Assembly Bill No. 318–Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Leslie, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Gustavson, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Mabey, McClain, Mortenson, Oceguera, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer and Weber

 

March 14, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Directs installation of historical marker at gravesite of former Nevada Governor, Emmet D. Boyle. (BDR S‑872)

 

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 historical markers; directing the design, fabrication and installation of an historical marker at the gravesite of the first native-Nevadan who served as Governor of Nevada; authorizing the Administrator of the Office of Historic Preservation of the Department of Cultural Affairs to accept and expend gifts and donations for this purpose; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

    Whereas, The Nevada Legislature finds that Emmet Derby Boyle:

    1.  Was born in Gold Hill, Nevada, on July 26, 1879;

    2.  Was the son of Edward D. Boyle, an Irish immigrant who later became a prominent Nevada State Senator;

    3.  Graduated from the University of Nevada with an engineering degree in 1899;

    4.  Was appointed to serve as State Engineer, later served as a member of the Nevada Tax Commission and thereafter established Nevada’s first formal state budget process;

    5.  Was first elected Governor of Nevada at the age of 35, the youngest person ever to be elected to Nevada’s highest public office;

    6.  Was the first native-Nevadan to be elected to serve as Governor of Nevada and he served from 1915 to 1922;

    7.  Reconstructed the water laws of this state and revised the tax statutes during his tenure as Governor; and

    8.  Died at the early age of 46 from an unexpected illness on January 3, 1926, and was buried in Reno with a simple grave marker that bears no mention of his service as Governor of this state; and

    Whereas, The surviving family members of former Governor Boyle have expressed their written permission for the installation of an appropriate historical marker at his gravesite; and

    Whereas, Sufficient sources of private money have been identified to support this project of historic preservation; now, therefore,

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. 1.  The Administrator of the Office of Historic

1-2  Preservation of the Department of Cultural Affairs shall design an

1-3  appropriate historical marker for the gravesite of former Nevada

1-4  Governor Emmet Derby Boyle which mentions, without limitation,

1-5  his service from 1915-1922 as Governor of Nevada and the fact that

1-6  he was the first native-Nevadan to serve in that public office.

1-7  2.  The Administrator may accept gifts and donations to support

1-8  the design, fabrication and installation of the historical marker

1-9  designed pursuant to subsection 1. The Administrator is authorized

1-10  to expend any money received pursuant to this subsection in support

1-11  of this project. The Administrator shall not expend any public

1-12  money for this purpose.

1-13      3.  The Administrator shall not cause the installation of the

1-14  historical marker until he is in possession of written evidence from

1-15  the family members of former Governor Boyle of their permission

1-16  to install the historical marker.

1-17      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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