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June 15, 2005
Breaking News
June 15, 2005
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From The US Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee Report Recommends $64 Million Less
Than President Requested For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste
Disposal Project; No Money For Interim Nuclear Storage
Rep.
Porter's Subcommittee To Subpoena USGS Employee Named In
Fraudulent Document Scandal
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"I gave him an envelope with $10,000
cash," Galardi said. "I told him to hand it out to the
councilmen."
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From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Vetoes Legislative Bill Prohibiting "Customer Steering"
Payoffs To Taxicab Drivers By Strip Clubs, Others
"Taxicab drivers contribute greatly to
the economy of this state. I cannot support Section 133 of
AB 505 because it singles out and hurts the financial
well-being of taxicab drivers."
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Governor
Appoints Michael Wixom To University System Board Of Regents
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From The US Securities & Exchange Commission
Details Of
The Harrah's-Caesar's Merger Released
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From The US Department Of Agriculture
Secretary
Of Agriculture Addresses Western Governors' Conference
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DOA
Announces $16.3 Million In Business Development Fund For
Rural America Grants
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June 16, 2005
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Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project
Officials,
Corporate Interests Meet To Plan Caliente & Yucca Mountain
High Volume Radioactive Waste Railroad Line
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From The US Congress
Sen. Reid
Announces $45 Million In Department Of Energy Funds
Allocated For Renewable Energy Projects In Nevada
The
Benefited Projects:
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National
Center on Energy Management and Building Technologies
$5,000,000
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Solar
production of hydrogen (UNLV) $4,000,000
-
Hydrogen
fuel cell R & D (UNLV) $4,000,000
-
Geothermal and Renewable Energy Laboratory of Nevada (UNR)
$1,300,000
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Pyramid
Lake Paiute Tribe Energy Project $500,000
-
Southwest photovoltaic experiment stations $1,000,000
-
NREL-West
(Nevada renewable competition funding) $4,000,000
-
Biofuels
development (UNLV) $4,000,000
-
Hydrogen
fuel cell bus project (Washoe RTC) $3,000,000
-
Southern
Nevada Alternative Fuels Demonstration Project (Las
Vegas) $500,000
-
Renewable hydrogen refueling station system (UNLV)
$4,000,000
-
Photoelectric chemical production of hydrogen (UNLV)
$3,000,000
-
Photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen (UNR)
$5,000,000
-
Photonics research for hybrid solar lighting (UNLV)
$3,000,000
-
PowerJet
Wind Turbine project (PowerJet) $250,000
-
Gerlach
Green Energy Project $500,000
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In
San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
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From Clark County
Don't Hold
Your Breath
In Wake Of
Gov. Guinn's AB 505 Veto, County Postpones Enforcement Of
Ordinances Prohibiting Strip Club Payoffs To Taxicab Drivers
Commission
To Wait Until Taxicab Authority Coordinates Comprehensive
Policy For Local Governments
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County
Officials To Re-Prioritize Spending On Homeless -- Regional
Plan Expected In Autumn
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From Nye County
County
Commissioners, Town Board Declare State Of Emergency In
Pahrump Valley Due To Fire Danger
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From Washoe County
Incline
Village Water Quality Improvement Gets American Public Works
Association "Project Of The Year" Award
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Commission
Approves $607,000 In Homeless Relief Spending
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From Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Sun Eclipsed In 35 Year Operating Agreement With Las
Vegas Review-Journal
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From The Attorney General's Office
Nevada’s
State Extradition Coordinator Receives Award From National
Association of Extradition Officials
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June 17, 2005
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From California
San
Francisco Board Of Supervisors Pass Resolution Opposing
Proposed Gerlach Coal-Burning Power Plant
California
PUC Ruling, Gov. Schwarzenegger's Call For Reduction In
Carbon Dioxide Pollution Levels Leaves Future Of Project In
Doubt
"Thousands of San Franciscans
understand the beauty of Black Rock desert, and it's our
responsibility to voice our opposition to the plant."
