; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 424 — Assemblyman Geddes (by request). Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to controlled substances; providing for an additional penalty for selling or providing certain controlled substances where the use of the controlled substance results in death or substantial bodily harm and the defendant failed to render or seek the necessary medical assistance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 443 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to welfare; transferring certain duties relating to Medicaid from the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Human Resources and from the State Welfare Administrator to the Director of the Department of Human Resources; revising the definition of the “undivided estate” of a deceased recipient of Medicaid; requiring the Director of the Department of Human Resources to adopt certain regulations; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to the recovery of money owed to the Department of Human Resources as a result of the payment of benefits for Medicaid; repealing the requirement that the State Plan for Medicaid include a requirement that certain senior citizens are eligible for Medicaid for long-term care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 445 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; clarifying the provisions governing an arrest involving a violation of an order for protection against domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 448 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe a course of study to prepare pupils to pass the high school proficiency examination; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts to offer the course of study to pupils enrolled in high school; revising provisions governing the informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination to include certain information regarding preparation for the college entrance examinations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 510 — Committee on Education. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental purchasing; clarifying the types of contracts into which a member of certain governing bodies may enter with the governing body; increasing the maximum dollar amount of supplies that a governing body may purchase each month from a member of the body in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 539 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to professions; creating the Board of Athletic Trainers; prescribing the powers and duties of the Board; requiring certain persons who engage in the practice of athletic training to be licensed by the Board; prescribing the requirements for such licenses; providing for the regulation of athletic trainers; providing a penalty; requiring the Board to hold hearings and make recommendations to the Legislature concerning the regulation of personal trainers and other fitness instructors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 27 — Senator Wiener. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; authorizing regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators to facilitate access to information concerning issues related to suicide among pupils; providing that receipt of or access to such information does not create an additional duty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 36 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring an institution within the University and Community College System of Nevada to provide electronic versions of instructional materials to students with print access disabilities under certain circumstances; requiring a publisher of such materials to provide the materials to an institution under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 62 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to conservation camps; authorizing the State Forester Firewarden of the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to determine the amount of wages that must be paid to offenders who participate in conservation camps and who perform work relating to fire fighting and other work projects of conservation camps; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 72 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; extending the time a county may lease real property of the county to a corporation for public benefit under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 103 — Senators Tiffany, Cegavske, Amodei, Coffin, Hardy, McGinness, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Shaffer, Washington and Wiener. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Beers, Hettrick, Andonov, Hardy, Mabey, Parks and Weber. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to malpractice; revising various provisions relating to filings and rates for certain insurers that issue policies of malpractice insurance; providing persons with the right to provide testimony at certain hearings before the Commissioner of Insurance under certain circumstances; establishing various requirements relating to policies of malpractice insurance; authorizing the Commissioner to protect essential medical specialties from certain adverse actions regarding policies of malpractice insurance; requiring the Commissioner to collect certain information and to conduct certain studies relating to policies of malpractice insurance; providing that certain information in certain settlement agreements must not be made confidential; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 122 — Senators Titus and Wiener. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to campaign practices; prohibiting public officers and employees from requesting or otherwise causing state and local governments to, under certain circumstances, make an expenditure to support or oppose a ballot question or a candidate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 123 — Senator Titus. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Parks. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to corporations; requiring certain corporations to provide certain information at the time of filing the list of officers and directors and to pay a fee under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 124 — Senator Titus. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to gaming; repealing the prohibition on the assignment of the right to periodic payments of winnings from gaming; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 134 — Senator Care. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to real estate; making various changes to provisions governing certain real estate practices; revising provisions governing property management agreements; revising provisions which require real estate broker-salesmen and real estate salesmen to disclose in certain advertisements the name of the brokerage with whom they are associated; revising provisions relating to brokerage agreements which provide for exclusive agency representation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 139 — Senator Townsend. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Legislature; providing for joint legislative requesters on the list of requests for the preparation of legislative measures published by the Legislative Counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 148 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to school property; authorizing a school district to sell or lease certain real property for less than the appraised value under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 150 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; deleting the authority of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education to adopt certain regulations; revising certain references to the members of the Commission from the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 159 — Senator Rawson. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; clarifying a provision governing advances to budget accounts supported by administrative assessments; requiring the Director of the Department of Administration to give certain notices concerning such advances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 198 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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187 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; carrying out certain advisory questions relating to funding for regional transportation; revising the maximum rate, allocation or use of certain taxes for regional transportation; authorizing certain counties to impose additional taxes on motor vehicle fuel and to increase certain impact fees for new development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 237 — Senators Raggio and Titus. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Perkins and Hettrick. Approved May 22, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the administration of public agencies; increasing the maximum amount that may be maintained in a petty cash account of a state agency; allowing the State Board of Examiners to authorize its clerk to determine whether an emergency exists and approve an expenditure from the Emergency Account in the State General Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 153 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; increasing the tax on the rental of transient lodging within the City of Sparks to pay for certain projects and capital improvements that are intended to attract and expand tourism; revising the distribution of the tax on the rental of transient lodging in certain areas of Washoe County that was imposed to pay for certain projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 205 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to local governmental finances; requiring local governments that acquire certain public utilities or expand certain facilities for utility service to make certain payments or provide certain compensation in lieu of taxes and franchise fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 361 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; revising the definition of “supplier” for the purposes of the tax on and the sale of liquor; authorizing a retail liquor store that holds a nonrestricted license to transfer an original package of beer to another retail liquor store that holds a nonrestricted license under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions governing the sale of alcoholic beverages; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 437 — Assemblymen Christensen, Knecht, Claborn, Ohrenschall, Koivisto, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams (by request). Joint Sponsors: Senators Townsend, Rawson, Rhoads and Washington. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to ditches; requiring the State Engineer to investigate and prepare a report concerning certain complaints concerning possible criminal acts involving ditches; requiring a copy of a subdivider’s tentative map to be forwarded to the owner of record of land to which an irrigation ditch is appurtenant under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 488 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; providing that certain bona fide prospective purchasers, innocent purchasers and owners of contiguous real property are not liable for response actions and cleanup with respect to certain real property at which a hazardous substance has been or may have been released; requiring that such persons report the discovery of certain hazardous substances and petroleum products and report the carrying out of certain related response actions and cleanup; clarifying that such relief from liability does not limit certain authorities of the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Administrator of the Division or the State Environmental Commission with respect to persons who are actually responsible for the contamination or pollution of real property; clarifying that such relief from liability does not affect the liability in tort of any party; providing for the imposition of certain liens in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 485 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions governing short-term leases of passenger cars; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 522 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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195 |
AN ACT relating to telegraphs; repealing certain obsolete provisions relating to telegraphs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 7 — Senator Wiener. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to occupational safety; increasing the penalty for certain punishable conduct by an employer that leads to the death of an employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 8 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to firearms; prohibiting discharge of a firearm from a structure or vehicle under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 40 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to witnesses; adopting the Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 43 — Senator Care. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to child custody; adopting the revision of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; providing for the transition from the present act to the act as revised; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 48 — Senator Care. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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200 |
AN ACT relating to tobacco; authorizing school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than restrictions imposed pursuant to state law under certain circumstances; revising the time by which certain stores must comply with certain provisions pertaining to smoking within public areas; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 50 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; increasing the amount of the homestead exemption; exempting from execution a greater amount of equity in certain dwellings; making various other changes concerning benefits and property which are exempt from execution; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 70 — Senator O’Connell. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to medical professionals; expanding the circumstances under which registered nurses are authorized to dispense dangerous drugs to include dispensing such drugs to patients at certain rural clinics if the nurses are providing mental health services at the rural clinics; authorizing the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations to ensure that certain safeguards, including dispensing procedures, are followed to protect registered nurses who provide mental health services to patients at certain rural clinics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 83 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising the provision governing the time in which the court may order a determination of competency; providing that the district court must determine the competency of a defendant to stand trial under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 89 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to graffiti; making various changes to the provisions pertaining to the crime of placing graffiti on or otherwise defacing property; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 105 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to child support; imposing a fee upon an obligor of child support who is subject to withholding of income by his employer; providing for the collection and administration of that fee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 186 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; repealing, reenacting, reorganizing and revising certain provisions relating to juvenile justice; reenacting certain penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 197 — Senator Wiener. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing the Board of Examiners for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors to adopt regulations to certify persons as detoxification technicians; authorizing the Board to make certain determinations based on information included in a report of criminal history under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to charge and collect a fee for approving a course of continuing education; authorizing the Board to enter into an interlocal agreement with an Indian tribe to provide assistance to members of the tribe training in the practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers; expanding the circumstances under which the Board may bring an action to enjoin certain violations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 248 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to gaming; revising the definition of an “international gaming salon”; requiring the State Gaming Control Board to make available to the public certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 266 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to railroads; requiring that the route and terminals selected by the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission must be approved by the appropriate governmental agencies in the state where the route and terminals are located; designating the Commission as an agency of this state under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 276 — Senator Titus. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to osteopathic physicians; increasing the membership of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring an applicant for a license to practice osteopathic medicine or an osteopathic physician’s assistant for whom an application to employ an osteopathic physician’s assistant is submitted to the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine to submit a complete set of his fingerprints to the Board for investigation of the criminal history of the applicant or osteopathic physician’s assistant; authorizing an osteopathic physician to be appointed to certain governmental entities; expanding the circumstances under which an osteopathic physician may be designated to carry out certain duties relating to the practice of medicine; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of investigations conducted by the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 281 — Senator Shaffer (by request). Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to dentistry; revising the requirements for the issuance of a limited license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 283 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to prisoners; prohibiting prisoners from manufacturing or possessing certain tools or items adapted, designed or commonly used for the purpose of escaping or attempting to escape from custody; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 299 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to agencies; clarifying that certain occupational boards and commissions must act in the public interest; revising the qualifications for the members of certain occupational boards and commissions; providing that the members of certain occupational boards and commissions must be provided with certain materials and training upon appointment; revising the authority of certain occupational boards and commissions to hire employees or contract with independent contractors; revising the qualifications for the executive director or executive secretary of certain occupational boards and commissions; revising the audit requirements for certain occupational boards and commissions; increasing the membership of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 310 — Senator Carlton. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; clarifying the provisions governing the administration of the sales and use taxes on the sale or lease of a motor vehicle to a governmental entity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 313 — Senator Raggio. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to tobacco; providing that cigarette vending machines may be placed in a public area only if persons who are under 21 years of age are prohibited from loitering in that area pursuant to certain statutes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 315 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor carriers; revising provisions relating to self-insurance for taxicabs regulated by the Taxicab Authority; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 322 — Senator Shaffer (by request). Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to transportation; requiring the Las Vegas Monorail Company to provide certain financial reports to the Legislative Commission; authorizing the Legislative Commission to direct the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the Las Vegas Monorail Company under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 362 — Senators Titus and Care. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to regulation of motor vehicles; exempting electric personal assistive mobility devices from regulation as motor vehicles; including persons on such devices or in wheelchairs within the definition of “pedestrian” for the purposes of traffic laws; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 363 — Senator Titus. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to intoxicating liquor; revising certain provisions governing the importation of liquor by a common or contract carrier; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 373 — Senator Schneider. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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220 |
AN ACT relating to insurance; revising provisions relating to the notice that must be provided when an insurer cancels or refuses to renew a policy of insurance issued to a common-interest community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 378 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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221 |
AN ACT relating to the protection of children; expanding the provisions governing the persons who are required to report the abuse or neglect of children to include any adult person who is employed by an entity that provides organized activities for children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 383 — Senator Shaffer. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to drugs; requiring the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Pharmacy to post on the Internet certain information relating to manufacturers of drugs; revising provisions relating to the substitution of generic drugs for drugs prescribed by brand name; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 387 — Senator Titus. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 resulting from the increased cost of the maintenance of effort requirement for the Substance Abuse and Treatment Block Grant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 396 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state parks; requiring certain money received from the rental and lease of concessions located on property within a state park or property controlled or administered by the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be deposited in the Account for Maintenance of State Parks within the Division of State Parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 401 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; allowing certain owners of fleets of motor vehicles to apply for participation in the program allowing the electronic submission and storage of certain documents relating to the registration and ownership of motor vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 405 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources for an unanticipated shortfall in Fiscal Year 2002-2003 for a shortfall in revenue collections and expenditures relating to psychiatric services at rural clinics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 408 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 resulting from certain increased costs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 410 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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228 |
