EMERGENCY REQUEST of Speaker of the Assembly

(On Behalf of Assemblyman Perkins)

Assembly Bill No. 695–Assemblymen Perkins, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Price, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

May 25, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Grants to Joseph E. Dini, Jr., use of special legislative license plate designated "State Assemblyman 1" as lifetime endowment. (BDR 43-1773)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to special legislative license plates; granting to Joseph E. Dini, Jr., the use of the special legislative license plate designated "State Assemblyman 1" as a lifetime endowment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 482.374 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 482.374 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in a special act, the

1-3 department shall furnish to each state senator and state assemblyman a

1-4 special license plate or plates showing on the face thereof, in the case of the

1-5 senators, "State Senator," together with the designated number showing the

1-6 seniority of the senator in the senate, and, in the case of the assemblymen,

1-7 "State Assemblyman" or "State Assemblywoman," as appropriate, together

1-8 with the designated number showing the seniority of the assemblyman in

1-9 the assembly. If two or more legislators have the same seniority, the

2-1 designated number given to them must be determined according to the

2-2 alphabetical order of their last names, except that numbers drawn by lot by

2-3 legislators having the same seniority prior to January 1, 1971, must be

2-4 maintained in the same sequence.

2-5 2. The department shall furnish to each justice of the supreme court a

2-6 special license plate or plates showing on the face thereof "Supreme Court

2-7 Justice," together with the designated number showing the seniority of the

2-8 justice. If two or more justices have the same seniority, the designated

2-9 number given to them must be determined according to the alphabetical

2-10 order of their last names.

2-11 3. The department shall issue the license plates described in this

2-12 section and a duplicate set of those plates to the state legislators and

2-13 justices of the supreme court upon payment of the license fees set forth in

2-14 NRS 482.3745.

2-15 Sec. 2. NRS 218.048 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-16 218.048 1. After he leaves office and a successor has been elected or

2-17 appointed, it is unlawful for any legislator to:

2-18 (a) Use any official stationery or business card acquired pursuant to

2-19 NRS 218.225;

2-20 (b) Maintain deliberately a listing in any directory, published after that

2-21 date, which in any manner indicates that he is presently a legislator; or

2-22 (c) [Use] Except as otherwise provided in a special act, use on his

2-23 vehicle a special legislative license plate furnished pursuant to NRS

2-24 482.374.

2-25 2. Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 is

2-26 guilty of a misdemeanor.

2-27 Sec. 3. 1. The special legislative license plate assigned to Mr. Joseph

2-28 E. Dini, Jr., and showing on its face "State Assemblyman 1," is hereby

2-29 granted as a lifetime endowment to Mr. Dini, regardless of whether he

2-30 continues to serve in the Assembly of this state. This endowment is made in

2-31 recognition of his unprecedented length of service as Speaker of the

2-32 Assembly.

2-33 2. After Mr. Dini completes his service in the Assembly of this state,

2-34 the legislators who serve in the Assembly shall be furnished special

2-35 legislative license plates in such a manner that the member of the Assembly

2-36 who has the greatest seniority will be furnished a plate showing on its face

2-37 "State Assemblyman 2" or "State Assemblywoman 2," as appropriate, and

2-38 the remaining members of the Assembly must be furnished special

2-39 legislative license plates in the manner set forth in subsection 1 of NRS

2-40 482.374.

2-41 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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