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From The Black Rock Desert
Wake Up
And Smell The Alkali -- Burning
Man To Turn 20; Volunteers Already At Work Preparing The
Playascape
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From The National Highway Traffic Safety Association
Speed
Kills
Nevada No.
10 In Speed-Related Highway Fatalities, According To New
Study
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From The US Congress
Sen. Reid
Announces Hearing to Defend Nevada Military Installations --
Attempt To Save Hawthorne Army Depot And Reduce Cutbacks In
Nevada Air National Guard
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"'I'm going to get these (councilmen)
to do what I want and I'm going to get something done.'"
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From Douglas County
Land
Developers Who Sought To Triple Housing Density On Proposed
Clear Creek Project Praise State Agencies For Their
Assistance; Ask For More Time
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From Lyon County
Polluted,
Abandoned Anaconda Copper Mine Worries Yerington Residents
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From The Attorney General's Office
Attorney
General Gives Recognition To Fathers Who Meet Their Parental
Obligations And Duties
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June 18, 2005
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Nevada And The War In Iraq
State
Grieves Over Deaths Of Nevadans In Iraq Insurgency -- 3
Killed In Less Than A Week
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Sen.
Ensign Attacks Fellow US Senator For Remarks About Treatment
Of Detained Prisoners At Guantanamo Bay
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From The US Congress
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Senate
Appropriations Committee Recommends FY 2006 Water & Power
Legislation With $338 Million To Be Spent In Nevada -- Up
From $220 Million This Year
Overview
Of Appropriations For Nevada
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US Army Corps of
Engineers Projects $67.2 Million
-
US Bureau of Reclamation
Projects $48.3 Million
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Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Projects $47.5 Million
-
Office of Science
Projects $8.5 Million
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Nuclear Energy Research
& Development Projects $14.7 Million
-
Nuclear Waste Disposal
Projects $12.5 Million
-
Weapons Activities and
Improvements at Nevada Test Site $106.7 Million
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Defense Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Projects $2.5 Million
-
Other Defense Activity
Projects $5 Million
-
Environmental Management
Projects $21 Million
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Reps.
Gibbons, Berkley, And Porter Call On Military Base Closings
Commission to Visit Hawthorne: Visit To Show Reasons To Keep
Depot Open
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Lawmakers
Draw Attention to Real World Costs Associated with Federal
Lands -- Loss Of Local Tax Revenues A Big Problem
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Rep.
Gibbons Boosts Funding to Help Keep Nevadans Safe: Law
Enforcement funding will support COPS Program; Fight
methamphetamine abuse
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From The Office Of The Governor
Silver
State Leads The Nation In Job Growth - Gov. Guinn Hails
Nevada's Employment and Unemployment Rates
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
____________________
June 19, 2005
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The State Press Looks At The Late Legislature
Nevadans
Still Assessing The Damage
Plans For
White Pine's New Courthouse Fall Through In State
Legislature -- Assembly Ways & Means Committee Wouldn't Even
Schedule Hearing
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Legislature Did Spend Money For New Ely Youth Jail, Though
-- Other Legislative Hits, Misses For White Pine Communities
Reviewed
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Nye County
Columnist Takes Plain View Of Problem
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Carson
Columnist Reviews Lawmakers' Wildlife Bills (No, Not That
Kind)
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From Douglas County
Pitiful
Nevada's
Oldest Settlement Won't Power Its Own Heritage: Enforcing
Bureaucratic Deadline Paramount Priority For Benighted Genoa
Town Board
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Successful
Teaching Helps Students Shine
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From Elko County
Wrecked
Bridges Isolate Rural Community; Commissioners Argue About
Whether To Work With US Forest Service To Rebuild Access
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From White Pine County
Steptoe
Valley Flyer Steams Out Amidst Music, Art, Poetry And Song
-- Ride On Ghost Train To Haunt Memories Of Tourists, Locals
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June 20, 2005
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From Clark County
"It's Not
That We Don't Trust You"
Clark
County, Cities Of Henderson, Las Vegas, And North Las Vegas
Installing GPS Devices On Government Vehicles
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From South And Central Nevada
Six
Counties Consider Forming Central Nevada Regional Water
Authority -- SNWA's Massive Applications For Pumping Permits
In Lincoln, Nye and White Pine Seen As "600-Lb. Gorilla In
Living Room"
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From Douglas County
Dragonflies And Flowers Abound In Natural Denitrification
System
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Returns On
Property Tax Verification Cards In Douglas County About 75%
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From Elko County
Access To
Old Mining Camp May Be Restored By October
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From Nye County
Local
Officials Don't Get A Cut Of Skin Revenue
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Many Nye
County Residents Still Haven't Gotten Property Tax
Verification Cards
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From White Pine County
McGill
Power Plant Plans To Sell Electricity Primarily To Nevadans
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Looking Back On The Late Legislature
Sagging,
Cracking State Building Ignored In Legislative Spending
Spree
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Heavy
Growth Of Taxes And Spending
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Refusal To
Reform Systemic Abuse
"You know, my evaluation is that there
was a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of substance," he said.