AN ACT relating to service stations; revising certain provisions relating to the operation of service stations by a refiner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 422 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterinarians; eliminating the requirement that a complaint filed with the Nevada State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners must be verified; revising provisions governing the educational requirements for a license to practice veterinary medicine; eliminating the requirement that an application for the renewal of a license must be notarized; revising the procedure for the disposition of complaints filed with the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 427 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to communication services; requiring certain governmental entities that sell the services of a community antenna television system to the general public to comply with certain conditions and limitations relating to the provision of those services; requiring certain governmental entities to demonstrate that they are in compliance with such conditions and limitations under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 429 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to contractors; prohibiting certain acts relating to the repair, restoration, improvement or construction of residential pools and spas; clarifying certain provisions that prohibit contractors from acting as owners of certain companies, corporations and business entities; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 437 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; applying the uniform system of demerit points to persons deemed to have future driving privileges; requiring the Department under certain circumstances to suspend the future driving privileges of such persons who accumulate demerit points; revising provisions governing the types of acceptable documentation to establish identification; providing for the expiration and renewal of identification cards; imposing fees for the renewal of certain identification cards; changing the period for reporting certain changes to or the loss of identification cards; requiring the Department to adopt regulations establishing certain fees for hazardous materials endorsements on commercial drivers’ licenses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 483 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; prohibiting an insurer from issuing a check for the payment of benefits for permanent total disability that includes a restrictive endorsement; providing that an insurer may issue a check for the payment of certain benefits for industrial insurance that includes a restrictive endorsement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 294 — Assemblymen Conklin, Oceguera, Giunchigliani, Horne, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Goldwater, Gustavson, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Carlton and Wiener. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to cancer; requiring the State Health Officer or a person designated by the Administrator of the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources to analyze information reported by health facilities concerning cancer; requiring the State Health Officer or person designated by the Administrator of the Health Division to analyze trends in such information and assist in facilitating the prevention of cancer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 315 — Assemblymen Koivisto, Chowning, Ohrenschall, McClain, Parks, Anderson, Claborn, Collins, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Leslie, Manendo, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce and Williams. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the transferability of certain community college credits toward the requirements for an award of a baccalaureate degree from a university or state college within the University and Community College System of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 507 — Committee on Education. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; providing that a landlord of dwelling units intended and operated exclusively for persons 55 years of age and older may not employ a person to perform work on the premises unless the person has a work card issued by the sheriff of the county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 419 — Assemblymen Pierce, Ohrenschall, Manendo, Parks, Koivisto, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Chowning, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Horne, Leslie, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to telephonic devices; prohibiting certain agencies, boards, commissions or political subdivisions from regulating the use of a telephonic device by a person who is operating a motor vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 10 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to health records; providing the Administrator of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources or his designee access to certain records concerning certain defendants which are in the possession of the Department of Corrections; providing the Director of the Department of Corrections or the designated medical director access to certain records concerning an offender which are in the possession of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 90 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to utilities; authorizing certain natural gas utilities to use deferred accounting for certain purposes; revising provisions governing the notice that must be provided for an application to obtain a permit for a utility facility; revising certain procedural requirements concerning applications to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources; revising various provisions relating to transactions between eligible customers and providers of new electric resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 125 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to professions; changing the name of the State Board of Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Operators of Cemeteries and Crematories to the Nevada State Funeral Board; removing the limitation concerning the number of consecutive terms of office a member of the Board may serve; authorizing the Board to establish certain fees by regulation; authorizing the Board to issue an order to desist or refrain from engaging in certain unlawful acts; authorizing the Board to order an immediate suspension of a license, permit or certificate under certain circumstances; revising certain provisions relating to disciplinary action; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 323 — Senator Shaffer. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; clarifying the requirements for determining whether a charitable organization qualifies for an exemption from such taxes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 353 — Senator Rawson. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to redevelopment; providing an additional alternative procedure for the appointment of the membership of a redevelopment agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 424 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to real estate; making various changes regarding the powers and duties of the Real Estate Commission, the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry and the Commission of Appraisers of Real Estate; revising provisions governing the regulation of property managers; authorizing certain agencies to conduct business electronically; authorizing the investigation and audit of certain accounts of a real estate broker; expanding the power of certain agencies to impose fines and penalties for certain unlawful conduct and to deny, suspend and revoke licenses under certain circumstances; increasing certain fees and authorizing certain agencies to establish other fees by regulation; making certain conduct unlawful; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 428 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; making certain changes to the method of calculating the amount of the basic governmental services tax to be distributed to a county school district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 465 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the Department of Taxation and its employees to disclose information concerning whether or not a business has a business license issued by the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 466 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing a special district to pledge a percentage of revenue received from the supplemental city-county relief tax for the payment of certain bonds issued by the special district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 467 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the Department of Human Resources to develop a list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program; requiring the Department to manage the use by the Medicaid program of step therapy and prior authorization for prescription drugs; creating the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee within the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 384 — Assemblymen Koivisto, McClain, Ohrenschall, Parks, Anderson, Christensen, Claborn, Leslie and Pierce. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring a person to obtain the approval of the State Health Officer before operating a new medical helicopter under certain circumstances; revising the requirements concerning the approval by the Director of the Department of Human Resources of certain construction projects on behalf of a health facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 402 — Assemblymen Sherer, Knecht, Brown, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Hettrick, Koivisto and Marvel. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations concerning the processing of complaints; revising requirements regarding the confidentiality of complaints and investigations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 450 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to health care records; authorizing certain persons to access the health care records of certain deceased patients; revising the provisions regarding reporting of examination results by medical laboratories; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 24 — Senator Neal. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain policies of health insurance and health care plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 183 — Senator Mathews. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Gibbons. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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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, lessee or tenant of the property under certain circumstances; 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; requiring certain disclosures to be made to a person who purchases, leases or takes possession of a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach if the home or coach has been the site for the manufacture of methamphetamine; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 204 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; providing that a pupil must be in attendance for a minimum number of days to obtain credit or to be promoted to the next higher grade; requiring each school to provide notice to the parent or legal guardian of a pupil before the pupil is denied credit or promotion to the next higher grade; providing that a pupil and his parent or legal guardian may request a review of a decision to deny credit or promotion to the next higher grade; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 253 — Senator Cegavske. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Giunchigliani. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; establishing the Arthritis Prevention and Control Program within the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources to increase public awareness of, and educate persons on, matters relating to arthritis; establishing the Advisory Committee on the Arthritis Prevention and Control Program to make certain recommendations to the Division; authorizing the receipt of gifts or grants and other sources of money to carry out the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 287 — Senators Wiener, Rawson, Neal, Cegavske, Mathews, Nolan and Washington. Approved May 27, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to juries; revising the provisions governing exemptions from jury service; revising the provisions governing the selection of jurors in certain counties; revising the provisions regarding the compensation of jurors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 73 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to weapons; prohibiting the sale or disposition of firearms or ammunition to certain persons; authorizing certain persons to manufacture and sell switchblade knives under certain circumstances; prohibiting possession of a firearm on which the serial number has been intentionally 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. Senate Bill No. 199 — Senator McGinness. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to personal identifying information; making various changes relating to personal identifying information; prohibiting a person from unlawfully possessing or using a scanning device or reencoder to acquire certain personal identifying information; clarifying the applicability of certain crimes relating to personal identifying information; prohibiting a public officer or public employee from committing certain unlawful acts relating to personal identifying information; restricting the type of credit card or debit card information that may be printed electronically on a receipt; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 297 — Senators Wiener, Amodei, Titus, Care, McGinness, Nolan and Washington. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the posting of warnings in certain food establishments in which alcoholic beverages are sold regarding the dangers of drinking such beverages during pregnancy; merging the Advisory Subcommittee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome into the Advisory Board on Maternal and Child Health; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 307 — Senators Wiener, Rawson, Cegavske, Mathews, Neal, Nolan and Washington. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to incarcerated persons; requiring the Department of Education to adopt regulations that establish a statewide program of education for incarcerated persons and to coordinate with and assist school districts in operating programs of education for incarcerated persons; creating in the State Treasury the Fund for Programs of Education for Incarcerated Persons; authorizing school districts to operate programs of education for incarcerated persons under certain circumstances; providing procedures if a manager or warden excludes from a facility or institution a person employed by a school district to operate a program of education for incarcerated persons in the facility or institution; authorizing the University and Community College System of Nevada to offer courses that lead to a postsecondary degree for incarcerated persons; providing free tuition to certain incarcerated persons under certain conditions; waiving the registration fees of certain incarcerated persons; making various changes to provisions relating to credits against the sentence of an offender; revising the provisions governing the manner in which prisoners may be released from jail when the jail becomes overcrowded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 317 — Senators Wiener and Amodei. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Leslie. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to drugs; establishing procedures for reusing certain prescription drugs that are dispensed to, but not used by, a patient in a mental health facility, facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care, or an offender incarcerated in an institution or facility operated by the Department of Corrections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 327 — Senators Wiener, Rawson, Washington, Titus, Amodei, Care, Mathews and McGinness. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the provisions of the crime relating to the annoyance and molestation of a minor to prohibit certain acts committed against certain children and mentally ill persons; prohibiting the luring of a child or mentally ill person under certain circumstances; providing that certain crimes committed against certain children or mentally ill persons constitute sexual offenses for the purposes of various statutes; providing that certain crimes committed against certain children or mentally ill persons constitute immoral conduct for the purposes of certain provisions related to educational personnel and that certain licensed educational employees forfeit their rights of employment if convicted of such crimes; revising certain provisions of the crime relating to manufacturing or compounding certain controlled substances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 394 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Human Resources; extending the reversion date of the appropriation made during previous Legislative Session to the Department of Human Resources for the Medicaid Management Information System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 255 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Human Resources for an unanticipated shortfall in money for medical care and higher-level placements for Medicaid-eligible children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 469 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Human Resources for a shortfall in budgeting in Fiscal Year 2002-2003. Assembly Bill No. 471 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Office of the Military for an unanticipated shortfall in money for utility costs in Fiscal Year 2002-2003; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 493 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Safety; authorizing the Department to adopt certain regulations relating to motor carriers; clarifying the duty of the Department to enforce certain provisions relating to motor carriers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 478 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxicabs; revising the provisions governing service as a member of the Taxicab Authority; increasing the amount of petty cash available for the support of undercover investigations conducted by the Taxicab Authority; revising the requirement for a physician’s certificate for employment as a driver of a taxicab; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 476 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to restore the balances in the Stale Claims Account, Emergency Account and Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 247 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Supreme Court of Nevada for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 resulting from a deficit in the collection of administrative assessments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 246 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxicabs; increasing the fee for each compensable trip of a taxicab; increasing the fees for the issuance and renewal of a driver’s permit to operate a taxicab; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 288 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; providing that the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program approved by the Committee to administer the Program may consist of any plan authorized by federal law to reduce taxable income or other forms of compensation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 225 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to writs of prohibition; revising the provisions governing the issuance of writs of prohibition to conform to the Nevada Constitution by providing that a district court may issue a writ of prohibition in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 494 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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273 |
AN ACT relating to manufactured housing; revising certain fees that fund the Account for Education and Recovery Relating to Manufactured Housing; requiring purchasers who commence an action that may result in payment from the Account to serve a copy of the complaint upon the Administrator of the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry; prohibiting certain licensees from recovering damages from the Account under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 212 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to air pollution; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish by regulation procedures for inspecting certain stations involved in the control of emissions from engines; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 18 — Senator Schneider. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; establishing provisions relating to the maximum load weights per tire and the minimum number of tires per axle for vehicles allowed to operate on public highways of this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 481 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the tax for infrastructure; authorizing the boards of county commissioners of certain counties to use money in the infrastructure fund for the operation and maintenance of flood control projects; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County to submit a progress report to the 73rd Session of the Nevada Legislature concerning certain flood control projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 490 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to professions; declaring the practice of counseling problem gamblers to be a learned profession; changing the name of the Board of Examiners for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors to the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors; increasing the number of members on the Board; requiring persons who counsel problem gamblers to be certified by the Board; imposing certain fees; authorizing the Board to adopt certain regulations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 351 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to vehicles; providing that certain leases of motor vehicles or trailers do not constitute sales or create security interests under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 482 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to economic development; making various changes concerning the powers and duties of the Commission on Economic Development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 174 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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280 |
