NEVADA LEGISLATURE

Sixty-ninth Session, 1997
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ASSEMBLY DAILY JOURNAL
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THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH DAY
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Carson City (Thursday), May 8, 1997

Assembly called to order at 10:49 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, The Reverend Bruce M. Henderson.
I read from both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures: "To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavenS: A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;" Ecclesiastes 3:1-4.
Father, today we are reminded of terrible things in the past--of death, of plucking up, of killing, of breaking down, of weeping and of mourning. We now pray for birth, planting, healing, building, laughing and dancing. Please hear us, O Lord.

Amen.

Pledge of allegiance to the Flag.

Assemblyman Perkins moved that further reading of the Journal be dispensed with, and the Speaker and Chief Clerk be authorized to make the necessary corrections and additions.
Motion carried.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 382, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.

Bernie Anderson,

Chairman

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Senate Chamber, Carson City, May 7, 1997

To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Assembly Bill No. 362.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Bill No. 264.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed, as amended, Senate Bills Nos. 131, 167.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day concurred in the Assembly amendments to Senate Bills Nos. 9, 66.

Mary Jo Mongelli

Assistant Secretary of the Senate

INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING AND REFERENCE

By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 463--An Act making an appropriation to the legislative fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Evans moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 464--An Act making appropriations to Clark County for the expansion and operating expenses of the Spring Mountain Youth Camp; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Evans moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Ways and Means:
Assembly Bill No. 465--An Act relating to state financial administration; extending the prospective date for the reversion of certain previously appropriated money for the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Evans moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

By Assemblymen Krenzer, Evans, Arberry, Hettrick, Manendo, Price, Cegavske, Sandoval, Mortenson, Collins, Chowning, Ernaut, Anderson, Lambert, Parks, Braunlin, Koivisto, Tiffany, Hickey, Lee, Carpenter, Goldwater, Herrera, Williams, Buckley, Neighbors, Giunchigliani, Von Tobel, Berman, Ohrenschall, Amodei, Perkins and Close:
Assembly Bill No. 466--An Act relating to industrial insurance; requiring that a test of an injured worker for the use of alcohol or a controlled substance be performed pursuant to national standards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Krenzer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Labor and Management.
Motion carried.

By Assemblymen Krenzer, Evans, Arberry, Hettrick, Manendo, Price, Cegavske, Sandoval, Mortenson, Collins, Chowning, Ernaut, Anderson, Freeman, Lambert, Parks, Braunlin, Koivisto, Lee, Gustavson, Tiffany, Hickey, Carpenter, Goldwater, Herrera, Williams, Buckley, Giunchigliani, Von Tobel, Berman, Ohrenschall, Amodei, Perkins and Close:
Assembly Bill No. 467--An Act relating to industrial insurance; requiring medical review of tests of injured workers for the use of alcohol or controlled substances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Krenzer moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Labor and Management.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Education:
Assembly Bill No. 468--An Act relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; requiring that certain credits earned at a community college be accepted and applied toward the requirements for graduation at any branch of the University of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Williams moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Education.
Motion carried.

By Assemblymen Tiffany, Williams, Marvel, Close, Humke, Hickey, Carpenter, Segerblom, Neighbors, Berman, Buckley, Hettrick, Ernaut, Evans, Giunchigliani and Arberry:
Assembly Bill No. 469--An Act relating to education; requiring the department of education to establish a statewide automated system of information concerning pupils; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts to adopt programs for the statewide automated system of information concerning pupils; creating an advisory committee for the statewide automated system of information concerning pupils; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Tiffany moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

Senate Bill No. 131.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.

Senate Bill No. 167.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Motion carried.

Senate Bill No. 264.
Assemblyman Perkins moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.

SECOND READING AND AMENDMENT

Assembly Bill No. 35.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Ways and Means:
Amendment No. 308.
Amend sec. 2, page 1, by deleting lines 6 and 7 and inserting:
"election to be held on November 7, 2000, and take office on January 1, 2001. The term of this judge expires on January 6, 2003.".
Amend sec. 4, page 1, line 11, by deleting:
"January 4, 1999." and inserting:
"January 1, 2001.".
Amend the title of the bill, first line, after "courts;" by inserting "prospectively".
Assemblywoman Evans moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Evans.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.

