Carson City (Thursday), April 24, 1997

Assembly called to order at 11:08 a.m.
Mr. Speaker presiding.
Roll called.
All present.
Prayer by the Chaplain, The Reverend William L. McCord.
O Lord, our God, the creator and preserver of all humankind: Bestow upon this Assembly wisdom and understanding; provide them with the ability to discern between the needs and wants of the people they serve; give them the spirit of cooperation that will establish justice and promote the welfare of all our people. Bless them, their families and the people they serve; to the glory of Thy Holy Name.

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.

Assembly Bill No. 198 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Senate Bill No. 64.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Gustavson.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 64:
Yeas--41.
Nays--Freeman.

Senate Bill No. 64 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Senate Bill No. 88.
Bill read third time.
Remarks by Assemblyman Sandoval.
Roll call on Senate Bill No. 88:
Yeas--42.
Nays--None.

Senate Bill No. 88 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Bill ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Senate Chamber, Carson City, April 24, 1997

To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 15.

Mary Jo Mongelli

Assistant Secretary of the Senate

Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 having received a constitutional majority, Mr. Speaker declared it passed.
Assemblywoman Giunchigliani moved that all rules be suspended and that Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Motion carried unanimously.

Richard Perkins,

Chairman

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Commerce, to which were referred Assembly Bills Nos. 211, 285, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Amend, and do pass as amended.

Richard Perkins,

Chairman

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which were referred Assembly Bills Nos. 324, 336, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.

Bernie Anderson,

Chairman

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining, to which was referred Assembly Bill No. 180, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.

Marcia de Braga,

Chairman

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining, to which was referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 8, has had the same under consideration, and begs leave to report the same back with the recommendation: Do pass.

Marcia de Braga,

Chairman

Senate Chamber, Carson City, April 23, 1997

To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolutions Nos. 5, 18.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day concurred in the Assembly amendment to Senate Bill No. 63.
Also, I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 28.

Mary Jo Mongelli

Assistant Secretary of the Senate

By Assemblymen Goldwater, Giunchigliani, Herrera, Koivisto, Lee, Mortenson, Braunlin, Parks, Buckley, Berman, Arberry, Bache, Chowning, Collins, Price, Nolan, Manendo, Krenzer, Tiffany, Segerblom, Ohrenschall, Close, Perkins and Williams:
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 19--Urging local governments to develop measurement indicators for the quality of life in the communities of the State of Nevada.
Assemblyman Goldwater moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Transportation:
Assembly Bill No. 404--An Act relating to operators of motor vehicles; restricting a person who is less than 18 years of age from receiving a driver's license unless the person meets certain requirements; restricting educational and training courses for drivers to persons of a certain age; requiring the department of motor vehicles and public safety to adopt regulations which set forth the number of hours of training a person less than 18 years of age must complete to be issued a driver's license; prohibiting a person from driving in violation of a curfew; making various changes regarding education and training for drivers; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Chowning moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Motion carried.

By Assemblyman Manendo (by request):
Assembly Bill No. 405--An Act relating to dogs; revising the provisions governing the sale of dogs; providing remedies for purchasers of dogs that die, become ill or have certain undisclosed congenital or hereditary defects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Manendo moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Assembly Bill No. 406--An Act relating to the Airport Authority of Carson City; removing the limitations on the eligibility of a person to be reappointed to the board of trustees of the Airport Authority of Carson City; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Bache moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Assembly Bill No. 407--An Act relating to public purchasing; requiring a state agency to report the receipt of forfeited personal property on the monthly inventory list submitted to the purchasing division of the department of administration; revising the method for the sale of surplus property of using agencies; providing the purchasing division with the authority to refurbish surplus property before its sale; conforming the method for the sale of surplus personal property of the department of transportation to that used for the sale of surplus personal property of other using agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Bache moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Assembly Bill No. 408--An Act relating to public retirement; authorizing the public employees' retirement board to establish a fund for the payment of accrued benefits for certain members of the public employees' retirement system; repealing certain obsolete provisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Bache moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Government Affairs:
Assembly Bill No. 409--An Act relating to state financial administration; revising the provisions governing the authority of the state board of examiners to authorize the clerk to approve certain contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblyman Bache moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Government Affairs.
Motion carried.

By the Committee on Health and Human Services:
Assembly Bill No. 410--An Act relating to welfare; creating the commission for health assurance within the department of human resources; requiring the commission to establish a program for health assurance to arrange for the provision of health care services to certain persons who are eligible to receive benefits through Medicaid and to other low-income residents of this state; requiring the commission to employ a program manager to conduct the administrative and operational business of the program; making various changes to the welfare division of the department of human resources regarding Medicaid; indemnifying counties from the responsibility of providing certain health care services to indigent persons; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Freeman moved that the bill be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Health and Human Services and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

By Assemblywoman Freeman:
Assembly Bill No. 411--An Act relating to adoption; providing for the certification of confidential intermediaries by the supreme court of Nevada to act in matters pertaining to adoption; defining the duties and obligations of a confidential intermediary; requiring the supreme court to adopt rules necessary for the establishment and administration of a program providing for such certification; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assemblywoman Freeman moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion carried.

