2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB424 438

Amendment No. 438

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 424                                                                  (BDR S‑875)

Proposed by: Committee on Transportation

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 326.

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 4 and 5 and inserting:

“along the east side of U.S. Interstate No. 515 where there are no existing soundwalls between Boulder Highway and Desert Inn”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 8, by deleting “$6,000,000” and inserting “$400,000”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3. 1.  The Department of Transportation and Clark County shall conduct a study of the abatement of traffic noise in Clark County. The study must include an assessment of the need for the abatement of traffic noise on both sides of U.S. Interstate No. 515 from Charleston Boulevard to Russell Road.

     2.  The Department of Transportation and the City of Las Vegas shall conduct an assessment of the need for the abatement of traffic noise along those sections of U.S. Interstate No. 515 and U.S. Interstate No. 95 that lie within the boundaries of the City of Las Vegas.

     3.  The results of the assessments conducted pursuant to this section must be reported to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau on or before February 1, 2003, for transmittal to the 72nd session of the Legislature. Each report must include a plan for the abatement of traffic noise, including the construction of sound barriers where required.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, third line, after “County;” by inserting:

“directing the Department of Transportation, Clark County and the City of Las Vegas to conduct certain assessments concerning the need for the abatement of traffic noise;”.