Assembly Bill No. 191.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Education:
Amendment No. 279.
Amend section 1, page 2, line 4, by deleting "4" and inserting "5".
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 18, by deleting "3." and inserting "[3.] 4.".
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 22, by deleting "equal" and inserting "[equal] equitable".
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 26, by deleting "equal" and inserting "[equal] equitable".
Amend sec. 2, page 3, after "3." by inserting:
"The program adopted by the state board must be designed to offer an equitable opportunity for all pupils to participate in the program, including, without limitation:
(a) Male and female pupils;
(b) Pupils who are of diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds;
(c) Pupils whose primary language is not English;
(d) Pupils who have disabilities;
(e) Pupils who are gifted and talented;
(f) Pupils who are at high risk of dropping out of school; and
(g) Pupils who are disadvantaged, economically or otherwise.
4.".
Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 33, by deleting "4." and inserting "[4.] 5.".
Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 35, by deleting "3," and inserting "4,".
Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 37, by deleting "5." and inserting "6.".
Amend sec. 2, page 3, line 41, by deleting "6." and inserting "7.".
Assemblyman Williams moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Williams.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.

Assembly Bill No. 225.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Ways and Means:
Amendment No. 292.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 8, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
"Section 1 NRS 532.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:
532.220 1. The channel [clearance,] maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program is hereby established and must be administered by the state engineer.
2. This program is to aid local governments in this state in the [clearance,] maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting of navigable rivers.
3. Any incorporated city, county or other political subdivision of this state may apply to the state engineer for a grant under this program if:
(a) Federal money is not available for the proposed project;
(b) The incorporated city, county or other political subdivision requesting the money agrees to match the state grant equally with its money; and
(c) The amount requested does not exceed the balance available.
4. As used in this section, "navigable river" means a river or stream that is used, or is susceptible of being used, in its ordinary condition for trade or travel in the customary modes of trade or travel on rivers or streams.
Sec. 2 NRS 532.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:
532.2301. The account for the channel [clearance,] maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program is hereby created in the state general fund.
2. The money in the account must be administered by the state engineer and must be expended only to aid local governments in the manner provided in NRS 532.220.
3. If the balance in the account is below $25,000, the state engineer may request an allocation from the contingency fund pursuant to NRS 353.266, 353.268 and 353.269.
Sec. 3 There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Division of Water Resources of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the sum of $79,800 for repairs and improvements on the South Fork Dam.
Sec. 4 Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by section 3 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 5 There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Division of Water Resources of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the sum of $30,000 for the repair of the South Fork Dam south sluice gate.
Sec. 6 Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by section 5 of this act must not be committed for expenditure after the project has been completed, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made or by June 30, 1998, whichever occurs earlier.
Sec. 7 There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the account for the channel maintenance, restoration, surveying and monumenting program created pursuant to NRS 532.230 the sum of $50,000.
Sec. 8 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval or on June 30, 1997, whichever occurs earlier.".
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"An Act relating to water resources; renaming the channel clearance, surveying and monumenting program; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"Summary--Revises provisions regarding channel clearance, surveying and monumenting program and makes appropriations for repair, clearance and improvements of certain water resources and related facilities. (BDR 48-1437)".
Assemblyman Marvel moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Marvel.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.

Assembly Bill No. 361.
Bill read second time and ordered to third reading.

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10.
Resolution read second time and ordered to third reading.

Mr. Speaker announced that if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair.

Assembly in recess at 11:08 a.m.

ASSEMBLY IN SESSION

At 11:15 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.

MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES

By Assemblymen Giunchigliani, Dini, Amodei, Anderson, Arberry, Bache, Berman, Braunlin, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Close, Collins, de Braga, Ernaut, Evans, Freeman, Goldwater, Gustavson, Herrera, Hettrick, Hickey, Humke, Koivisto, Krenzer, Lambert, Lee, Manendo, Marvel, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Price, Sandoval, Segerblom, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams:
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22--Recognizing May 8 as the Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust and commending Irene Gut Opdyke for her bravery during those years.
Whereas, Two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe were exterminated during World War II and countless other civilians were subjected to brutal anti-Semitic atrocities solely because they were members of a particular faith; and
Whereas, In this present time of racial and religious disharmony, it is particularly important to remember the Holocaust and its effects; and
Whereas, Few Europeans lived without terror during World War II, including Irene Gut Opdyke, an 18-year-old Polish nursing student of the Catholic faith who lived in Poland and witnessed the persecution and murder of Jews, while she herself was forced to endure vicious attacks, severe beatings and total humiliation at the hands of enemy soldiers; and
Whereas, Despite her fear, Irene Gut Opdyke willingly risked her own life to save at least 12 Jews by hiding them for 8 months in the basement of a German-occupied Ukrainian villa where she worked as a housekeeper for a Nazi officer; and
Whereas, Irene Gut Opdyke has earned international recognition through the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous and received from Yad Vashem, the most distinguished authority on the Holocaust in Israel, the Medal of Righteousness, an honor awarded to Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust; and
Whereas, Out of respect for and to ensure remembrance of those who suffered or were killed, Irene Gut Opdyke wrote Into the Flames, The Life Story of a Righteous Gentile, an eyewitness account of the Holocaust; and
Whereas, On May 8, our Nation's Capital will observe Yom Hashoah, a memorial day that commemorates the loss of 6 million Jews and countless others because of the Nazi war machine of World War II; and
Whereas, On this day, throughout the world, such remembrance ceremonies are held as a lasting tribute to those who perished, and in Israel, a country created as a haven for the survivors of the Holocaust, the entire nation pauses for 2 minutes to honor and remember those who were murdered; and
Whereas, Because the Holocaust stands as one of the worst acts of genocide the world has ever seen, deliberately and systematically attempting to destroy an ethnic, religious and cultural group, it must be remembered; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate Concurring, That the members of the 69th Session of the Nevada Legislature do hereby recognize May 8 as Yom Hashoah, a Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust; and be it further
Resolved, That members of the Nevada Legislature honor and commend Irene Gut Opdyke for her bravery during the Holocaust and for her decision to record for posterity her experiences to enable others to know that one person can truly make a difference and to know the collective power of humanity to prevail against injustice; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to Irene Gut Opdyke.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved the adoption of the resolution.
Remarks by Assemblywoman Giunchigliani.
Resolution adopted.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that all rules be suspended and that Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22 be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Speaker announced that if there were no objections, the Assembly would recess subject to the call of the Chair for the purpose of hearing an address by Irene Gut Opdyke.

Assembly in recess at 11:20 a.m.

ASSEMBLY IN SESSION

At 11:55 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Quorum present.

