Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2–Assemblymen Perkins, Gibbons, Berman, Von Tobel, Manendo, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell, Smith, Tiffany and Williams

 

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

 

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Assembly Joint RESOLUTION—Urging Congress to refrain from enacting any measure to repeal the ability of Nevada to license and regulate sports wagering in its current form and to enact the National Collegiate and Amateur Athletic Protection Act of 2001.

 

   Whereas, Illegal gambling on college sports has been identified as a

 serious national problem, particularly illegal gambling by college students

 and other underage persons; and

   Whereas, According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association,

 there are student bookmakers on virtually every college campus in the

 United States; and

   Whereas, The State of Nevada, pursuant to an express provision of the

 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act enacted by Congress in

 1992, has licensed and regulated a sports wagering industry and has

 enacted controls that serve to assist its sports books in maintaining honest

 operations; and

   Whereas, The sports books in this state have demonstrated their

 effectiveness in providing a defense against illegal gambling on college

 sports through the identification of suspicious wagering activities and the

 discovery of point-shaving schemes in college sports; and

   Whereas, Without the vigilance of the sports books in this state and

 their notification of law enforcement authorities, certain point-shaving

 scandals in college sports might not have been uncovered and certainly

 would not have been discovered so quickly; and

   Whereas, The sports books in this state operate under the strictest

 regulatory controls in the United States, including the most demanding

 reporting requirements for transactions and suspicious activities and

 computerized bookmaking systems that document every wager received,

 every win paid out, the results of each sporting event and every change in

 odds; and

   Whereas, Legal wagers with the sports books regulated by this state,

 which amount to approximately $2.5 billion each year, are dwarfed by the

 amount of illegal sports wagers in this country, which are estimated by

 some sources to exceed $350 billion each year; and

   Whereas, There have been no reports of student bookmakers on any

 college campus in this state contributing to the flood of illegal sports

 wagers; and

   Whereas, There have been efforts in Congress that seek to take away

from the State of Nevada the constitutionally derived authority recognized

 by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act with respect to

 wagering on college sports conducted within the State of Nevada; and

   Whereas, The repeal of that exemption would have an adverse effect

 on the economy of this state and the jobs of a number of its residents,

 would deprive this country of a vital defense against illegal sports

 wagering and would lead to an increase in illegal sports wagering; now,

 therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,

 Jointly, That the Nevada Legislature hereby urges Congress to refrain

 from enacting any measure that would repeal the ability of the State of

 Nevada to license and regulate sports wagering in its current form, thereby

 inflicting damage upon both the State of Nevada and the national fight

 against illegal gambling; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature hereby urges Congress to enact

 the National Collegiate and Amateur Athletic Protection Act of 2001,

 sponsored by United States Senators John Ensign and Harry Reid and

 United States Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley and

 others, thereby enhancing the ability of the nation to identify and address

 illegal wagering on college sports; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

 a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United States as the

 presiding officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

 Representatives and each member of the Nevada Congressional

 Delegation; and be it further

   Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage.

 

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