Assembly Bill No. 219–Assemblymen Buckley, Cegavske, Anderson, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brown, Carpenter, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Nolan, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

February 22, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Titus, O’Donnell, Neal, Wiener, Carlton, Amodei, Care, Coffin, James, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend and Washington

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Designates mustang as official state animal. (BDR 19‑1119)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to state emblems; designating the mustang as an official state animal; 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 235.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    235.070  The animal known as the desert bighorn sheep (Ovis

1-3  canadensis nelsoni) [is] and the wild horse known as the mustang (Equus

1-4  caballus) are hereby designated as the official state [animal] animals of

1-5  the State of Nevada.

 

1-6  H