"I think we have a good ethics law that's pretty clear. I
think there were a lot of things proposed that were not
necessary."
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Credit
Where Credit Is Due
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Survey Of
The Best And Worst Performances
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June 21, 2005
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From The State Legislature
Nevada's
Brand New Laws
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From Clark County
County
Holds Southern Nevada Gang Seminar For Public Awareness,
Action
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From Las Vegas
Interesting Concept
The Las
Vegas Citizens' Leadership Academy -- Where Government
Chooses The Citizens' Leadership
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From North Las Vegas
2005-2006
City Budget Now Available Online
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Capital
Improvement Plan For FY 2005-2010 Also Available
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City
Government Advice To Citizens On Police Stops
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From The Truckee Meadows Water Authority
After
Legislature Orders Audit And Investigation Of Rates, TMWA
Opens Web Page To Present Its Case To The Public
____________________
From The US Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee Approves $4 Million In Funding For
Hazmat Emergency Response Operations and Information Center
(HEROIC) In Southern Nevada
____________________
June 22, 2005
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From The US Department Of Defense
Nevada
Home To Nation's Newest Air Force Base
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project
Nevada's Latest Move In Ongoing Federal Appeals Court Battle
-- Challenges DOE's
Yucca Mountain Transportation And Rail Corridor Decision
__________
From The US Congress
Witness
Testifies To Difficulties Tracking Smuggled Nuclear
Materials
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Senate
Appropriations Committee Approves More Money For Nevada Law
Enforcement
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From North Las Vegas
Yeah, It
Looks Wrong To Have Created That Government Job For Her --
But It's Not Improper
__________
From The Sierra Nevada Alliance
New Report
Says Development Boom In Mountain Communities Will Bring
Problems
__________
From The US Department Of Agriculture
USDA
Program For $14.3 Million National Identification System For
Animals
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From The US Department Of The Interior
Environmental Study Supports Wind Energy Development on
Public Lands -- Including Nevada
__________
From The US Bureau Of Land Management
BLM
Publishes Final Environmental Impact Study on Changes to
Grazing Regulations
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From The US Bureau Of Reclamation
Reclamation Seeks Public Comment on Development of
Management Strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
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From The Federal Elections Commission
Feds Seek
To Regulate Campaign Practices On The Net
____________________
June 23, 2005
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On
Nevada's Nuclear Future
From The President Of The United States
President
Discusses Energy Policy, Economic Security
"Nuclear power is one of
America's safest sources of energy. People out here practice
a lot of safety, they're good at it. You've got nuclear
engineers and experts that spend a lot of time maintaining a
safe environment. Just ask the people that work here. You
wouldn't be coming here if it wasn't safe, I suspect.
(Laughter.)"
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Question For TNO Readers:
Why Don't Clean Alternative Energy Sources Get The Same Kind
Of Government Subsidies As The Nuclear Power Industry?