"An Act relating to victims of crime; providing that any costs and fees associated with an order for protection against domestic violence must be assessed against the adverse party; providing that a resident of this state who becomes a victim of a crime in another state may apply for compensation for his injuries under certain circumstances; providing that a nonresident who was victimized in this state may be awarded compensation for his injuries under certain circumstances; making various other changes concerning compensation for certain victims of criminal acts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Assembly Bill No. 304.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Judiciary:
Amendment No. 238.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 7, after "employee" by inserting ", affiliate".
Amend section 1, page 1, line 10, by deleting:
"cash, is not liable" and inserting:
"cash has absolute immunity from civil liability".
Amend section 1, page 1, line 13, after "The" by inserting "absolute".
Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 16, by deleting:
"on May 1, 1997." and inserting:
"upon passage and approval.".
Assemblyman Anderson moved the adoption of the amendment.
Remarks by Assemblyman Anderson.
Amendment adopted.
Bill ordered reprinted, engrossed and to third reading.

Senate Bill No. 38.
Bill read second time.
The following amendment was proposed by the Committee on Government Affairs:
Amendment No. 229.
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 5 and 6 and inserting:
"1. The city must be divided into [four] six wards, which".
Amend the bill as a whole by adding new sections designated sections 3 through 5, following sec. 2, to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Section 5.010 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, being chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as amended by chapter 193, Statutes of Nevada 1991, at page 363, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 5.010 Primary municipal elections.

1. [On the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in May 1985, and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal election must be held in the city at which time candidates for two offices of councilman and for municipal judge, department 2, must be nominated.

2.] On the Tuesday after the [1st] first Monday in May [1987,] 1999, and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal election must be held in the city at which time candidates for mayor, for [two] three offices of councilman and for municipal judge, department 1, must be nominated.

2. On the Tuesday after the first Monday in May 2001, and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal election must be held in the city at which time candidates for three offices of councilman and for municipal judge, department 2, must be nominated.

3. The candidates for councilman who are to be nominated as provided in subsections 1 and 2 must be nominated and voted for separately according to the respective wards. The candidates from wards [2 and 4] 1, 3 and 5 must be nominated as provided in subsection 1, and the candidates from wards [1 and 3] 2, 4 and 6 must be nominated as provided in subsection 2.

4. If the city council has established an additional department or departments of the municipal court pursuant to section 4.010 of this charter, and, as a result, more than one office of municipal judge is to be filled at any election, the candidates for those offices must be nominated and voted upon separately according to the respective departments.

5. Each candidate for the municipal offices which are provided for in subsections 1, 2 and 4 must file a declaration of candidacy with the city clerk not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days before the day of the primary election. If the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the period for filing expires on the preceding business day at 5 p.m. The city clerk shall collect from each candidate, at the time of filing that candidate's declaration of candidacy, the filing fee which is prescribed by ordinance for that office. All of the filing fees which are collected by the city clerk must be paid into the city treasury.

6. If, at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, there is only one candidate for nomination for any office, that candidate must be declared elected for the term which commences on the day of the first regular meeting of the city council next succeeding the meeting at which the canvass of the returns is made, and no primary or general election need be held for that office.

7. If, in the primary election, regardless of the number of candidates for an office, one candidate receives a majority of votes which are cast in that election for the office for which he is a candidate, he must be declared elected for the term which commences on the day of the first regular meeting of the city council next succeeding the meeting at which the canvass of the returns is made, and no general election need be held for that office. If, in the primary election, no candidate receives a majority of votes which are cast in that election for the office for which he is a candidate, the names of the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general election.

"AN ACT relating to the charter of the City of Las Vegas; increasing the number of wards in the city; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

"SUMMARY--Amends charter of City of Las Vegas to increase number of wards. (BDR S-146)".

Senate Chamber, Carson City, April 24, 1997

To the Honorable the Assembly:
I have the honor to inform your honorable body that the Senate on this day adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 29.

Mary Jo Mongelli

Assistant Secretary of the Senate

Assemblyman Arberry moved that the vote whereby Assembly Bill No. 398 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means be rescinded.
Motion carried.

Assemblyman Arberry moved that Assembly Bill No. 398 be referred to the Concurrent Committees on Education and Ways and Means.
Motion carried.

Dear Barbara,
I have been very lucky because since I was 2 years old I got all the special meds that I needed to keep me alive because I have AIDS. I go to NIH in Bethesda, Maryland to get my AZT, 3TC and Indinavir.