AN ACT relating to obligations of support for children; revising the procedure for enrolling a child in a plan of health insurance pursuant to a court order for support to comply with federal law; requiring premiums for such health insurance to be deducted from the wages of the parent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 475 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Department of Agriculture; authorizing the Director of the State Department of Agriculture and the Department to impose and collect certain fees; making various changes to the program of medical marijuana administered by the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 130 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to State Government; authorizing state offices to establish an alternative schedule of operation; transferring the power or duty to adopt certain regulations from the Department of Personnel and the Director of the Department to the Personnel Commission; authorizing an employee to offset an overpayment of salary with annual leave; allowing the State Board of Examiners to delegate to its Clerk the authority to designate certain overpayments of salary as bad debts; repealing a duplicative provision regarding certain reports by appointing authorities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 217 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to health; requiring under certain circumstances that an allegedly mentally ill person be admitted to a medical facility other than a hospital before his emergency admission to a mental health facility; requiring the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources to adopt regulations prescribing the appropriate type of medical facility; authorizing peace officers to deliver certain persons found in any public place under the influence of a controlled substance to certain facilities for observation and care; providing for the medical treatment of certain persons who are under the influence of a controlled substance who are arrested or taken into custody by a peace officer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 94 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; abolishing the plea of guilty but mentally ill; reinstating exculpation by reason of insanity; requiring persons who provide reports or evaluations to the court concerning the competency of a defendant to stand trial or receive pronouncement of judgment to be certified by the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services of the Department of Human Resources; requiring the Division to adopt regulations concerning the certification of such persons; providing a procedure for committing a person to a mental health facility who is acquitted by reason of insanity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 156 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Office for Consumer Health Assistance; requiring the Office to assist consumers in gaining information regarding certain prescription drug programs; authorizing the Office to accept gifts, grants and donations to support this service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 236 — Assemblymen Buckley, Perkins, Goldwater, Koivisto, Gibbons, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Knecht, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Pierce and Weber. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to county government; revising the term of office of members of a town advisory board in certain counties; removing the prohibition on consecutive terms of office of members of such a board; providing for the election of a chairman of such a board; revising the requirements regarding the notice of a vacancy on such a board; requiring the provision of notice of the expiration of the term of a member of such a board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 84 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the juvenile court; providing an additional exception to mandatory certification of a child for criminal proceedings as an adult; providing that a decision of the juvenile court to deny certification of a child for criminal proceedings as an adult may be appealed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 60 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Charter of the City of Las Vegas; authorizing the City Attorney and Deputy City Attorneys to represent indigent persons without compensation in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 150 — Assemblywoman Buckley. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing the creation of a general improvement district for the establishment of an area or zone for the preservation of one or more species or subspecies of wildlife threatened with extinction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 136 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing an additional penalty for committing a felony in violation of a temporary or extended order for protection; prohibiting a court from granting probation to a person who commits such a crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 107 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to labor; clarifying that the duties of the Labor Commissioner include the enforcement of certain provisions related to labor without regard to whether a person is lawfully or unlawfully employed; clarifying that the provisions relating to compensation, wages and hours include persons unlawfully employed by revising the definition of “employee”; clarifying that the provisions relating to occupational safety and health include persons unlawfully employed by revising the definition of “employee”; clarifying that the provisions relating to public works projects include persons unlawfully employed by revising the definition of “workman”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 48 — Assemblywoman Giunchigliani. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to wildlife; converting the Division of Wildlife of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources into the Department of Wildlife; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 41 — Assemblyman Collins. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to workers’ compensation; excluding certain sports officials from the definition of “employee” for the purposes of the provisions governing workers’ compensation for injuries and occupational diseases; revising the circumstances under which officers or managers of certain corporations or companies may reject coverage for themselves for the purposes of the provisions governing workers’ compensation for injuries and occupational diseases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 185 — Assemblymen Anderson, Ohrenschall, Collins, Conklin, Horne, Koivisto, Mabey, McClain and Sherer. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to minors; providing for the judicial approval of certain contracts for the artistic, creative or athletic services or intellectual property of minors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 288 — Assemblymen Atkinson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Koivisto, Knecht, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Griffin, Hardy, Horne, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a pilot program pursuant to which the period of registration for certain motor vehicles is expanded; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 324 — Assemblymen Griffin, Claborn, Knecht, Brown, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Christensen, Conklin, Geddes, Goicoechea, Grady, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Leslie, Mabey, Marvel, McCleary, Mortenson, Parks, Sherer and Weber. Approved May 28, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; authorizing the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to investigate certain accidents at facilities; providing for the recovery by the Division of its costs incurred in conducting such an investigation; deleting the statutory list of highly hazardous substances; requiring the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations designating a list of highly hazardous substances and designating specific materials that are subject to regulation as explosives; revising the provisions relating to the regulation of facilities and the disclosure of records and information of facilities involved in the use, production, storage or handling of highly hazardous substances or in the manufacture of explosives; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations concerning such facilities; authorizing the Administrator of the Division to issue certain orders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 127 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public employees; making certain provisions apply retroactively to allow certain benefits to be made available to the surviving spouses and children of certain police officers and firemen killed in the line of duty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 240 — Senator Townsend. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state purchasing; imposing in certain circumstances an inverse preference with respect to bids and proposals submitted by bidders and contractors who are residents of another state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 280 — Senator Tiffany. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; revising the definition of “pledged revenues” for the purposes of the University Securities Law; increasing the total authorized principal amount of certain revenue bonds that the Board of Regents may issue for facilities at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 413 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; providing for the postponement of the payment of property taxes in cases of severe economic hardship under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 440 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the formula for the distribution of certain revenues among local governments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 469 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to Oriental medicine; revising the qualifications for members of the State Board of Oriental Medicine; revising the requirements for a license to practice Oriental medicine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 21 — Assemblywomen Giunchigliani and Gibbons. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; revising deadlines relating to the filing of certain documents before an election; providing for the filing and storage of certain documents by electronic means; revising provisions relating to pupils serving as trainees for the position of election board officer; revising provisions relating to absent ballots; authorizing a county or city clerk to designate centralized voting locations for certain elderly or disabled voters under certain circumstances; providing that certain voting records will be printed on paper only in the event of an election contest or recount; making various changes to election procedures; requiring that a candidate for the position of member of a town board who is unopposed be declared elected to the position; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 125 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to structured settlements; requiring the approval of the court for the transfer of the right to receive payment pursuant to a structured settlement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 166 — Assemblymen Brown, Knecht, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Beers, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Mabey, Marvel, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Perkins, Sherer and Weber (by request). Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; prohibiting a self-insured employer, an association of self-insured public or private employers or a private carrier from entering into a contract with an organization for managed care under certain circumstances; increasing the period during which the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry must cause an audit of certain insurers to be conducted; revising the requirements for determining the percentage of disability for certain injuries and occupational diseases; requiring an employer who offers temporary, light-duty employment to an injured employee to confirm the offer within a certain period under certain circumstances; providing that such an offer must specify a position that has the same employment benefits as the position of the employee at the time of his injury; requiring a person who wishes to contest a decision of the Administrator to impose an administrative fine to file a notice of appeal with an appeals officer; authorizing a person who is aggrieved by a written determination of the Administrator or the failure of the Administrator to respond to a written request to appeal the determination or failure to respond to an appeals officer under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 168 — Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Anderson, Parks, Goldwater, Gibbons, Arberry, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Horne, Leslie, Manendo and Williams. Joint Sponsor: Senator Carlton. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to conservation districts; authorizing a conservation district to acquire, maintain or dispose of real or personal property for certain purposes; requiring a board of county commissioners to determine whether certain real property acquired by a conservation district is subject to payments in lieu of taxes; requiring the board of county commissioners to consider certain factors in making that determination; exempting from taxation certain real property acquired by a conservation district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 215 — Assemblymen Hettrick, Knecht, Grady, Hardy, Marvel and Sherer. Joint Sponsors: Senators McGinness and Townsend. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles leased for a short term; revising provisions regarding the collection of governmental services fees and recovery surcharges from a short-term lessee; requiring a short-term lessor to report to the Department of Taxation on a quarterly basis the amount of any recovery surcharges collected by the short-term lessor during the immediately preceding calendar quarter; transferring certain duties and functions from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Taxation; requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation to adopt certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 267 — Assemblyman Parks. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state land; imposing conditions on the transfer by the State of Nevada to a local government of any state park or interest therein; requiring legislative authorization before a local government to which such property or interest is transferred may sell, lease, encumber, alienate or otherwise dispose of the property or interest; authorizing the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to enter into cooperative agreements with certain political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain certain parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 287 — Assemblymen Mortenson, Collins, Goldwater, Hettrick, Claborn, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Buckley, Chowning, Manendo, McCleary and Oceguera. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the appointment of committees to prepare arguments for and against, and rebuttals for, certain statewide ballot questions; revising the population used to determine whether a board of county commissioners or city council is required to appoint committees to prepare arguments and rebuttals for certain ballot questions voted upon in the county or city; providing that, in certain counties and cities, if a ballot question is placed on the ballot by specified entities, committees must be appointed to prepare arguments advocating and opposing the ballot question; requiring the specified entities to submit timely a copy and explanation of the ballot question to the county clerk or city clerk, as applicable; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 293 — Assemblymen Mortenson, Giunchigliani, Koivisto, Gustavson, Hettrick, Beers, Conklin, Leslie, McCleary and Sherer. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing the contestant in a contest of a general election for the office of Assemblyman or Senator to amend the statement of contest by a certain date before the commencement of the legislative session; authorizing the parties in such a contest to take depositions, investigate the contest until the date of the hearing of the contest and present the evidence or findings of the investigation at the hearing of the contest; providing that the legislative house in which the contest was tried or was to be tried may determine the remedies awarded to a party in such a contest; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 526 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; specifying how periods of time are measured for election duties; revising provisions governing the circulation of certain petitions; changing the date by which a county clerk must determine the number of registered voters of each major political party in each precinct; revising the provisions governing the consequences of a candidate’s death; specifying that filing fees are not refundable; changing the date by which the canvass of votes for certain offices and questions must occur; clarifying that minor political parties may receive a list of registered voters from the county clerk without charge; prohibiting certain persons and entities from selling such a list or using such list for a purpose that is not related to an election; revising the provisions governing the date by which sample ballots must be mailed to the registered voters; expanding the definition of a committee for the recall of a public officer; changing the officer with whom a candidate who is not elected must file a report concerning unspent contributions; changing the dates by which certain groups must make available information concerning advertising for campaigns; restricting the civil penalties that may be imposed for filing late campaign reports against certain public officers or candidates for public office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 528 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing a manner for distinguishing candidates on a ballot who have the same or similar surnames; requiring certain statewide measures proposed by initiative to appear on the ballot in a certain order; extending the period for registering to vote; prohibiting the Secretary of State and city clerks from requiring candidates, other persons, committees or political parties to list each expenditure or campaign expense of $100 or less on certain forms; revising the period during which a candidate may solicit or accept or a lobbyist may make or offer to make any monetary contribution before a special session; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 541 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; requiring certain membership on the board of directors of certain parks operated by nonprofit organizations; providing exceptions to the requirement that certain parks provide individual meters for the water service provided to tenants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 230 — Assemblywoman Buckley. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to land use planning; providing that members of city and county planning commissions in certain larger counties serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority; limiting the number of continuances that may be granted by a city or county planning commission in certain larger counties under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the appeal of certain land use decisions; revising certain ethical requirements with respect to members of city and county planning commissions in certain larger counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 291 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; prohibiting a governing body from requiring an owner of property to maintain, reconstruct or repair a sidewalk in a public right-of-way that abuts his property except in certain circumstances; providing certain limitations on the civil liability of an owner of property with respect to such sidewalks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 390 — Assemblymen Parks, Manendo, Arberry, Buckley, Chowning, Goldwater, Griffin, Horne, Leslie, McClain, McCleary and Pierce (by request). Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to occupational diseases; clarifying provisions governing compensation for certain firemen who develop disabling cancer as an occupational disease; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 451 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public works; requiring the payment of overtime to mechanics and workmen employed on public works under certain circumstances; clarifying the authority of the Labor Commissioner to enforce that requirement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 458 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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318 |
AN ACT relating to public schools; requiring the Clark County School District to continue its pilot program for the replacement of certain schools; authorizing the Clark County School District to use a certain amount of money from its Fund for Capital Projects to finance the replacement of schools designated for its pilot program; encouraging school districts throughout this state to use certain innovative designs and resources in reconstructing certain schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 396 — Assemblymen Williams, Manendo, Arberry, Giunchigliani, Koivisto, Anderson, Atkinson, Collins, Conklin, Goldwater, Grady, Horne, Leslie, McCleary, Oceguera, Parks, Perkins, Pierce and Sherer. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property taxes; revising the provisions governing the development of certain factors used in the determination of the taxable value of improvements to real property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 348 — Assemblyman Carpenter. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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320 |
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the Department of Human Resources to apply to the Federal Government to establish a program to extend coverage for prescription drugs and other related services for certain persons; making various changes concerning the allocation of the money in the Fund for a Healthy Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 504 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to persons in need of protection; requiring a court to order an assignment of income in an extended order if the order includes an order for support of a child in certain circumstances; providing an additional manner of service of certain documents upon the adverse party under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to seal records and waive publication concerning a change of name when the person proves that his personal safety is at risk; providing for privileged communications between victims of domestic violence or sexual assault and their advocates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 160 — Assemblymen Buckley, Parks, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Gibbons, Grady, Griffin, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to guardianship; making various changes to provisions regarding guardianship; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 365 — Assemblymen Buckley, Horne, Conklin, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Carpenter, Claborn, Mortenson and Oceguera (by request). Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the formula for the distribution among counties of revenue from a certain additional tax on certain motor vehicle fuel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 516 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to exempt property; exempting from execution by creditors certain money held in a trust forming part of a qualified tuition program under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 434 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 29, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to travel and tourism; requiring a seller of travel to include his registration number in his advertising; requiring a seller of travel to maintain a trust account for money paid to the seller of travel by consumers; revising the definition of “seller of travel”; requiring the Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Business and Industry to mail to a seller of travel an application for the renewal of his certificate before the expiration of his current certificate; establishing an account for a consumer to recover damages for certain actions of a seller of travel; repealing the provisions that require a seller of travel to comply with certain financial security requirements; repealing the provisions allowing a consumer to recover damages from security deposited by a seller of travel with the Division; requiring tour brokers and tour operators to register with the Division annually; requiring sellers of travel, tour brokers and tour operators to pay certain fees relating to registration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 343 — Assemblyman Carpenter (by request). Approved June 2, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans’ cemeteries; revising the provisions governing financial support for veterans’ cemeteries; authorizing the use of the remainder of certain gifts of money and personal property donated for use at veterans’ cemeteries; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 304 — Assemblyman Manendo (by request). Approved June 2, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; making appropriations from the State General Fund and the State Highway Fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005; providing for the use of the money so appropriated; making various other changes relating to the financial administration of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 553 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 3, 2003 |
