Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 57–Assemblymen Price, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

April 30, 1999

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes former Assemblyman Richard Kenneth McNeel. (BDR R-1375)

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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).

 

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION—Memorializing former Assemblyman

Richard Kenneth McNeel.

1-1 Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature note with profound

1-2 sorrow the passing of former Assemblyman Richard Kenneth McNeel; and

1-3 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was born on October 25, 1942, in

1-4 Beaumont, Texas; and

1-5 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel, who married Karen van Buren,

1-6 moved to Clark County in 1962; and

1-7 Whereas, This Vietnam War veteran attained the rank of First

1-8 Lieutenant in the United States Army and was a member of the Army

1-9 Reserve Corps; and

2-1 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel joined the International

2-2 Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 357 in 1968 and graduated from

2-3 the electrical workers’ apprenticeship program in 1974; and

2-4 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was the first Republican from

2-5 North Las Vegas to be elected to the Assembly; and

2-6 Whereas, During his term as Assemblyman, Richard Kenneth McNeel

2-7 served on the Education, Health and Welfare, Labor and Management, and

2-8 Taxation Committees; and

2-9 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was appointed as Labor

2-10 Commissioner in 1979 and served in that position until 1980; and

2-11 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel was a member of the Clark County

2-12 Republican Central Committee, past Vice President of the North Las Vegas

2-13 Republican Club, past Director of the Nevada State Apprenticeship Council

2-14 and a second generation member of the electrical workers’ union; and

2-15 Whereas, Richard Kenneth McNeel is survived by his beloved wife,

2-16 Karen, his sons Richard and James, his daughter, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, his

2-17 five brothers, James, Charles, Clark, Bill and Bobby, and his three sisters,

2-18 Shirley Ahlke, Hazel Mabry and Rachel Brandon; now, therefore, be it

2-19 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

2-20 Concurring, That the members of the 70th Session of the Nevada

2-21 Legislature mourn the loss of a respected former Assemblyman and offer

2-22 their heartfelt sympathy to the family of Richard Kenneth McNeel; and be

2-23 it further

2-24 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a

2-25 copy of this resolution to Richard Kenneth McNeel’s beloved wife, Karen.

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