REMARKS FROM THE FLOOR

Assemblyman Perkins requested that the following remarks be entered in the Journal.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani:
As the resolution noted, in 1939, Irene Gut Opdyke was an 18-year-old nursing student in Radom, Poland, when Germany invaded. She fled to a Russian-occupied forest in the Ukraine, where she was raped and beaten by Russian soldiers. She was able to briefly reunite with her family in Radom, but while attending church there, she was captured by German soldiers and forced into labor at a German munitions factory.
"That was the first time I witnessed the persecution," she said, recalling the view from a second-story window at the factory. "I saw little children running, and soliders were just shooting them."
Eventually she was recruited by a German major, Eduard Rugemer, to serve as a housekeeper in the officers' compounds near the factory. She also saw a baby thrown in the air and shot like a bird.
The Germans occupied Tarnopol, where she befriended the 12 Jews she would later save. In July of 1943, she overheard Gestapo leaders talking about gutting the ghetto where her friends lived. Desperate, her friends asked Opdyke to hide them. A few days later, Rugemer luckily told her that they would be moving to a nearby villa.
Rumored to have been designed by Jewish architects, the villa featured a hiding space underneath its gazebo. Opdyke led her friends to the hiding place, their sanctuary for the next eight months. She endangered her life to protect the lives of Jews hunted down by the Nazis for destruction. Those she rescued were not of her religious faith, did not recite her catechisms or believe in the doctrines and dogmas of her church. She suffered fear, humiliation, abuse, the threat of death for others, and not because they were parishioners and not even because they were Jews, but because they were human beings, men, women and children created in God's image. Irene is flesh and blood like ourselves, and like tens of thousands of Christian rescuers, part of the group of ordinary people who acted in extraordinary fashion during the hell of Auschwitz and thereby salvaged a spark of decency and hope out of the cremated ashes of the Holocaust.
Ladies and gentlemen, with your respect, I'd like to introduce Irene Gut Opdyke and she would like to make a few comments.
Irene Gut Opdyke:
Honored members of the Legislature. Thank you so much for the reception. For me, as an adopted daughter here in this great country, it is a dream come true. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you a story of unbelievable evil, the Holocaust, which also was part of my life.
My luck was that my parents were wonderful. They loved us and they taught us the Ten Commandments. I was alone, trying to study to be a nurse--another Florence Nightingale--and I witnessed Hitler bombarding villages and cities. Some of the streets were barricaded with barbed-wire, and there were so many Nazis--yelling, screaming and shooting. I saw a young SS pull a baby from his mother's arms and throw his head to the ground. Another SS threw a baby in the air and shot it like a bird. I could not understand that.
I was raised in a Catholic home, with a background of upper echelon police intelligence. In my girlfriend's house that night, I lost faith. I accused God, but somehow, in the morning, there was an answer in my soul, in my heart. God gave us free will to be good or bad; all of us have to choose what road we take, the evil one or the good one. I asked God for forgiveness and for the opportunity to help, even if my life depended on it. God gave me that opportunity.
In 1941, the Germans were fighting the Russians. I was working in a munitions factory, but the plant was moving. The Germans and the Nazis were pushing toward the Russian border. I was given the job of serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the German officers and secretaries. I was also given responsibility for taking care of the laundry room for the officers and secretaries. There I met 12 Jewish people, people like all of us. There was a teacher, lawyer, accountant, dressmaker, tailor, nurse--people now alone, without children, forced to do a job or die. As I was carrying the laundry to them to be washed, we became friends. They trusted me. I wanted to help, but I did not have a home. I was assigned to live in a tiny little room by the diner, and I could not take them there.
At night, when I was serving dinner to the German officers and secretaries, I noticed quite often the local head of the Gestapo sitting with the major at the dinner table. At first, I did not understand when he said, "On Wednesday, don't count on the Jews to come to work." When I realized what it meant, the 12 Jewish people in the laundry room, another Christian girl, an old priest on the edge of town and I created a grapevine information center. I became the ears and the eyes for the persecuted people there; I listened and gave the news. There was a beautiful young Jewish girl my age who was courageous.
I was cleaning the major's office and noticed a stack of papers with a Gestapo stamp which allowed people to go to the ghetto or to town. Some of the papers found a way into my pockets, and I was able to give them to people so that they could go to the ghettos and the work barracks and warn people of planned raids. If they did not go out on days when raids were planned, they would survive; otherwise they would be killed or sent to a concentration camp. People asked me for help, but what could I do? I did not have a home. At this point, a miracle happened. The old major said to me, "I have a villa. You will be my housekeeper." I trusted, given the last-minute opportunities for me, that this was with God's blessing, so I opened the window and the 12 Jews came on to the villa.
It was not easy, but with God's help, we were surviving. There was one woman who was pregnant. We could have performed an abortion, but I could not do it. I saw the little children going to death screaming, "Mama, Mama!" and I could not do it. I pleaded for the life of the baby and told them, "Hilter will not have your baby."