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328 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various officers departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the state government for the fiscal years commencing July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the State Public Defender; transferring the State Printing Division of the Department of Administration to the Legislative Counsel Bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 504 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 4, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to wireless telecommunications; providing for standards and procedures for approval by a state or local land use authority of an application for the construction of a facility for personal wireless service under certain circumstances; authorizing a land use authority to assess an applicant for the actual costs incurred by the authority to process an application; requiring that a denial of an application be in writing, set forth each ground for denial and describe the documents relied upon; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 426 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public works; revising the provisions governing the penalty for the failure of a contractor or subcontractor engaged on a public work to report each workman employed on the public work to the public body that awarded the contract; prohibiting a contractor on a public work from withholding certain money from a subcontractor under certain circumstances; imposing a penalty against a contractor or subcontractor for willfully including inaccurate or incomplete information in a report required to be submitted to the public body that awarded the contract for the public work; authorizing the Labor Commissioner to waive or reduce certain penalties imposed on contractors and subcontractors for good cause shown; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 432 — Assemblymen Brown, Knecht, Hardy, Andonov, Goicoechea, Grady, Hettrick, Marvel and Sherer. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; revising the membership of the Task Force for Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt a system of renewable energy credits; providing for the establishment of the Solar Energy Systems Demonstration Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 431 — Assemblywoman Giunchigliani. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; making various changes relating to net metering and renewable energy; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy within the Office of the Governor to develop a program to distribute money in the form of grants, incentives or rebates to pay or defray the costs for persons to acquire, install or improve net metering systems; revising provisions governing the regulation of net metering; revising the definition of renewable energy to include waterpower for the purposes of the portfolio standard for renewable energy for certain providers of electric service and for net metering and optional pricing; revising the provisions governing the portfolio standard to include energy from a qualified energy recovery process; transferring money from the Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Fund to the Office of Energy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 429 — Assemblymen Hettrick, Hardy, Geddes, Knecht, Beers, Brown, Goicoechea, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Mabey, Marvel and Sherer. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; expanding the rights of patients of certain health care facilities to certain visitation privileges; providing that a person may designate certain other persons to make anatomical gifts or order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the person upon death; revising related provisions governing the priority of persons authorized to make decisions concerning anatomical gifts, burial and cremation of human remains on behalf of a decedent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 386 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; revising the provisions governing the qualifications and appointment of the State Health Officer; providing for the licensure of administrative physicians; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to waive certain requirements for licensure to practice medicine if the Governor declares a state of critical need exists for certain medical specialties; authorizing the Board to issue a license by endorsement to practice medicine to certain qualified applicants who have been issued a license to practice medicine by the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States; requiring the Board to maintain a website on the Internet; revising certain requirements for the issuance of a license to practice medicine; clarifying certain restrictions on the use of the title “M.D.”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 332 — Senator Amodei. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; providing for genetic marker analysis of certain evidence relating to the conviction of certain offenders who have been sentenced to death; providing for a stay of execution pending the results of the analysis; providing that a petitioner may file a motion for a new trial if the analysis is favorable to the petitioner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 16 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to construction; requiring the State Public Works Board to adopt certain seismic standards; requiring certain governing bodies to amend their building codes to include certain seismic standards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 57 — Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Andonov, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, Oceguera and Williams. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to contractors; requiring an applicant for a contractor’s license to establish his financial responsibility under certain circumstances; providing for the confidentiality of certain information compiled as a result of an investigation conducted by the State Contractors’ Board; authorizing the Board to require a criminal investigator employed by the Board to conduct a background investigation of an applicant for employment with the Board; prohibiting the Board from issuing a private reprimand to a licensee; prohibiting a person from receiving money for the purpose of obtaining or paying for services, labor, materials or equipment under certain circumstances; authorizing a district court in a proceeding for a judicial review of a final decision of the Board to dismiss an agency or person from the proceeding under certain circumstances; expanding the circumstances under which a criminal investigator employed by the Board may exercise the powers of a peace officer; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 220 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain vehicle dealers to provide copies of certain documents translated into Spanish for viewing by a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a motor vehicle under certain circumstances; requiring the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to arrange for or otherwise cause the translation into Spanish of certain documents; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 223 — Assemblymen Atkinson, Chowning, Pierce, Parks, Christensen, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Buckley, Carpenter, Claborn, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Oceguera, Perkins, Sherer and Williams. Joint Sponsor: Senator Carlton. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain replacement and repairs if an airbag or seatbelt assembly in a vehicle has sustained certain damages; imposing certain restrictions and requirements upon the transfer and titling of vehicles that have sustained certain damages; requiring certain notices and disclosures regarding such vehicles; imposing civil liability and providing criminal penalties for certain violations relating thereto; revising certain provisions governing the registration or licensure of garagemen and body shops; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 325 — Assemblymen Buckley, Conklin, Koivisto, Parks, Leslie, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Claborn, Collins, Giunchigliani, Grady, Horne, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to residential facilities for groups; requiring the State Board of Health to adopt separate regulations for the licensure and regulation of residential facilities for groups which provide assisted living services; limiting the circumstances under which a residential facility for groups may claim to offer assisted living services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 326 — Assemblymen Buckley, Conklin, McClain, Koivisto, Parks, Anderson, Arberry, Atkinson, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Grady, Horne, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT making supplemental appropriations to the Department of Motor Vehicles for certain unanticipated shortfalls in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 254 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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342 |
AN ACT relating to child welfare services; extending the date of the reversion of an appropriation made in 2001 for the one-time costs associated with the transfer of certain child welfare services to Clark County and Washoe County; authorizing the continued use of the appropriated money for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 470 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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343 |
AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and other securities to finance the completion of the Fish Hatchery Refurbishment Project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 416 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 resulting from the reclassification of a position; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 407 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public employees’ retirement; directing the Public Employees’ Retirement System to report certain payments as disability benefits where allowed by federal law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 345 — Senators Nolan and Hardy. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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346 |
AN ACT relating to county recorders; authorizing a county recorder to deny recordation of certain documents; providing for judicial review of such a denial; prohibiting a person in certain circumstances from resubmitting a document for recordation that had been denied recordation previously; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 459 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental entities; authorizing state and local governmental entities to accept a consular identification card for the purpose of identifying a person under certain circumstances; clarifying that the presentation of such a consular identification card does not, by itself, convey an entitlement to any benefits; prohibiting the Department of Motor Vehicles from accepting a consular identification card as proof of the age or identity of an applicant for an instruction permit, driver’s license, identification card or motorcycle driver’s license; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 312 — Senators Carlton, Neal, Titus, Care, Raggio, O’Connell, Townsend and Hardy (by request). Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Giunchigliani, Chowning and McCleary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; increasing the period during which the Administrator of the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation may recover an overpayment of unemployment compensation benefits; authorizing the Administrator to establish or provide support for job training programs in the public and private sectors for training, retraining or improving the skills of persons employed in this state; authorizing the filing of an action for judicial review of a final decision of the Board of Review concerning a claim for unemployment benefits in the district court of the county where the employment which is the basis of the claim was performed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 423 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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349 |
AN ACT relating to mental health; revising the definition of “mental illness” for certain purposes; clarifying the period that a person may be detained in a public or private mental health facility or hospital under an emergency admission for evaluation, observation and treatment; requiring the transportation of an allegedly mentally ill person to a public or private mental health facility under an emergency admission for evaluation, observation and treatment and the examination of the person that is required before the transportation to be conducted in compliance with certain federal and state laws; authorizing a court to establish a program for the treatment of mental retardation to which it may assign a defendant in a criminal action; authorizing a court, in determining the competency of a defendant in a criminal action, to consider evidence related to treatment to competency; authorizing a court to order the involuntary administration of medication to a defendant in a criminal action under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 179 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Secretary of State; revising the date on which a record is deemed to be filed with the Secretary of State; revising the fees charged for certain services provided by the Secretary of State; requiring the Secretary of State to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Secretary of State to post a schedule of certain fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 112 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to regional development; providing for the establishment of regional development districts; designating the Western Nevada Development District as such a district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 328 — Senator Amodei. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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352 |
AN ACT relating to local governments; revising the provisions governing enterprise funds for building permit fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 452 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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353 |
AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising the provisions governing the removal by a police officer of a vehicle or part of a vehicle from a highway to a garage or other place of safekeeping; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 394 — Assemblymen Goldwater and Chowning. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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354 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the manner of assessing the value of certain electric light and power companies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 475 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to trusts; adapting the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the Uniform Principal and Income Act (1997) to each other and the structure of Nevada Revised Statutes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 196 — Senator Care. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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356 |
AN ACT relating to public works; providing for an expedited process by which the State or a local government solicits bids and awards contracts for certain smaller public works projects to properly licensed contractors or completes such projects itself; providing that such an expedited process does not relieve the State or a local government from certain duties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 19 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state personnel; authorizing the Chairman of the Employee-Management Committee to issue subpoenas in certain circumstances for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; providing certain rights for employees that are the subject of an internal administrative investigation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 331 — Senator Amodei. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to administrative regulations; authorizing the review of a temporary regulation by the Legislative Commission upon the request of a Legislator; providing a procedure for such a review; authorizing the Legislative Commission to object to and suspend the filing of a temporary regulation and the Legislature to prevent that regulation from becoming effective under certain circumstances; providing a procedure for an agency to revise and resubmit to the Legislative Commission a temporary regulation to which the Commission has objected; revising the date by which an agency that adopts a temporary regulation may file the regulation with the Secretary of State; expanding the list of administrative regulations subject to review by the Legislative Committee on Health Care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 329 — Senator Amodei. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to dispensing opticians; permitting the Board of Dispensing Opticians to investigate complaints of unlicensed activity and to issue certain orders and impose administrative fines regarding such activity; providing for administrative fines for persons who violate certain provisions relating to ophthalmic dispensing; providing for one license for dispensing opticians that would authorize the licensee to engage in all activities reserved for dispensing opticians, including those relating to contact lenses; providing for a limited license for existing dispensing opticians who are not authorized to provide contact lenses; revising various provisions relating to apprentice dispensing opticians; revising the applicability of the provisions regulating dispensing opticians; revising fees for issuance and renewal of certain licenses; revising continuing education requirements for licensees; repealing the provision limiting the definition of person to a natural person for the purposes of regulating dispensing opticians; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 452 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to senior citizens; revising the method for calculating refunds paid to senior citizens for property taxes or rent paid by those senior citizens; extending the time for filing claims for such refunds; revising the qualifications for obtaining such refunds; requiring the Administrator of the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Resources, or his designee, to review claims for such refunds that are denied under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 515 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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361 |
AN ACT relating to public works; providing that a public body or the Department of Transportation may authorize a private entity to develop, construct, improve, maintain or operate, or any combination thereof, a transportation facility; changing the requirements relating to the contracts that may be awarded to a design-build team; providing that certain contracts awarded to a design-build team must comply with the provisions relating to paying a prevailing wage on public works projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 401 — Assemblymen Hardy, Grady, Brown, Andonov, Beers, Christensen, Geddes, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Griffin, Gustavson, Hettrick, Mabey, McClain and Weber. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; requiring notice, a right to inspect and a right to repair to be provided to a contractor before an action for constructional defects may be commenced; establishing the State Contractors’ Board as a resource to answer questions and assist in resolving disputes concerning matters which may affect or relate to constructional defects; making various other changes concerning constructional defects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 241 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public retirement systems; changing the term “fireman” to “firefighter”; requiring certain educational qualifications for certain persons employed by the Public Employees’ Retirement Board; limiting the length of designations of certain positions in government as being positions for which a monthly service retirement allowance may be paid when a previously retired employee fills the position during a critical labor shortage; providing for an adjustment to the total contribution rate that is actuarially determined for members of the Judicial Retirement Plan; authorizing certain justices of the Supreme Court and district judges to receive benefits for retirement, benefits for disability and survivor benefits pursuant to the Judicial Retirement Plan; eliminating the restriction relating to eligibility for service credit in the calculation of the monthly retirement allowance of a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan; authorizing members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement System to designate additional payees to receive survivor benefits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 439 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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364 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; exempting certain licensing boards from the State Budget Act and certain provisions governing financial administration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 173 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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365 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring that a child who is both less than 6 years of age and weighs 60 pounds or less be secured in a child restraint system when traveling in certain motor vehicles; requiring that such a system be properly installed within and attached to the motor vehicle; revising the provisions relating to the imposition of a fine or a requirement to perform community service for failing to secure a child in a child restraint system; requiring that each child who is not required to be secured in a child restraint system must be secured with a standard safety belt; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 116 — Senators Nolan and Wiener. Joint Sponsors: Assemblywomen Leslie and Chowning. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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366 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; eliminating the panel of judges that conducts the penalty hearing in certain cases in which the death penalty is sought; requiring district attorneys to submit certain information to the Supreme Court concerning cases involving homicide; requiring the Supreme Court to prepare and submit an annual report providing a summary and analysis of that information to the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 13 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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367 |
