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

 

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

 

    Whereas, The members of the Nevada Legislature note with

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

 state’s most powerful and productive Legislators; and

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

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

 Grainger Lamb and the former Marion Paris; and

    Whereas, Floyd Lamb attended Pahranagat Valley High

 School and Lincoln County High School and then began his career

 as a rancher on the family’s ranch; and

    Whereas, Following the untimely heroic death of his father in

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

 family and helped raise his 10 brothers and sisters; and

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

 won his first seat on the Lincoln County Commission; and

    Whereas, Floyd Lamb served in this capacity until 1956 when

 he was elected to the Nevada State Senate and thereafter

 represented the residents of Lincoln County as State Senator during

 a time when each county elected one Senator; and

    Whereas, Because the 1965 reapportionment of the Nevada

 Legislature forced Lincoln County to share its Senator with other

 counties, Floyd Lamb moved to Las Vegas, which had gained

 Senate seats, and won election to the State Senate representing

Clark County; and

    Whereas, From 1965 to 1983, Floyd Lamb served as Chairman

 of the Senate Finance Committee, longer than anyone in the history

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

 state in America and public expenditures were planned and made to

 keep pace with that growth; and

    Whereas, During his 26 years as a Legislator, Floyd Lamb

personally sponsored over 30 bills that were passed by the

 Legislature, served as one of the architects of the Taxicab Authority

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

 this state at all levels; and

    Whereas, In 1977, Floyd Lamb convinced the Legislature to

 acquire Tule Springs Park from the then financially troubled City of

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

 in his honor; and

    Whereas, In addition to his accomplishments in the political

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

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

 and retired as a bank executive in 1982; and

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

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

 minds and hearts of many, and especially those who watched the

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

 dusty but dignified cemetery in the small Nevada ranching town of

 Alamo where he was born; now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the

 Assembly Concurring, That the members of the 72nd Session

 of the Nevada Legislature extend their heartfelt sympathy and

 sincere condolences to Floyd Lamb’s loving wife, Loretta, his two

 daughters, one son and two stepsons, and his three surviving

 brothers and two sisters; and be it further

    Resolved, That Floyd Lamb will long be remembered as a

 hardworking family man, a dedicated public servant, a master of the

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

    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and

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

 Loretta.

 

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