We were surviving. We were helping the people in the forest. A Christian collaborator had a job on a farm, so we had potatoes and some other things that Helen or I would deliver to the forest. But the end was coming. I was in town one day, and suddenly, Gestapo were everywhere. Whoever was in the street--Polish, Ukrainian--were forced to one place. The Gestapo forced us to watch a Polish couple with two little babies and Jewish couple with two children hanging in the middle of the marketplace. There is no way I can tell you how it felt.
When I came to the villa, I was so shaken up that I forgot to close the door. Standing in the kitchen, three Jewish women came out from the cellar as they usually did. We did not even have time to start a conversation--the door opened, and the major was standing right in front of us. He was looking from one of us to another. Without saying one word, he turned around and walked very fast to the library where the telephone was. I knew he would call the head of the Gestapo. I ran, I kneeled down, and kissed his hands. I was pleading and praying. He was a man in his late sixties. Finally, he said, "Irene, I don't want to see you dead, but I have my orders. I will think about it. I'll go to my office. When I come back, I'll give you my decision." When he came out, he was drunk. I was standing in front of him. He pulled me onto his lap. It was not easy, but it was a small price to pay for so many lives, not only those in the villa, but also those in the forest.
The major was happy with me. He did not want to know who else was hiding there. The end was coming. Now the Russians were very close, and the Germans were evacuating. The major said, "If they come any closer, you better get rid of the women." He did not know that he had many other invisible guests. My Christian collaborator traveled about 600 kilometers to get a sleigh and a horse. One of the Jewish men put on the major's uniform and we made three trips to the forest. The men were dead.
Now the time was coming, and the major came back and saw the women. He said, "You get rid of them, or else." He went some place one day and brought back a sleigh and a horse. Everyone was running out of town--Ukrainian, Polish--because the front was coming so close. I loaded the sleigh with luggage and chairs and took the women--we looked like everybody else running out of town. I took them to the forest and I remained with them until March 15, 1944.
The Red Army took that part of the Ukraine, and my friends were free. What a freedom for people who were broken in spirit and in body. But a month later, a little boy was born, a little boy whose life became wonderful for me. His mother did give birth to him in freedom. I saw that little boy in 1993. Jerry Springer made a show, and he invited that little boy. The boy was by then a man, and he came with his children, a boy and a girl. Three generations survived.
In 1992, I was invited to Jerusalem to plant a tree for the Righteous. The Jewish people helped me to escape from Poland because the Russians were after me.
I was in a Jewish DP camp in Germany, when a group of men came from the League of Nations. One of them was an American, Bill Opdyke. I knew six languages, but we did not have one in common, and there was no romance.
When I came to United States in 1949 and became a citizen, I pledged my allegiance to America, to the land of the free. On my second day here, I found work. America did not owe me anything, I owed America. She adopted me. I met Bill Opdyke again in New York. He was then with the United Nations and was a widower. Six weeks later, we were married. The Lord blessed us with a little girl. My husband passed away four years ago.
When I planted the tree in Israel, I made a vow that for the rest of my life, I would travel and speak, primarily to the young people. They are the most important people. They are the future leaders of nations. When I travel and speak to them, even the big macho boys stand in line for hugs and kisses because I speak from my heart. I try to tell them not to hate and that hate does not accomplish anything. It ruins your life, your family and your country. Reach out. You're lucky. You're in school with children from all nationalities. Learn from each other; reach for each other. You must. If you don't do that, there will never be peace.
For 20 years I have travelled and tried to teach people that human beings and the link between our past and our present are most important. I'm trying to teach children that they have a responsibility to reach out to each other and to ignore the hate mongers. I tell them to reach out regardless of nationality, religion, color or creed. We all belong to one human family.
Gentlemen and ladies, we are getting old; soon we will not be here. Give us the opportunity to speak because it makes a difference. I know this beyond a shadow of a doubt because I travel from one end of the United States to the other. I don't go only to big places. I go where other speakers don't want to go, but where there are always children. I want to unite our people because America is worth it--it is the most wonderful country. What other country has so many different nationalities? We have to teach our children love and understanding. We parents have to be the models in order for children to learn to do the right thing. This is important, and I want to do this for the rest of my life. My husband was a politician all his life. He would be very proud of me today for standing here. His grandfather was the first Republican mayor of New York City, and during the Tammany Hall events, he lost because he fought Tammany Hall.
Thank you. Thank you so much for the honor you extend to me. Thank you. God Bless you all.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which were referred Senate Bills Nos. 178, 202, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.