AN ACT relating to the Legislature; making various changes relating to the operation of the Legislature and the Legislative Counsel Bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 542 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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368 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing for an additional administrative assessment to be collected in cases involving a misdemeanor to pay for certain specialty court programs established by courts; increasing the amount of certain administrative assessments; providing procedures for forfeiture of any undertaking or money deposited instead of bail bond; requiring the Court Administrator to submit a report concerning certain specialty court programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 29 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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369 |
AN ACT relating to professions; requiring the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to submit annual reports regarding certain activities of the Board to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; revising the membership of the Board; requiring the Board to hold an examination for an applicant for a license under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to provide its authorized design for a stamp to a retailer or manufacturer under certain circumstances; exempting certain laser scanner operators from the licensure requirements applicable to professional engineers and land surveyors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 146 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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370 |
AN ACT relating to transportation; requiring the Director of the Department of Transportation to develop a plan in consultation with various other entities concerning the joint enforcement of certain laws and regulations governing transportation and vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 195 — Assemblymen Collins, Chowning, Claborn, Andonov, Atkinson, Brown, Buckley, Giunchigliani, Hardy, Koivisto, Manendo, McClain, Oceguera and Pierce. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; abolishing the Commission on Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment within the Department of Public Safety; abolishing the Fund for Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, Enforcement and Treatment; providing for the transfer of money in the Fund to the Department of Human Resources’ Gift Fund; repealing the requirement of establishing pilot projects in family resource centers to provide services relating to substance abuse; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 548 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to hazardous materials; providing that certain required analyses relating to hazardous waste and regulated substances must be performed by certified laboratories; requiring the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations for the certification of such laboratories; providing for the regulation of certain aboveground storage tanks by the Commission; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 58 — Senator Raggio. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to courts; providing for the imposition of certain additional fees in civil actions; providing that such additional fees constitute costs for the purposes of certain provisions; providing for the imposition of a court automation fee for appeals and other proceedings filed in the Supreme Court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 106 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Uniform Athletes’ Agents Act; revising various provisions of the Act; authorizing the Secretary of State to conduct certain investigations, issue certain orders and impose certain sanctions; authorizing the Secretary of State to recover the costs of certain proceedings; providing for the confidentiality of certain information and documents; authorizing the Secretary of State to adopt certain regulations; providing penalties for the violation of certain provisions, regulations and orders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 456 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public works; requiring certain subcontractors to become qualified to be subcontractors on contracts for public works; providing that those subcontractors are presumed to be qualified except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board to disqualify subcontractors under certain circumstances; providing for a process to appeal such a disqualification; revising the criteria that the Board is required to adopt for the qualification of bidders on contracts for public works; authorizing the Board and the governing body of a local government to issue subpoenas relating to hearings on denials of applications for qualification to bid on or be subcontractors on contracts for public works; specifying the burden of proof in such hearings; revising the provisions governing the awarding of design-build contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 491 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to civil practice; extending the period of limitations for commencing a civil action that has been dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 40 — Assemblyman Oceguera. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; providing qualifications for the county offices of sheriff and constable; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 114 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; extending the prospective expiration of certain provisions that authorize the board of trustees of a county school district to issue its general obligations to raise money to replace existing buildings or grounds for schools, and to purchase necessary equipment used in educating pupils, necessary furniture for school buildings and certain necessary equipment used for the transportation of pupils; requiring the board of trustees of a school district that issues its general obligations for such a purpose to prepare an annual written report describing the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds were used; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 240 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to restore the balance in the Contingency Fund and to assist school districts in paying for health insurance for their employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 257 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to contractors; revising the circumstances in which construction fraud occurs; clarifying the circumstances in which the Executive Officer of the State Contractors’ Board may seek a cease and desist order; revising the circumstances in which the State Contractors’ Board may require a licensed contractor to post a bond for wages; providing that the State Contractors’ Board may suspend the license of a licensee who is prohibited from being awarded a contract for a public work; revising and clarifying the circumstances in which the State Contractors’ Board may take disciplinary action against a licensee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 190 — Assemblymen Parks, Giunchigliani, Gibbons, Anderson, Chowning, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Geddes, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, McClain, Mortenson, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Joint Sponsor: Senator Wiener. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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381 |
AN ACT relating to animals; increasing the number of persons on the State Board of Agriculture; abolishing the State Board of Sheep Commissioners; transferring the powers and duties of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners to the State Board of Agriculture and the State Quarantine Officer; establishing a minimum for the special tax on sheep; revising provisions governing the payment of administrative expenses incurred by the State Board of Agriculture; authorizing a fee for brand inspections; providing for the gathering and disposition of feral livestock; abolishing the Nevada Beef Council; repealing the tax to promote beef; making various changes relating to quarantines of livestock and other animals; providing in certain circumstances for the recovery of the full appraised value of diseased animals which are destroyed; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 486 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State to establish a statewide voter registration list; establishing certain standards for voting systems; establishing the use of provisional ballots for elections for federal offices held in this state; changing the types of acceptable identification for certain persons voting for the first time; requiring the posting of certain information at each polling place; requiring county and city clerks to take certain actions to assist elderly persons and persons with disabilities in voting; changing the type of identification required to register to vote; making various changes concerning voting by persons who are in the Armed Forces of the United States or overseas; requiring the county clerk to cancel the registration of a voter under certain circumstances; extending the period for registering to vote; exempting the Secretary of State from the State Purchasing Act for awarding certain contracts concerning the statewide voter registration list and certain contracts concerning voting systems throughout this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 453 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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383 |
AN ACT relating to affordable housing; providing that the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry may develop or acquire one or more information systems; revising the provisions governing the issuance of letters of credit by the Division; increasing the permissible aggregate principal amount of the outstanding obligations of the Division; extending the prospective expiration of certain provisions regarding assistance to finance housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 78 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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384 |
AN ACT relating to public health; establishing procedures for the isolation or quarantine of a person with a communicable disease; authorizing public health officials to isolate and quarantine a group of persons; prohibiting a health authority from requiring a person to be involuntarily treated without a court order requiring the person to submit to treatment; requiring the State Board of Health to develop a syndromic reporting and active surveillance system for monitoring public health; expanding the exclusive jurisdiction of the family court to include proceedings for an involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 82 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; making various changes relating to common-interest communities; creating and prescribing the powers and duties of the Commission for Common-Interest Communities; revising provisions relating to the powers and duties of the Ombudsman for Owners in Common-Interest Communities and the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry; revising provisions governing the regulation of persons who manage common-interest communities; authorizing the Commission to adjudicate certain violations relating to common-interest communities and to impose fines and take other action with regard to such violations; providing that a unit’s owner has the right to display the flag of the United States under certain circumstances; enacting and revising provisions governing the conduct and activities of unit-owners’ associations, the members of executive boards and declarants; enacting provisions relating to the transient commercial use of a unit; authorizing the use of delegates or representatives to exercise voting rights in certain common-interest communities; authorizing an association to impose construction penalties under certain circumstances and to place and foreclose a lien on a unit for failure to pay such penalties; revising provisions relating to the imposition of fines; making various changes relating to meetings, quorums, voting and the election and removal of members of the executive board; authorizing certain common-interest communities to expend money received as a credit against the residential construction tax for certain purposes; revising provisions relating to the foreclosure of certain liens; making various changes relating to the books, records, reports, studies and other papers of an association; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 100 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State, a board of county commissioners, a county clerk and any other person who prepares certain abstracts of votes to post such an abstract on a website on the Internet or transmit such an abstract to each public library within the jurisdiction of that person or entity; requiring a city clerk who certifies an abstract of votes to post such an abstract on a website on the Internet or transmit such an abstract to each public library in the city; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 262 — Senators Neal, Titus, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Mathews, Schneider and Wiener. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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387 |
AN ACT relating to democracy; establishing the Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy within the Office of the Secretary of State; prescribing its powers and duties; requiring certain reports to the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 309 — Senators McGinness and Titus. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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388 |
AN ACT relating to governmental purchasing; exempting from the requirements of competitive bidding an agreement between a local government and a vendor of supplies, materials or equipment that has entered into an agreement with the General Services Administration or another governmental agency located within or outside this state and commercial advertising within a recreational facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; authorizing a local government to join or use contracts of another state or its subdivisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 146 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to trusts; providing a nonjudicial alternative for a corporate trustee to buy or sell property, other than real property, from or to itself, an affiliate or certain other persons related to the corporate trustee or an affiliate under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 55 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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390 |
AN ACT relating to property; making various changes relating to common-interest communities; authorizing a unit-owners’ association to impose construction penalties under certain circumstances and to place and foreclose a lien on a unit for failure to pay such penalties; revising provisions governing the imposition of certain fines by a unit-owners’ association; establishing certain procedural requirements for the imposition of certain fines; providing exceptions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 136 — Senators Hardy, O’Connell, Cegavske, Townsend, Amodei, Care, Coffin, McGinness, Nolan, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany and Titus. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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391 |
AN ACT relating to state property; authorizing the transfer of certain real property owned by the State of Nevada to the City of Las Vegas; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 444 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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392 |
AN ACT relating to pharmacy; eliminating the provisions relating to the regulation of supportive personnel; increasing the fee for the biennial renewal of a license for a manufacturer or wholesaler; abolishing inactive licenses; revising provisions governing the sale and purchase of prescription drugs by a wholesaler; revising provisions governing a rehearing of the State Board of Pharmacy concerning a contest or appeal of a decision of the Board; repealing the requirement that a notice concerning the substitution of certain drugs be displayed in a pharmacy; authorizing persons enrolled in certain training programs to administer controlled substances and certain drugs and medicines; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 425 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising certain provisions governing the disclosure of information by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry relating to an uninsured employer or proof of industrial insurance coverage; authorizing a physician or chiropractor to delegate to a medical facility the duty to file a claim for compensation within a certain period after the physician or chiropractor provides treatment to an injured employee; authorizing the Administrator of the Division to impose administrative fines against such a medical facility under certain circumstances; authorizing a party who is aggrieved by certain determinations of the Division relating to the Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account to appeal those determinations to an appeals officer under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing recovery of payments by the Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 168 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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394 |
AN ACT relating to measurement standards; making various changes to provisions governing weights and measures; authorizing the State Sealer of Weights and Measures to adopt measurement standards by regulation; creating a Division of Measurement Standards within the State Department of Agriculture and prescribing its duties; providing for the licensure of public weighmasters; providing for the establishment of certain fees; authorizing the State Sealer of Weights and Measures to establish civil penalties for certain violations; prohibiting certain acts; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 485 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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395 |
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; authorizing the establishment of a system of external review for certain matters relating to industrial insurance; providing for the regulation and certification of certain external review organizations; providing for the payment of certain regulatory fees by external review organizations; revising various provisions relating to the payment of compensation to injured employees; revising certain procedures and establishing certain requirements relating to the adjudication of contested claims; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 320 — Senator Shaffer (by request). Approved June 9, 2003 |
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396 |
AN ACT relating to land use planning; requiring the retention of certain information regarding notice provided for certain hearings; revising the requirements governing notice of a hearing regarding the amendment to a zoning boundary; revising the date by which a subdivider must present successive maps in a series of final maps; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 176 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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397 |
AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising provisions relating to the amendment of a redevelopment plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 181 — Senator Care. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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398 |
AN ACT relating to property; requiring certain subdividers of land to dedicate easements to certain public utilities and franchised community antenna television companies; providing an exception; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 354 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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399 |
AN ACT relating to public schools; revising provisions governing the review of a decision by the board of trustees of a school district to close a school or change the use of a school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 509 — Committee on Education. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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400 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; providing for the enactment of certain provisions that are necessary to carry out the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement; providing for the electronic registration of sellers; establishing requirements for determining the place of sales for the purposes of sales and use taxes; establishing requirements for claiming an exemption from such taxes; providing for the electronic payment of such taxes; providing for the submission to the voters of a question relating to whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to conform to the Agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 514 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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401 |
AN ACT relating to public works; providing for a hearing for unsuccessful bidders; revising the exemption of contracts necessary to contend with certain emergencies from the requirements relating to contracts for public works; authorizing a public body to require a person who is found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage to pay the costs incurred by the public body for its investigation; revising the provisions governing the criteria for determining the qualification of bidders on public works of local governments; revising certain provisions regarding advertising for bids; removing certain provisions regarding the maintenance of lists of licensed contractors by public bodies for bidding on certain contracts; revising provisions governing the naming of subcontractors; requiring an authorized representative to make certain reports to public bodies regarding certain contracts; revising certain provisions regarding objections to the award of a certificate of eligibility for a preference in bidding; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 425 — Assemblyman Parks. Approved June 9, 2003 |
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402 |
AN ACT relating to homeland security; creating the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security; setting forth the membership and duties of the Commission; providing certain exceptions to the open meeting law; requiring certain political subdivisions to adopt and maintain a response plan; establishing a plan for the continuation of state and local governmental operations; requiring certain utilities to conduct vulnerability assessments and to prepare emergency response plans; revising provisions relating to certain unlawful acts committed against utilities; requiring the Director of the Department of Information Technology to determine the confidentiality of certain records relating to the security of the State; providing for the confidentiality of certain documents, records and other information; imposing certain requirements for interoperability with respect to information and communication systems purchased by this state and local governments; requiring certain governmental entities to place automated external defibrillators in certain buildings and facilities; making various changes with respect to the authority of the Department of Motor Vehicles to accept and reject certain documents; increasing certain criminal penalties with respect to the fraudulent use of drivers’ licenses and identification cards; making an appropriation; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 441 — Assemblyman Perkins. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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403 |
