2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                         A SB62 R1 840

Amendment No. 840

 

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 62  First Reprint                                                  (BDR 50‑713)

Proposed by: Assemblyman Collins

Amendment Box: Consistent with Amendment No. 771.

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 the bill as a whole by renumbering section 1 as sec. 1.5 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 574 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, an agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this state, including an agency, board, commission or governing body of a local government, shall not prohibit or impose restrictions that are more stringent than those set forth in this chapter concerning any of the following events in which an animal is used:

     (a) A rodeo; or

     (b) A livestock show or exhibition that promotes the proper care, husbandry or performance of an animal.

     2.  As used in this section, “animal” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.050.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, first line, after “relating to animals;” by inserting:

“prohibiting state and local governmental entities from prohibiting or imposing certain restrictions concerning certain events in which animals are used;”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions regarding mistreatment of animals. (BDR 50-713)”.