Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

February 17, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Marvel, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes former State Senator and longtime rancher, Floyd R. Lamb. (BDR R‑237)

 

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

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing former State Senator and longtime rancher, Floyd R. Lamb.

 

1-1  Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature note with

1-2  sadness the death on June 2, 2002, of Floyd R. Lamb, one of this

1-3  state’s most powerful and productive Legislators; and

1-4  Whereas, The eldest of 11 children, Floyd Lamb was born on

1-5  September 3, 1914, in Alamo, Nevada, to cowboy William “Billy”

1-6  Grainger Lamb and the former Marion Paris; and

1-7  Whereas, Floyd Lamb attended Pahranagat Valley High

1-8  School and Lincoln County High School and then began his career

1-9  as a rancher on the family’s ranch; and

2-1  Whereas, Following the untimely heroic death of his father in

2-2  1939 in a rodeo accident, Floyd assumed the role of head of the

2-3  family and helped raise his 10 brothers and sisters; and

2-4  Whereas, Floyd Lamb’s public service began in 1946 when he

2-5  won his first seat on the Lincoln County Commission; and

2-6  Whereas, Floyd Lamb served in this capacity until 1956 when

2-7  he was elected to the Nevada State Senate and thereafter represented

2-8  the residents of Lincoln County as State Senator during a time when

2-9  each county elected one Senator; and

2-10      Whereas, Because the 1965 reapportionment of the Nevada

2-11  Legislature forced Lincoln County to share its Senator with other

2-12  counties, Floyd Lamb moved to Las Vegas, which had gained

2-13  Senate seats, and won election to the State Senate representing

2-14  Clark County; and

2-15      Whereas, From 1965 to 1983, Floyd Lamb served as Chairman

2-16  of the Senate Finance Committee, longer than anyone in the history

2-17  of this state and during a time when Nevada was the fastest growing

2-18  state in America and public expenditures were planned and made to

2-19  keep pace with that growth; and

2-20      Whereas, During his 26 years as a Legislator, Floyd Lamb

2-21  personally sponsored over 30 bills that were passed by the

2-22  Legislature, served as one of the architects of the Taxicab Authority

2-23  in Clark County, and was an avid supporter of public education in

2-24  this state at all levels; and

2-25      Whereas, In 1977, Floyd Lamb convinced the Legislature to

2-26  acquire Tule Springs Park from the then financially troubled City of

2-27  Las Vegas, and the park was later renamed Floyd Lamb State Park

2-28  in his honor; and

2-29      Whereas, In addition to his accomplishments in the political

2-30  arena, Floyd Lamb was named to the Board of Directors of Nevada

2-31  National Bank in 1965, was elected President of the Board in 1969,

2-32  and retired as a bank executive in 1982; and

2-33      Whereas, The life of a man who some have said personified

2-34  “the story of 20th Century Nevada on a horse” will live on in the

2-35  minds and hearts of many, and especially those who watched the

2-36  horse-drawn carriage take Floyd Lamb to his final resting place in a

2-37  dusty but dignified cemetery in the small Nevada ranching town of

2-38  Alamo where he was born; now, therefore, be it

2-39      Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the

2-40  Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 72nd Session of

2-41  the Nevada Legislature extend their heartfelt sympathy and sincere

2-42  condolences to Floyd Lamb’s loving wife, Loretta, his two

2-43  daughters, one son and two stepsons, and his three surviving

2-44  brothers and two sisters; and be it further

3-1  Resolved, That Floyd Lamb will long be remembered as a

3-2  hardworking family man, a dedicated public servant, a master of the

3-3  legislative process, a real cowboy and a gentleman; and be it further

3-4  Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and

3-5  transmit a copy of this resolution to Floyd Lamb’s beloved wife,

3-6  Loretta.

 

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