AN ACT relating to property; increasing the length of notice before a person who is 60 years of age or older or who has a disability may be evicted from certain periodic tenancies under certain circumstances; revising the provisions governing the calculation of interest on deposits held by landlords; requiring a landlord to provide certain information to tenants; expanding the requirements for continuing education for managers and assistant managers of such parks; authorizing a landlord to require a security deposit for certain uses of facilities in such parks; providing for an expedited notice of termination of leases under certain circumstances; providing for the termination of a lease without notice for habitual nonpayment of rent; revising the provisions governing the obligations of a landlord upon converting a park to another use; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 498 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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404 |
AN ACT relating to public works; authorizing the Manager of the State Public Works Board or his designated representative to issue orders to compel the cessation of work on state public works under certain circumstances; providing for an appeal of such an order; requiring the Manager to serve as the Building Official for all buildings and structures on state property; revising the provisions governing change orders; providing requirements for the administration of money for capital improvement projects; providing a civil and criminal penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 534 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; providing certain restrictions upon the disclosure of personally identifiable information concerning students for commercial and noncommercial uses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 353 — Assemblywoman Giunchigliani. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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406 |
AN ACT relating to public works; allowing the governing body of a local government, in certain circumstances, to deem a person to be qualified to bid on contracts for public works of the local government; establishing requirements relating to the advertisement of the acceptance of certain applications to qualify as a bidder on a contract for a public work; revising the provisions governing the criteria for determining the qualification of bidders on public works of local governments; expanding the circumstances in which a subcontractor who is named in a bid on a contract for a public work of a local government may be substituted; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 295 — Assemblymen McClain, Claborn, Ohrenschall, Atkinson, Gibbons, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Beers, Carpenter, Christensen, Collins, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Grady, Griffin, Hettrick, Knecht, Koivisto, Manendo, Parks, Pierce, Sherer and Williams (by request). Approved June 10, 2003 |
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407 |
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. Senate Bill No. 200 — Senators Washington, Care, Amodei and McGinness. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Marvel, Carpenter and Grady. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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408 |
AN ACT relating to the Legislature; creating a Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Marlette Lake Water System; providing the powers and duties of the Committee; expanding the duties of the Legislative Committee on Public Lands to include the review of programs and activities relating to public water authorities, districts and systems, and certain other entities involved in the planning, development or distribution of water in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 216 — Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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409 |
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. Senate Bill No. 207 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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410 |
AN ACT relating to health care; directing the Legislative Committee on Health Care to appoint a subcommittee to conduct an interim study of staffing of the system for the delivery of health care in Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 313 — Assemblywomen Giunchigliani and Koivisto. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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411 |
AN ACT relating to pupils; clarifying that a pupil may be retained more than once in the same grade under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 34 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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412 |
AN ACT relating to state employees; increasing the amount of longevity payments to state employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 392 — Assemblyman Arberry. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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413 |
AN ACT relating to the Department of Transportation; providing for an additional Deputy Director for the Department; authorizing the Department, in carrying out the process for awarding design-build contracts, to request best and final proposals under certain circumstances; establishing procedures for requesting and evaluating best and final proposals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 519 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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414 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the title and the duties of the Section for the Control of Emissions from Vehicles of the Department of Motor Vehicles to include the enforcement of certain matters relating to the use of special fuel; requiring the Section to cooperate and coordinate with the Nevada Highway Patrol in connection with the enforcement of certain matters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 521 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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415 |
AN ACT relating to forfeitures; revising the provisions relating to the uses of forfeited property or the proceeds of forfeited property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 549 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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416 |
AN ACT relating to lobbyists; prohibiting a lobbyist from misrepresenting authorization from a Legislator to request professional services from an employee of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 221 — Senators Nolan, Rawson, Care, Cegavske and Shaffer. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Gibbons, Mabey and Manendo. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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417 |
AN ACT relating to public health; designating the Nevada Cancer Institute as the official cancer institute of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 352 — Senator Rawson. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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418 |
AN ACT relating to cosmetology; prohibiting the State Board of Cosmetology from including certain personal information on a license or certificate which is required to be displayed publicly; reducing the period during which a person must practice as a full-time licensed cosmetologist, aesthetician or manicurist to qualify for the issuance of a provisional license as an instructor; revising the requirements for training for certain instructors; authorizing certain providers of health care to practice in a cosmetological establishment under certain circumstances; authorizing the sale of food or beverages in a cosmetological establishment; authorizing a school of cosmetology to offer certain courses of study; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 372 — Senator Schneider. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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419 |
AN ACT relating to wildlife; revising provisions relating to the qualifications of members of the Board of Wildlife Commissioners; revising provisions governing the killing or possessing of certain animals; authorizing the Division of Wildlife of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under certain circumstances to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew any license, tag, permit, certificate or other document of a person who fails to pay a civil penalty timely; prohibiting certain persons from hunting certain upland game birds under certain circumstances; imposing and revising certain fees; creating the Wildlife Obligated Reserve Account in the State General Fund; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 420 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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420 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the provisions governing certain fees paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning the control of emissions from motor vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 500 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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421 |
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; reducing the concentration of alcohol that may be present in the blood or breath of a person while operating a vehicle or vessel; providing for the prospective expiration of such reduced concentration of alcohol upon the repeal of certain federal laws; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 7 — Assemblyman Manendo. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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422 |
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; revising the provisions concerning certain crimes against older persons; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 73 — 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). Approved June 10, 2003 |
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423 |
AN ACT relating to vital statistics; increasing the amount of money that certain persons or governmental organizations must remit to the State Registrar for issuing a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth; requiring those persons or governmental organizations to remit a certain amount to the State Registrar for issuing a certified or official certificate of death; increasing the fees the State Registrar must charge and collect for a certified copy of a record of birth or death; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 550 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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424 |
AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the State Department of Agriculture for an unanticipated shortfall in money for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 resulting from an unexpected increase in expenses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 263 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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425 |
AN ACT relating to health care; directing the Legislative Committee on Health Care to study the current challenges of ensuring that adequate health care is available to all of the residents of Nevada, now and in the future; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 289 — Senator Neal. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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426 |
AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections; authorizing the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a correctional program for the reentry of offenders and parolees into the community; allowing the Director to assign certain offenders to serve a term of residential confinement or other appropriate supervision; making various changes to the provisions governing programs of work release; making various other changes to provisions pertaining to the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 264 — Senators Tiffany, Care, Neal and Nolan. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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427 |
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. Senate Bill No. 206 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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428 |
AN ACT relating to taxes on estates; removing certain restrictions on the use of money in the Estate Tax Account in the Endowment Fund of the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to make certain transfers of money from the Account to the State General Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 415 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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429 |
AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; creating the Office of Disability Services within the Department of Human Resources; requiring the Office to serve as the agency of State Government for persons to obtain information concerning any service or program available to persons with disabilities in this state; requiring the Office to coordinate services and programs available to persons with disabilities among state and local governmental agencies; requiring the Office to administer certain programs available in this state for persons with disabilities; making various changes concerning the program to provide devices for telecommunication to persons with impaired speech or hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 164 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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430 |
AN ACT relating to recreation; extending the reversion date of certain appropriations from previous sessions for park improvements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 502 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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431 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to charge and collect certain new fees relating to the lease or sale of a vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 501 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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432 |
AN ACT relating to economic development; revising various provisions governing certain training programs for employees of businesses; providing for the reversion to the State General Fund of certain money administered by the Commission on Economic Development to carry out such training programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 496 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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433 |
AN ACT relating to insurance; directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to study the impact of Nevada’s industrial insurance program on injured workers, employers and insurers; authorizing the Commissioner of Insurance to conduct a study to review pricing mechanisms for medical professional liability insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 292 — Senator Schneider. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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434 |
AN ACT relating to water systems; increasing the amount of general obligation bonds that the State Board of Finance may issue to provide grants to publicly owned water systems for capital improvements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 233 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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435 |
AN ACT relating to public administrators; authorizing a board of county commissioners to examine and audit the money and property entrusted to the care of the public administrator of the county; revising the qualifications for public administrators; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 143 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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436 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; extending the date by which certain prerequisites must be satisfied for the State Board of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to assist in the construction of a California Immigrant Trail Interpretive Center in Elko County; authorizing the matching money required from Elko County to be made up of “in-kind” contributions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 51 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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437 |
AN ACT relating to suicide prevention; creating a Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention within the office of the Director of the Department of Human Resources; creating positions within the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention to coordinate the Statewide Program and to provide training and facilitate networking relating to suicide prevention in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 49 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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438 |
AN ACT relating to the Lake Tahoe Basin; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out the Environmental Improvement Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 46 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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439 |
AN ACT relating to programs for public employees; establishing for the next biennium the amount to be paid by this state for group insurance for certain public employees, public officers and retired public employees; making appropriations to effect certain increases in the Retired Employees’ Group Insurance assessment for certain departments, commissions, agencies and the University and Community College System of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 544 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Commission on Ethics; requiring certain local governments to pay periodic assessments for a portion of the costs of operating the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 551 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state employees; establishing the maximum allowed salaries for certain employees in the classified and unclassified service of the State; making appropriations from the State General Fund and State Highway Fund for increases in the salaries of certain employees of the State and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 555 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to higher education; requiring the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the University and Community College System of Nevada and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 148 — Assemblymen Perkins, Leslie, Parks, Gibbons, Knecht, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Care, Carlton, O’Connell, Amodei, Cegavske, Hardy, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to higher education; creating the Committee to Evaluate Higher Education Programs; providing for its organization, powers and duties; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 203 — Assemblymen Perkins, Collins, Horne, Anderson, Parks, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Hettrick, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public officers; increasing the compensation of certain elected county officers; authorizing a board of county commissioners to set the annual salary for a county commissioner of that county within certain limitations; authorizing a county to request and receive a waiver from the increases in compensation of certain elected county officers in the event of insufficient financial resources; providing that a waiver may not be applied for in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 23 — Assemblyman Perkins. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to mental health; creating the Nevada Mental Health Plan Implementation Commission to develop an action plan for implementing the recommendations of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 301 — Senator Townsend. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to state entities for radio system costs, infrastructure upgrades and user equipment; additionally making available for such purposes certain funds in the forfeiture accounts administered by the State Treasurer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 499 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to convicted persons; expanding the crimes for which a defendant is required to submit a biological specimen when he is found guilty; providing for the immediate restoration of the civil right to vote and to sit as a juror in a civil action and for the automatic restoration of certain other civil rights of certain ex-felons on specified future dates; providing for the automatic restoration of the civil rights of a person whose records of conviction are sealed; limiting the persons who are required to register as convicted persons; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from requiring a convicted person to carry a registration card; revising the provisions governing the employment of certain convicted felons; revising the provisions governing the certification and licensure of certain convicted felons in certain professions and occupations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 55 — Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Horne, Manendo, Oceguera and Williams (by request). Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public employees; authorizing one or more local government employers and employee organizations to establish a trust fund to provide health and welfare benefits to participating employees and their dependents; establishing requirements for the administration of the trust; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 388 — Assemblymen Koivisto, Pierce, McClain, Parks, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Christensen, Claborn and Giunchigliani (by request). Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to aeronautics; requiring the board of county commissioners of certain larger counties to designate a preferred airport or other preferred facility for the takeoff and landing of certain commercial helicopters, to make recommendations regarding noise-reducing technological modifications and other measures and to submit to the Federal Aviation Administration certain suggestions regarding new and alternative flight paths for such helicopters; establishing a program for the temporary exemption from personal property taxation of certain commercial helicopters that use the designated preferred airport or other preferred facility or comply substantially with the recommendations relating to noise reduction; establishing a temporary moratorium on the construction or operation of new heliports; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 355 — Assemblywoman Giunchigliani. Joint Sponsor: Senator Coffin. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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450 |