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From The Union Of Concerned Scientists
Group
Expresses Concern Over Proposed Energy Bill
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From The State Of Utah
Utah Fears
Skull Valley Nuclear Waste Temporary Storage Will Become
Permanent; NRC Rejects State's Argument
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From The Office Of The Governor
New
Figures On The Monthly Tax Haul
Nevada
Sales Up 10.6 Percent; Sales Tax Revenues Up 14.68 Percent
For April 2005 Over Last Year
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The Office Of The Attorney General
Man
Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Insurance Fraud
__________
From The State Press
Why Coddle
Business Thieves? -- An Excellent Column
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Court
Allows Defendants To Challenge Government Claims Of
Necessity For Wiretaps
__________
From Washoe County
New Public
Defender Selected To Represent The Indigent Accused
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County
Adopts New Equal Employment Opportunity Plan To Diversify
Work Force
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Washoe
County Manager Elected Head Of National Government Managers
Group
"a continuing vision and quest to
provide governmental excellence to citizens"
How About This "Innovation": Join The Ranks Of Responsible
Nevada Local Governments And Publish The Washoe County
Budget
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June 24, 2005
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From The US Supreme Court
Court: Government
Can Take Private Property For "Public Use" And "Public Use"
Includes Private Interests
Connecticut Residents' Homes Seized; To Be Bulldozed For Corporate Office
Development Project Which Would Pay More Taxes
Home
Not Your "Castle" Anymore
". . . nor shall private
property be taken for public use, without just
compensation." -- US Constitution, Fifth Amendment
"This 'Court long ago rejected any
literal requirement that condemned property be put into use
for the general public.'" -- (See p. 10 of decision)
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From The Education Trust
Public
Interest Report Scores Nevada, Other States For Playing
Games With Education Statistics
From The
Report::
Nevada's Graduation Rate Goals Appear To Be Set Artificially
Low, For Easy Achievement
-
Nevada's Graduation Rate Goals Are
Set Lower Than The Reported Graduation Rate For
2002-2003
Double-Digit Discrepancies Between Nevada Figures And
Cumulative Promotion Index (CPI) Rankings
No
Nevada Statistics For Graduation Rates Of:
-
Low-Income Students
-
Disabled
Students
-
Students
With Limited-English Language Skills
Report
Says Nevada
Education Officials Failed To Respond To Inquiries About
Their Statistics
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From The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
A
Statement To The Public
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Appeals
Court Reinstates Whistleblower's Federal Lawsuit Alleging
Abusive Practices In Washoe County District Attorney's
Office
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From The US Congress
Sen.
Ensign Introduces Bill To Break Up US Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals
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From The Neon Empire
Be Afraid.
Be Very Afraid.
Treasure
Island Management's "Carnie" Mentality Costs Casino Worker
His Job
The Hotel-Casino has "a long-standing
policy in our company and our industry to fiercely protect
the privacy of our guests and customers and to not release
any information whether that information is real or
imagined." -- Except, Of Course, For Federal Authorities
__________
You Win
Some And You Lose Some
From The US Department Of The Interior
State And
Local Governments To Get More Under Federal Payments In Lieu
Of Taxes (PILT) Program -- $13.7 Million For Nevada
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From The US Fish & Wildlife Service
$18
Million In Wetlands Funding; Nothing For Nevada
__________
Our Water
-- You Can Taste the Refinement
From The US Geological Survey
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From The US General Accountability Office
Can't
Afford Bottled Water? -- In Southern Nevada, Get A Boost
From Tincture Of Rocket Fuel
USGAO
Report -- Perchlorate: A System To Track Sampling And
Cleanup Results Is Needed
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From The US Census Bureau
New
Reports: The Hidden Economy -- Non-Cash Benefits And The
Invisible Poor
____________________
June 25, 2005
_____
From The National Education Association
Teachers'
Salaries Stagnant; Nevada Salaries Rank 26th In Nation, Says
New Report
__________
Nevada
Leaders Ask BRAC Commission To Reconsider Hawthorne
Ammunition Depot Closing, Reno Air Guard Realignment
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From The US Congress
_____
Sen. Reid
Works To Get New Buses For Rural Nevada Schools
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Sen.