We don't have to pay for these drugs. I hope everyone with AIDS can have these drugs for free.

Love
Mike Dowling
age 9

On request of Assemblyman Anderson, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Julie Ehrman.

On request of Assemblywoman Braunlin, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Julie Nelson.

On request of Assemblywoman Chowning, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Art Posner.

On request of Assemblyman Close, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Laura Evans, Larry Silver and James Sohns.

On request of Assemblyman Collins, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Janelle Delgado, Natalie Delgado, Alisha Berge, Rosalie Delgado, Robin Berge and DeVawna Barcus.

On request of Assemblyman Dini, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Cesar Adrian, Amy Ali, Hannah Armstrong, Amber Ballam, Paul Bennetts, Willie Bowman, Vienna Cabrita, Jose Castaneda, David Fatino, Thomas Fultz, Keeli Garcia, James Keathly, Carey Kytle, Samantha La Londe, Tim Larson, Isaac Marquez, Joe Olschowka, Drew Self Owen, Ashlee Robeson, Jaime Torres, Tabor Volberding, Candace Wade, Greg Webb, Allison Wetzel, B. J. Wilkerson, Laura Wilson, Sandra Guzzetta, Karen Bowman, Phil Armstrong, Paula Armstrong, Kellie Ballam, Wendy Fultz, T. J. Ames, Julio Arias, Nichole Becker, Lisa Briggs, Tye DeForest, Falon Foster, Randy Foster, Jesus Gutierrez, Kathryn Hardy, Andrew Holmes, Joshua Hopper, Megan Isbell, Joseph Lopez, Kaitlen McKinnon, Chad Niblett, Joshua Patterson, Nori Richarz, Christopher Scholl, Joshua Scott, Rubin Shelton, Casey Skog, Leah Studebaker, Joseph Wachtveitl, Mark Webster, Jr., Natalie Wells, Elijah Zachry, Renee Connet, Maxine McKinnon, Char Richarz, Terri Skog, Dave Scott, LuAnn Holmes, Cotton Baratti, Caleah Barnwell, Andrew Boucher, Vanessa Cabrita, Justin Cassinelli, Frank Cavataio, Adam Diament, Annette Dorado, Woodie Forant, Ashley Gatlin, Roxanne Hamner, Thomas Hopper, James Laklich, Abigail Lupena, Tyler McKee, Christie Nelson, Alicia Nungaray, R. C. Remington, Joe Sandoval, Joseph Slivkoff, Rodney Stockton, Corey Thompson, Adam Watts, Jacob Watts, Danyelle Wynands, Annette Gatlin, Linda Dorado, Tim Watts, Kristopher Achenbach, Stephen Beach, Matt Bowman, Nichole Bumgarner, Daniel Calli, Justin Cross, Sean Carroll, Brandon Dimit, Grant Dykstra, Krista Etchison, Louis Grinker, Jenna Fowler, Bradford Kato, Brenda Kennard, Shane Maddox, Justin Menesini, Jared Monzello, Jeff Olschowka, Jennie Parker, Danielle Rodriquez, Mark Scott, Kendra Talavera, Joanna Taylor, Timmy Torres, Dustin Watkins, Dustin Wylie, Bob Kahn, Kelli Clark, Debbie Dimit, Debbie Fowler, Helene Reimold, John Johnston, Dru Service, Chace Ault, Jeffrey Bushey, Fred Butterbret, Matt Clark, Jess Dillon, Kyle Downs, Savannah Elder, Kristal Evans, Kirsten Forsell, James Francis, Daniel Green, Robin Johnson, Timothy Langley, Patrick Lassak, Natalie Malekos, Leif Meyer, Kevin Mezquita, Kenneth Pollock, Michelle Reeder, Andrew Rice, Amanda Ring, Danielle Salamone, Stacy Shamblin, Kerry Stogsdill, Jeremy Thornton, Kim Menesini, Bob Gardner, Daniel Rice, Rosi Meyer and Pat Salamone.

On request of Assemblyman Ernaut, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Katie Mulhall.

On request of Assemblyman Herrera, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Lara Duckett and Virginia Gordon.

On request of Assemblyman Humke, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Christine Crosley and Judith Cox.

On request of Assemblywoman Krenzer, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Robin Rolfe.

On request of Assemblyman Nolan, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Mary Ann Egide.

On request of Assemblyman Parks, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to David Turner.

On request of Assemblywoman Von Tobel, the privilege of the floor of the Assembly Chamber for this day was extended to Dave Leavitt.

Assemblyman Perkins moved that the Assembly adjourn until Friday, April 25, 1997 at 10:45 a.m.
Motion carried.

Assembly adjourned at 12:19 p.m.

Approved:

Joseph E. Dini, Jr.

Speaker of the Assembly

Attest: Linda B. Alden
Chief Clerk of the Assembly