AN ACT relating to public welfare; providing for an assessment of a fee on certain facilities for intermediate care and on certain facilities for skilled nursing; requiring the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Human Resources to administer the provisions concerning the assessment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 395 — Assemblyman Goldwater. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to property; revising the qualifications for obtaining an exemption from the property and governmental services taxes for a surviving spouse, blind person, veteran or disabled veteran; eliminating the exemption from such taxes for an orphan child; revising the circumstances under which a person may have the valuation of his property changed or corrected; providing specifically that a tax lien is superior to all other liens on the taxable property; establishing a procedure for the detachment of territory from cities to avoid the division of legal tax parcels; requiring certain digital documents maintained by a county recorder to be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 533 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; clarifying the coverage of industrial insurance for members of the Nevada Legislature; extending the coverage of industrial insurance for employees of school districts who engage in an athletic or social event under certain circumstances; providing for a one-time payment to certain claimants and dependents of claimants who are receiving compensation for a permanent total disability; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 193 — Senator Schneider. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the regional training programs for the professional development of teachers and administrators and the Statewide Council for the Coordination of the Regional Training Programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 210 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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454 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring the Department of Taxation to collect and compile certain information concerning electronic commerce and prepare and submit a report of the compilation to the 73rd Session of the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 314 — Senator Raggio. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; restricting the use by an insurer of information included in the consumer credit report of an applicant or policyholder as a basis for making certain determinations and taking certain actions regarding policies of insurance, and providing for related procedures, duties, restrictions and exceptions; revising the membership of certain boards; providing that any refund of an assessment by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry must include payment for interest earned; providing that hearing officers and appeals officers shall designate the location of certain hearings; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to conduct a study relating to the Investments of Insurers Model Act adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; requiring the Commissioner to prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report concerning certain matters relating to the use of credit information in making decisions related to insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 319 — Senator Shaffer. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans’ homes; making various changes concerning the Veterans’ Home Account and the Gift Account for Veterans’ Homes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 324 — Senator Shaffer. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the State Treasurer; authorizing the State Treasurer to appoint and employ two Senior Deputies in the unclassified service of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 446 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to county recorders; revising format of certain documents that are filed in the office of the county recorder; authorizing a county recorder to charge a fee for recording documents that do not meet those standards in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 451 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; providing that the employment of a teacher for whom a license is required must be suspended or terminated for failure to maintain a license in force; prescribing administrative procedural protections for certain teachers who are suspended for failure to maintain a license in force; providing that certain other existing administrative procedural protections do not apply to a teacher whose employment is suspended or terminated for failure to maintain a license in force; revising the definition of “immorality” applicable to the licensed employees of a school district to include the commission of certain drug-related offenses and sexual conduct or attempted sexual conduct with a pupil; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 460 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to vessels; revising the provisions governing the administration of the exemption from certain taxes on the sale of tangible personal property to be shipped outside this state to include the sale of a vessel to a nonresident under certain circumstances; excluding the value of a vessel taken in trade from the sales price of a vessel for the purposes of certain taxes; exempting a motorboat that has been documented pursuant to federal law from the requirement of obtaining a title pursuant to the provisions governing watercraft; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 464 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to offenders; 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; revising certain provisions relating to the program that provides the public with access to certain information in the statewide registry concerning certain sex offenders and offenders convicted of a crime against a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 78 — Assemblymen McCleary, Conklin, Claborn, Chowning, Angle, Atkinson, Christensen, Geddes, Griffin, Hettrick, Horne, Manendo, Marvel and Weber. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to intellectual property; authorizing award for treble damages, attorney’s fees and costs in certain civil actions relating to marks; limiting the right of an employer to own certain intellectual property developed by an employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 81 — Assemblymen Oceguera, Giunchigliani, Atkinson, Buckley, Claborn, Conklin, Horne and Pierce. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to records of criminal history; making various changes regarding authorizing background checks to ensure compliance with the federal law that authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to exchange records of criminal history with officials of state and local government for purposes of employment and licensing; authorizing the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History to conduct investigations and to disseminate certain information concerning applicants and employees of private schools; expanding the offenses about which certain employers may obtain information concerning employees; authorizing such employers to obtain the same information about volunteers and prospective volunteers; revising certain provisions concerning background checks conducted on certain applicants for employment with private and certain other postsecondary educational institutions; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 155 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring the establishment of a registry of certain telephone numbers or the use of a similar federal list; requiring the publication of a list of certain telephone numbers or the use of a similar federal list; prohibiting a telephone solicitor from making an unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services to a telephone number included in the currently effective version of the list under certain circumstances; providing that the making of an unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods and services is a deceptive trade practice under certain circumstances; providing that a seller of travel may maintain a trust account or post security; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 232 — Assemblymen Conklin, Atkinson, Horne, Perkins, Buckley, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Parks, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Townsend, Amodei, Titus, Hardy, Carlton, Care, Cegavske, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Raggio, Rawson, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Washington and Wiener. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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465 |
AN ACT relating to property; prohibiting certain acts by lenders of home loans as unfair lending practices; providing for enforcement by the Attorney General; prohibiting a trustor from directing a trustee to exercise a power of sale of real property under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain agencies, boards, commissions or political subdivisions from regulating certain acts relating to lending; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 284 — Assemblymen Buckley, Parks, Gibbons, Leslie, Horne, Anderson, Beers, Brown, Carpenter, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Koivisto, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Perkins and Sherer. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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466 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising certain provisions for the collection and administration of certain taxes and fees regarding petroleum products and fuels for motor vehicles and aircraft; making certain changes regarding the licensing, rights and responsibilities of certain dealers, suppliers, exporters, transporters and users of such fuels; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 471 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to economic development; making various changes to the provisions governing the abatement of taxes for new or expanded businesses; extending the prospective expiration of certain amendments to those provisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 473 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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468 |
AN ACT relating to county finances; authorizing the imposition of a fee on certain rental cars and the issuance of revenue bonds in certain counties to finance a minor league baseball stadium; providing for the collection, distribution and use of the fee; authorizing a county to revise certain schedules of fees, rates, charges and taxes to ensure the payment of certain revenue bonds of the county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 497 — Senators Raggio, Townsend, Washington and Mathews. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Hettrick, Angle, Gustavson, Knecht, Marvel, Anderson, Geddes, Gibbons and Leslie. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to local improvements; authorizing under certain circumstances the acquisition of art and tourism and entertainment projects pursuant to the Consolidated Local Improvements Law; authorizing under certain circumstances the pledge of certain sales and use tax proceeds and state funding for the acquisition of projects pursuant to the Consolidated Local Improvements Law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 495 — Senators Townsend, Washington and Mathews. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; making various changes regarding certain acts relating to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, biological agents, chemical agents, radioactive agents and other lethal agents, toxins and delivery systems; providing for an increased penalty for felonies committed with the intent to commit certain acts of terrorism; establishing as murder of the first degree murder committed with the intent to commit certain acts of terrorism; establishing for the purposes of the death penalty an aggravating circumstance relating to murders committed with the intent to commit certain acts of terrorism; providing that there is no statute of limitations for prosecution of certain acts relating to terrorism; requiring certain property used to commit certain acts of terrorism to be subject to forfeiture; making various other changes pertaining to certain acts relating to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, biological agents, chemical agents, radioactive agents and other lethal agents, toxins and delivery systems; providing penalties; requiring resort hotels to adopt emergency response plans; requiring certain health care professionals to obtain continuing education concerning the medical consequences of acts of terrorism; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 250 — Assemblymen Perkins, Oceguera, Conklin, Horne, Parks, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Atkinson, Chowning, Christensen, Collins, Gibbons, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Griffin, Hardy, Hettrick, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Pierce and Weber. Joint Sponsor: Senator Raggio. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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471 |
AN ACT relating to education; providing for the participation of homeschooled children in interscholastic activities and events under certain circumstances; requiring the association formed for the purposes of controlling, supervising and regulating interscholastic events to adopt regulations governing the participation of homeschooled children; requiring the association to consult with certain homeschool advisory councils concerning the adoption and revisions of such regulations; revising the minimum qualifications for receipt of a millennium scholarship; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 503 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 10, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the display of the flag of the United States; providing that the governing body of a local government may not take any action to prohibit an owner of real property from engaging in the display of the flag on his property; providing that covenants, conditions and restrictions relating to real property are void and unenforceable to the extent that they prohibit an owner of real property from engaging in the display of the flag on his property; providing that executive boards of common-interest communities and landlords may not prohibit a unit’s owner or tenant, as applicable, from engaging in the display of the flag within that portion of the common-interest community, premises or manufactured home lot that the unit’s owner or tenant has a right to occupy and use exclusively; providing that a local government employer may not prohibit an employee from engaging in the display of the flag; allowing the imposition of reasonable restrictions with respect to the placement and manner of display of the flag; providing for the payment to a prevailing party of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred to pursue certain legal actions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 359 — Senators Titus, Wiener, Schneider, Care and Mathews. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Griffin, Hettrick and Ohrenschall. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to service animals; revising provisions concerning service animals and service animals in training; prohibiting certain acts relating to service animals, service animals in training or persons using service animals; revising certain penalties relating to crimes against service animals; providing civil liability and requiring the payment of restitution for certain violations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 231 — Senators Townsend and Titus. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Arberry. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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474 |
AN ACT relating to water; authorizing the State Engineer to postpone action on certain applications for water rights; providing that certain applications for water rights remain active until acted upon by the State Engineer; requiring the State Engineer to provide certain notices to persons who submitted reports of conveyance if he confirms those reports; creating the Lincoln County Water District; setting forth the powers of the District and the form and method of governance of the District; requiring the State Engineer to quantify in acre-feet certain water rights, to give certain persons notice concerning those water rights and to file a notice concerning those water rights with the office of the county recorder of the county in which the water is appropriated; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 336 — Senator Hardy. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to welfare; revising the provisions governing the payment of hospitals for treating a disproportionate share of Medicaid patients, indigent patients or other low-income patients; providing for the allocation and transfer of certain funding for the treatment of those patients; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 482 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; restricting the information that may be requested in the form used for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures; eliminating the requirement to report campaign expenses and expenditures that have been contracted for but not paid during a reporting period; eliminating the requirement to report campaign contributions of $100 or less under certain circumstances; revising the dates for filing reports for campaign contributions and expenditures; revising the reporting periods included in those reports; requiring certain candidates for public office and public officers to file statements of financial disclosure with the Secretary of State instead of the Commission on Ethics; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 529 — Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; requiring the Governor to appoint a person to serve on the Commission as an Acting Commissioner under certain circumstances; authorizing a Deputy Commissioner of the Commission to serve on the Commission as an Acting Commissioner under certain circumstances; repealing the prospective increase in the number of Commissioners who serve on the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 102 — Senator Townsend. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning alternative sellers, providers of discretionary natural gas service and providers of new electric resources; requiring certain public utilities, alternative sellers, providers of discretionary natural gas service and providers of new electric resources to keep uniform and detailed accounts of all applicable business transacted in this state and to furnish an annual report to the Commission and affected governmental entities; imposing a civil penalty against an alternative seller, provider of discretionary natural gas service or provider of new electric resources who violates certain provisions; requiring an eligible customer and a customer of a public utility, alternative seller and provider of discretionary natural gas service to pay certain taxes, fees and assessments relating to the purchase of natural gas or energy, capacity or ancillary services under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to Solar Energy Systems Demonstration Program; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 32 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to communication services; enacting provisions relating to the regulation of telecommunication service and broadband service; revising certain provisions relating to incumbent local exchange carriers that are regulated under a plan of alternative regulation; amending certain requirements and procedures relating to those carriers; revising provisions relating to the classification of certain telecommunication services; revising provisions relating to flexibility in the pricing and terms of certain telecommunication services; prohibiting the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada from regulating broadband service under certain circumstances; requiring a consumer to be notified of the duration of a call under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 400 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to purchasing; establishing an alternative procedure pursuant to which certain performance contracts for the installation or purchase of cost-savings energy measures in buildings occupied by state and local governmental entities are bid; providing the types and terms of such performance contracts; providing limitations on such performance contracts entered into by state agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 398 — Assemblymen Geddes, Hettrick, Hardy, Beers, Knecht, Anderson, Andonov, Arberry, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Collins, Conklin, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Weber. Joint Sponsors: Senators Townsend and Amodei. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water systems; transferring the authority to administer certain accounts that provide financial assistance to public water systems from the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources to the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 473 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the issuance of special license plates for the support of naturalized citizenship; 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; providing for the design, preparation and issuance of special license plates by petition to the Department of Motor Vehicles under certain circumstances; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; setting forth criteria for the design of such license plates; creating and setting forth the powers of the Commission on Special License Plates; limiting the number of different designs of certain special license plates that may be issued by the Department at any one time; providing in certain circumstances for the withdrawal from use of a particular design of special license plate; expanding the purposes for which money in the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates may be used; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 358 — Assemblyman Perkins. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to wild horses; revising provisions governing payment of the expenses of the Commission for the Preservation of Wild Horses from money in the Heil Trust Fund for Wild Horses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 474 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; establishing a Legislative Committee on Persons With Disabilities; prescribing the powers and duties of the Committee; requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit certain reports to the Committee; providing for the prospective expiration of the Committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 137 — Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to business; authorizing the use of electronic records by a corporation under certain circumstances; adding definitions and clarifying various definitions pertaining to records, documents and signatures; revising certain provisions pertaining to corporations, including reinstatement, the number of directors and officers, the bylaws, liability of directors and officers, inspection of financial records, proxies, meetings, amendment of articles, business combinations and procedures for dissolution after issuance of stock or beginning of business; revising various provisions pertaining to limited-liability companies, including clarifying when business is being transacted in this state, charging orders, names, contracting of debts and signing of deeds and mortgages and correction of inaccurate records; revising various provisions pertaining to business trusts; revising various provisions pertaining to mergers, conversions and exchanges of business entities; revising certain provisions pertaining to the Uniform Commercial Code; revising certain provisions pertaining to recording of certain documents pertaining to real property; revising various provisions pertaining to the use of fictitious names; making various other changes to provisions pertaining to business; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 436 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring advisory questions to be specifically identified as such on the ballot and sample ballot; setting forth the order in which advisory questions must be listed on a ballot; restricting the entities that may submit an advisory question for appearance on a ballot for a general election or general city election; requiring that advisory questions be accompanied by a fiscal note if the particular advisory question pertains to certain topics relating to bonds, taxes, fees and expenses; setting forth the required contents of a fiscal note; requiring the Committee on Local Government Finance to prepare certain sample advisory ballot questions to demonstrate the preparation of required fiscal notes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 449 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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487 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing cities that own or operate airports in certain counties to impose certain taxes on aviation fuel and fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft; revising the method for the distribution of and certain restrictions on the expenditure of the proceeds of certain taxes on aviation fuel and fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 470 — Committee on Taxation. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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488 |
