SENATE AGENDA

for the

JOINT MEETING OF THE Senate Committee on Taxation

AND THE

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

  Day  Tuesday          Date  February 8, 2005       Time   2:00 p.m.           Room  4100

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can listen to it live over the Internet.  The address for the legislative website is http://www.leg.state.nv.us.  For audio broadcasts, click on the link “Listen to Live Meetings.”

Note:  We are pleased to make reasonable accommodations for members of the public who are disabled and wish to attend the meeting.  If special arrangements for the meeting are necessary, please notify the Senate Committee on Taxation at (775) 684-1442.

PLEASE PROVIDE 30 COPIES OF YOUR EXHIBITS AND NOTES.

*Note: Interested parties may observe the proceedings through a simultaneous videoconference in Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, Las Vegas.

Presentation – Constitutional Issues Pertaining to Property Tax in Nevada

          Brenda Erdoes, Legislative Counsel

Presentation – Overview of the Property Tax System in Nevada

          Chuck Chinnock, Executive Director, Nevada Department of Taxation

Overview by County Assessors on Assessed Valuations and Property Taxes

          Mark Schofield, County Assessor, Clark County

          Bob McGowan, County Assessor, Washoe County

          Doug Sonnemann, County Assessor, Douglas County

          Dave Dawley, County Assessor, Carson City

          Jeff Johnson, County Assessor, Humboldt County

          Lura Duvall, County Assessor, Lander County

Presentations by Nevada Association of Counties (NACO) and Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities (NCL) on Property Taxes

          Andrew List, Executive Director, NACO

          David Fraser, Director, NCL

Public Comment

(The Committees request that public comment be deferred until the special joint meetings on February 17 and 18 following the conclusion of the informational presentations to the Committees.)