Ensign Request For Improved Handicapped Access Granted
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Nevada To
Get $13.7 Million In PILT Funds (Payments In Lieu Of Taxes);
Rep. Gibbons Reiterates Need For Feds To Fully Fund Program
Rep. Gibbons
Votes Against Cutting Education Funding
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From The Nevada Supreme Court
Statements
Made To Police Are Protected By Qualified Privilege -- Must
Be Made In Good Faith
Citizens
Can Challenge Commission Findings; Nevada Ethics
Statutes Don't Apply To Advisory Committees
False
Imprisonment Charge Requires Factual Basis Independent Of
Other Charged Crimes
Child
Pornography Statute Did Not Authorize Multiple Convictions
For A Single Act
Two
Different Methods Exist For Enforcing Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Problems: Due Process
Hearing And Complaint Review Procedure
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
_____________________
June 26, 2005
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From Churchill County
Churchill
County Gets A New School Superintendent
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Paiute-Shoshone
Community Alarmed At Increasing Drug Use
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From Elko County
Utility Rates
Increase
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From Lyon County
County Commission's
Last Written Evaluation Of County Managers Was In 1990
“We need to develop a process.”
_____
Commissioners Decide To Skip Business Impact Statement
On New Residential Construction Tax
_____
Planning Commission Requires Owner To Add Improvements
Costing More Than The Property Was Worth
"requirements appear to create a fully
improved roadway in the middle of a dirt road system."
_____
Brain
Fever Potential On Walker River
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From Mineral County
State
Senator Thinks Presentation Against Closing Ammunition Depot
Went Well
__________
From White Pine County
County
Financial Crisis Continues
_____
No Helping
Hand From Las Vegas
_____
Memories
Of Better Times
__________
More On The Acts Of The Late Legislature
The
Millennium Scholarship Program
_________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
____________________
June 27, 2005
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Recent News From Nevada's $kindustry
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Flesh And
Fantasy
_____
What's In
A Name?
_____
Proposed Investigation Of Bill To Prohibit Strip Club
Payoffs To Taxi Drivers Passed Off To Attorney General's
Office By Gov. Guinn
The Only
"Backroom Deal" For Which An Investigation Was Requested;
Other Allegations Apparently Regarded As Legislative
Prerogative
Anyone For Golf?
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City Of
Henderson's Revocation Of Business License Of Massage
Parlor, Cited For Prostitution, Ruled Unconstitutional By
Clark County District Judge
City Folds; Withdraws Proposed
Ordinance
For
addition details, check the 8th Judicial District Court
search engine for Cases
05-A-504379-W (Hong-Chen A. Yan v. City of Henderson),
05-A-504256-J (Henderson Oriental Massage v. City of
Henderson), and 04-A-478794-W (Sunset Massage LLC v.
Henderson City Council): click on "Calendar" in
left-hand column; then click on "Yes" to see court minutes
(Sorry; no functioning hyperlink available for TNO readers)
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Suspects
In Plot To Murder Man Who "Badmouthed" Strip Club To Face A
Jury Of Twelve
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More On The Late Legislature
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
From
Anointment To Apologia
See articles under heading "The 2003
Tax Override" in right-hand column for background on this
unfortunate scheme
__________
Does Our
Jury System Need Reform?
__________
Do Our
Jurists Need Reform?
__________
From Nye County
Entitlement Fantasy: Pahrump Developers Want To Sell
Subdivision Built In A Wash And Have Government Pay For
Flood Protection
"It seems like the developers are in
the driver's seat," said Town Board member Paul Willis.
"They're not doing us a big favor coming here. The citizens
of the town are going to bear this [$6.8 Million] expense."
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More
"Developing" News
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E Pluribus
Unum
"Water goes where the water is needed,"
[SNWA] authority spokesman Vince Alberta said. "The water is
a resource for all the citizens of Nevada and it is not
dictated by county lines."