AN ACT relating to transportation; imposing certain fees for the operation of livery and traditional limousines; prohibiting certain motor carriers from engaging in certain types of misleading advertising; providing for the impoundment of certain vehicles under certain circumstances; making various changes regarding the filing of certain applications; making various changes regarding the disposition of money paid for the special license plate for veterans; temporarily prohibiting the Transportation Services Authority from accepting certain applications relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity for the operation of limousines; temporarily prohibiting fully regulated carriers from increasing the number of limousines which they operate; directing the Legislative Commission to conduct a study of issues relating to the allocation of limousines; authorizing the Transportation Services Authority under certain circumstances to adopt regulations providing for a system of allocations for limousines; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 518 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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489 |
AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing approval by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the board of trustees of a school district to provide a program of instruction based on an alternative schedule; requiring certain reports regarding alternative schedules to be prepared by the boards of trustees of certain school districts and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 59 — Senator Rhoads. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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490 |
AN ACT relating to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the Administrator of the Division to charge and collect a fee for administering certain federal grants for the planning, acquisition or development of outdoor recreational projects; requiring the Legislature to approve any change to the name of a state park, monument or recreational area; requiring the Administrator of the Division to provide an annual permit to enter all state parks and recreational areas; authorizing the Division to enter into cooperative agreements with certain political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain certain parks; providing for the allocation of certain bonds proceeds for historic restoration projects in Virginia City and Lincoln County; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 144 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; providing that certain money collected by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Business and Industry must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund; providing that the money deposited in the State Treasury by the Commissioner and the Division and accounted for separately in the State General Fund must be used to carry out the programs and pay for the expenses of the Commissioner and the Division; providing that the Commissioner shall collect an assessment from certain financial institutions for the purpose of recovering the cost to the Commissioner for legal services provided by the Attorney General to the Commissioner and the Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 493 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to transportation; authorizing vehicles used by the Department of Transportation in the construction, maintenance or repair of highways to be equipped with tail lamps that emit nonflashing blue light under certain circumstances; providing an additional penalty for a violation of certain traffic laws in an area designated as a temporary traffic control zone for construction, maintenance or repair of a highway; requiring prosecution of a failure to comply with signals of flagmen under certain circumstances; exempting certain benches, shelters and stations for passengers of public mass transportation for which a franchise has been granted from certain prohibitions against outdoor advertising; requiring a franchisee to use revenues it receives from such authorized advertising for the repayment of certain financial obligations; extending the prohibition against the driver of a motor vehicle allowing a person to ride upon or within certain portions of the motor vehicle under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 444 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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493 |
AN ACT relating to programs for public personnel; requiring the governing body of a local government to pay a certain portion of the costs of coverage under the Public Employees’ Benefits Program for persons retired from the service of the local government who join the Program upon retirement; requiring each governing body of a local government to ensure that rates established for coverage for their programs of group insurance are the same for all participants; requiring the Board of the Public Employees’ Benefits Program to establish rates and coverage for active and retired officers and employees of local governments that participate in the Program and their dependents based on the separate commingled claims experience of those active and retired officers and employees and their dependents; providing a period of open enrollment in which retired public officers and employees of local governments who joined the Public Employees’ Benefits Program upon retirement may join the group insurance or medical and hospital service of their last public employer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 286 — Assemblymen Koivisto, McClain, Knecht, Chowning, Ohrenschall, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Carpenter, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Manendo, McCleary, Oceguera, Parks, Pierce and Williams. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to the Public Employees’ Benefits Program; requiring certain agencies to use the amounts specified by the Public Employees’ Benefits Program for coverage by the Program for payroll deductions from the salaries of participating officers and employees; requiring the Public Employees’ Retirement System and each public employer that participates in the Program to provide information to the Program concerning the change in status of an active or retired officer or employee; eliminating the requirement that certain retired persons show evidence of good health as a condition of enrollment in the Program; providing that the subsidy paid by the State of Nevada for coverage by the Program of retirees applies to any retired public officer or employee with state service; limiting that subsidy to years of state service; repealing the prospective expiration of two positions on the Board of the Program; repealing the period of open enrollment for certain retired persons to join the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 249 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; expanding the authority of the Commissioner of Insurance to enter into cooperative agreements and to share certain information; authorizing the Commissioner to examine the accounts, records, documents and transactions of an external review organization for certain purposes; revising the requirements for a person to act as a broker for reinsurance; authorizing an insurance consultant to qualify for a license in certain lines of authority; increasing the amount of surplus required to accept surplus lines; requiring an essential insurance association to qualify as a domestic mutual insurer if requested to do so by the Commissioner; clarifying that underinsured vehicle coverage includes coverage for certain damages to the extent those damages exceed a limitation of liability for a governmental agency; revising the amount of money that the Nevada Insurance Guaranty Association and the Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association are obligated to pay for a covered claim; requiring an insurer that issues a policy of insurance covering the liability of certain physicians to submit a report to the Commissioner within a certain period after closing a claim under the policy; revising the order of distribution of certain claims from the estate of an insurer on liquidation of the insurer; prohibiting a bail agent from acting as an attorney-in-fact for an insurer on an undertaking unless the bail agent registers in the office of the sheriff and with the clerk of the district court in which the bail agent resides; requiring a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers to include certain information in a notice of intent to withdraw from the association; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 453 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to produce and issue vintage license plates for motor vehicles manufactured before or during the year 1942; providing that such vintage license plates must be produced by the Department using digital technology; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such vintage license plates; expanding the purposes for which money in the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates may be used; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 239 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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497 |
AN ACT relating to malpractice; providing for certain defendants in malpractice actions to receive specified information from independent counsel under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain organizations from charging a fee for including the name of a provider of health care on a panel of providers of health care under certain circumstances; prescribing the manner in which a contract with a provider of health care may be modified; requiring the development and use of a uniform form for obtaining information regarding the credentials of providers of health care for the purposes of contracts; requiring the submission of a schedule of payments to a provider of health care under certain circumstances; expanding the scope of certain deceptive trade practices to include health maintenance organizations; expanding the scope of statutorily defined unfair practices to include certain actions by managed care organizations; authorizing suspension, limitation and revocation of the authority of certain insuring entities for failure to timely pay approved claims or for violating provisions of the Nevada Insurance Code under certain circumstances; authorizing intervention in certain insurance ratemaking proceedings; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to disapprove a proposed increase in rates for malpractice insurance under certain circumstances; prescribing procedures for withdrawal of certain insurers from the malpractice insurance market in this state; requiring disclosure of reasons for certain underwriting decisions; requiring certain policies of health insurance and health care plans to provide coverage for continued medical treatment by a provider of health care under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which the Commissioner of Insurance may suspend or revoke a certificate of authority issued to a health maintenance organization; requiring certain public organizations that provide health insurance to provide coverage for continued medical treatment by a provider of health care under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly related thereto. Assembly Bill No. 320 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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498 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; making various changes to the provisions governing the registration of motor vehicles by new residents of this state; revising the provision which directs the issuance of certain pro rata refunds for registrations transferred or cancelled under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 30 — Assemblywoman McClain. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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499 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing the sale of the National Guard Armory located in Carson City under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 506 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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500 |
AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the plan required of each public school for the progressive discipline of pupils and on-site review of disciplinary decisions; requiring the principal of each public school to submit to the superintendent of schools of the school district the plan established for the progressive discipline of pupils and on-site review of disciplinary decisions; requiring each school district and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare certain compilations and reports concerning the plans submitted by each public school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 218 — Committee on Education. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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501 |
AN ACT relating to ethics in government; requiring certain public officers to submit electronically to the Commission on Ethics and the Secretary of State a list of public officers and candidates for public office; revising the prohibition against a public officer or employee using his position in government to secure or grant unwarranted privileges, preferences, exemptions or advantages for certain persons; removing a duplicative provision relating to the disclosure of certain conflicts of interest; revising certain deadlines related to investigations and determinations concerning ethics violations; eliminating the authority of the Commission to impose a civil penalty against a person who submits to the Commission a false accusation or information in bad faith or with a vexatious purpose; revising the provisions governing the filing of statements of financial disclosure; repealing the provision prohibiting a person from making, using, publishing or disseminating a false, deceptive or misleading statement to induce the Commission to render an opinion or take action relating thereto; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 147 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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502 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; providing for the transfer and use of certain money received from leading investment firms pursuant to certain settlement agreements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 498 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 11, 2003 |
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503 |
AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring a supplier of farm equipment to repurchase the farm equipment from a dealer to whom it was sold under certain circumstances; providing for the payment of claims for reimbursement for work performed by such a dealer under a warranty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 369 — Assemblymen Grady, Atkinson, Collins, Goicoechea, Knecht, McCleary, Pierce, Sherer and Williams. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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504 |
AN ACT relating to gaming; reserving a portion of certain gaming license fees collected from persons licensed to conduct off-track pari-mutuel wagering to augment purses for horse racing in certain counties; revising certain provisions concerning the regulation of certain off-track pari-mutuel wagering; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 3 — Senator Rhoads. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to water; revising the restrictions on the issuance of permits to appropriate water for the purpose of watering livestock and certificates of appropriation based upon such permits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 76 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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506 |
AN ACT relating to public employees; expanding the definition of “accident benefits” for purposes of industrial insurance to include preventative treatment for hepatitis administered as a precaution to certain local police officers; creating a statutory presumption that hepatitis is an occupational disease for certain local police officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 184 — Senator Mathews. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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507 |
AN ACT making appropriations from the State General Fund to the Fund to Stabilize the Operation of State Government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 243 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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508 |
AN ACT relating to regulated businesses and professions; enacting certain provisions that are applicable to all regulatory bodies that regulate occupations or professions in title 54 of NRS; providing that certain records of a regulatory body are public records; revising provisions relating to certain consent and settlement agreements; enacting provisions relating to attorney’s fees and costs; establishing and revising various powers and duties of the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; making various changes regarding the licensure of certain physicians; making various changes regarding the practice of chiropractic; revising the provisions governing the filing and approval of rates of certain insurers; making various changes relating to policies of malpractice insurance; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to perform certain duties relating to policies of malpractice insurance; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 250 — Senators Townsend and O’Connell. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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509 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the board of county commissioners of certain counties to impose an additional tax on the transfer of real property; requiring the proceeds of the tax to be used for the control of invasive species and certain endemic pests and weeds; creating an account for the rebate of the governmental services tax to senior citizens; requiring the State Department of Agriculture to present annually to each board of county commissioners proposed programs for the control of such species, pests and weeds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 370 — Senator Rhoads. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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510 |
AN ACT relating to the Fund for a Healthy Nevada; revising the amount of the limit on the income of a senior citizen to qualify for a subsidy for the provision of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services from money in the Fund for a Healthy Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 459 — Committee on Human Resources and Facilities. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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511 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; exempting from the local school support tax and certain analogous taxes solar thermal energy systems and solar lighting systems that reduce the consumption of electricity or any fossil fuel; delaying the prospective expiration of the exemption from those taxes for systems that use renewable energy to generate electricity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 489 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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512 |
AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; requiring the repayment for certain projects by certain state agencies; authorizing certain expenditures by the State Public Works Board; levying a property tax to support the consolidated bond interest and redemption fund; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 507 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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513 |
AN ACT relating to statutes; making technical corrections to certain measures previously approved by the 72nd Session of the Nevada Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 552 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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514 |
AN ACT relating to the protection of children; providing that in certain judicial districts proceedings concerning the abuse or neglect of children are presumptively open to the public and that in certain judicial districts such proceedings are presumptively closed to the public; requiring the Court Administrator to prepare reports concerning the child welfare system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 132 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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515 |
AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain policies of insurance and health plans to provide coverage for certain medical treatment provided in a clinical trial or study; providing immunity from liability for insurers, medical services corporations, health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations for injury and other adverse outcomes occurring in connection with treatment provided in a clinical trial or study for which coverage is required to be provided; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 502 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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AN ACT relating to mortgage investments; creating the Commissioner of Mortgage Lending and providing his duties; creating the Division of Mortgage Lending of the Department of Business and Industry; establishing the Fund for Mortgage Lending to be administered by the Commissioner; providing for the licensure of mortgage agents; providing that advertising spokespersons for mortgage brokers are jointly and severally liable for damages caused by the mortgage brokers under certain circumstances; revising the provisions relating to renewal of a license as a mortgage broker or mortgage agent; revising the provisions relating to exemptions to the licensure requirements of mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and mortgage agents; increasing the amount of continuing education annually required of mortgage brokers and mortgage agents; revising provisions governing continuing education of mortgage brokers and mortgage agents; redesignating mortgage companies as mortgage bankers; providing that a division, office, authority, commission, board or other entity of the Department may provide for the conduct of business electronically; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 490 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 12, 2003 |
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