Morse Arberry, Jr.,

Chairman

GENERAL FILE AND THIRD READING

Senate Bill No. 90.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Herrera.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 90:
Yeas--42.
Nays--None.
Senate Bill No. 90 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Senate Bill No. 153.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblymen Amodei, Chowning, Perkins and Giunchigliani.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 153:
Yeas--42.
Nays--None.
Senate Bill No. 153 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Signing of Bills and Resolutions

There being no objection, the Speaker and Chief Clerk signed Assembly Bills Nos. 9, 34, 58, 80, 87, 162.

GUESTS EXTENDED PRIVILEGE OF ASSEMBLY FLOOR

On request of Assemblywoman de Braga, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Susannah Hooper-Howe, Tyler Archey, Lyndsey Bearer, Aaron Burch, Aaron Camp, Kara Drinnon, Tom Clark, Brittney Cummings, Cody Downs, Jacob Flick, Casey Gilbert, Amy Griffith, Jacob Haynes, Heather Hutchens, Chris Journet, Nicole Mineard, Katie Odum, Ruben Orosco, Genea Paras, Christa Prinz, Manuel Quinonez, Mirta Rodarte, Tina Rodarte, Elizabeth Schmitz, Jenny Swanson, Chelsee Tuni, Michael Wayman, Jared Webb, Crystal Whelpley, Joey Williams, Judi Rylander, Zach Dillon, Shelli Bonner, Amber Andres, Shannon Bell, Adam Brennan, Jamie Candee, Cory Charles, Christopher Cross, Scott Demars, Diedre Ann Fox, Nicole Hendrix, Josiah Horne, Sean Ryan Lacow, Shawn Landers, Steven Liesch, Amanda Paszek, Jillian Ramsey, Dale Rider, Amanda Kelly Siek, Shanelle Sloan, Alex Tam, Tyson Torvik, Bryan Vanburen, Jason Walker, Sarah Ward, Steven Wolfgang and Kelly Worthington.

On request of Assemblyman Lee, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Edwin Wathen.

On request of Assemblywoman Tiffany, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Shirley Pepe, Evan Ballar, Thomas Bautista, Cody Brinkdopke, Joshua Chavez, Nick Ciao, Eric Clynke, Corey Cochran, Brittany Englebrecht, Michael Haberman, Bianca Islas, Aubrey Jones, Randy Kaitschuck, Sterling Mains, William McManus, Nick Otte, Chelsea Phillips, Garrett Ransom, Ashton Riley, Justin Seidman, Megan Tierney, Rebecca Toepfert, Jonathan Tredwell, Jessica Wright, Brett Johnson, Patricia Brinkdopke, Pace Clyncke, Mary Haberman, Joseph Heck, Joel Seidman, Glenn Tredwell, Kelly Wright, Elvira Ballar, Rebecca Islas, Kathleen Jones, Sondra Wachtel, Danielle Brew, Robelle Cataluna, Davi Collins, Jacklyn Doebereiner, Megan Farmer, Tristan Grace, Polina Kotliar, Gabriela Larage, Joy Maziar, Sabrina Meadows, Marissa Mellor, Kimberly Padilla, Ashleigh Pouch, Chelsea Pougher, Tyson Rich, Andrew Steva, Alex Tietz, James Wainio, Amanda Hamblin, Jacob Dobereiner, Jess Meadows, Rhonda Pouch, Teri Steva, Holly Rounds and Robin Mellor.

Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly adjourn until Friday, May 9, 1997 at 11 a.m.
Motion carried.

Assembly adjourned at 12:03 p.m.

Approved:

Joseph E. Dini, Jr.

Speaker of the Assembly

Attest: Linda B. Alden
Chief Clerk of the Assembly