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From The City Of Favors
Let Me
Call You Sweetheart -- Popular Las Vegas Slogan Sold By
LVCVA To R&R Advertising For One Dollar
"This became a phenomenon beyond our
expectations and dreams, and we have had to step up the
formality of our game."
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From
The Second Or Third Biggest Little City In Nevada
Reno's
First One Was A Multi-Million Dollar Loser, So Why Not Have
Two?
New Opportunity For More Bowling
Stadiums, Imported Chinese Paving Stones, Inflated
Government Salaries And Consulting Contracts
__________
An
Interesting Question
____________________
June 28, 2005
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From The US Supreme Court
The
Talking Wires
FCC
Internet Ruling Upheld: Broadband Cable Modem Companies
Exempt From Mandatory Common-Carrier Regulation
_____
Internet
File Swapping Services Liable For Third-Party Copyright
Infringements
_____
Man And
God And Law
Constitutionality Of Government Display Of Ten Commandments
Depends On The Underlying Purpose
_____
Display Of
Ten Commandments On Fraternal Monolith Within State Property
Is Constitutional
__________
From The State Capitol
Our Brand
New Laws
First
Legislative Tsunami To Sweep Nevada July 1 --Three More
Waves Of Latest Legislative Changes To Follow
The New Laws, Arranged By
Effective Dates
Laws Of The 73rd Session
Laws Of The 22nd Special Session
__________
From Southern Nevada
Sierra
Club, Transportation Officials Settle US Hwy 95 Federal
Lawsuit
__________
From The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
FEMA Funds
Authorized To Fight Goodprings Fire West Of Las Vegas
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"You have considerable evidence in this
case, from wiretaps, from the government's informants, and
you need to rebut that in some way," said David Steinberg, a
professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. "And the only
people who can say 'We weren't asking for money' are the
councilmen."
____________________
June 29, 2005
_____
Latest
State Opinion Poll Shows Rep. Gibbons With Strong Lead Over
Rivals For 2006 Gubernatorial Election
__________
From Las Vegas
"What
happens here, stays here"
Convention
Authority Paid Advertising Firm To Develop Slogan In
Multi-Million Dollar Ad Campaign, Then Sold It Back For One
Dollar
More
Details Emerge In Questionable Transaction Between Las Vegas
Convention Authority And R&R Advertising
"[LVCVA President Rossi] Ralenkotter
says he believes he had authority to make the agreement
himself without bringing it to the attention of the LVCVA's
13-member board of elected and civic leaders."
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"The ink was barely dry on the secret
eight-page agreement Nov. 9 when R & R lawyers
express-mailed a package to the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office with an application for a trademark to market
"souvenirs and clothing" under the "what happens here, stays
here" name."
_____
"There's no question they're giving up
ownership of a trademark and getting very little in return,"
she said. "They're giving away valuable rights."
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Statutes
Governing The Operations Of The LVCVA
_____
R&R
Partners
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
_____
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From The US Congress
BRAC
Commissioner To Visit Nevada Military Bases Slated For
Closure Or Realignment
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Sen.
Reid's Statement On Sierra Club-US 95 Settlement
"The compromise was reached after Reid
and Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) insisted all parties work out
their differences."
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Sens.
Reid, Ensign Insert Protective Clause For Sierra Pacific In
Energy Bill Passed By Senate
"Sierra Pacific and Nevada Power
entered into contracts in good faith and now face the
prospect of being on the hook for $300 million in power our
state never received."
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Sen.
Ensign Moves To Block US Forest Service Destruction Of Lake
Tahoe's Dreyfus Estate
"This decision was made by the Forest
Supervisor when she was literally walking out the door to
take another job in Colorado."
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Senator Works To Save Planned Las Vegas Veterans' Hospital
____________________
June 30, 2005
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From Las Vegas
"What
happens here, stays here"
More
Questions About Sale Of Las Vegas City Slogan To Politically
Influential Advertising Firm For $1
"Gibson, who was [LVCVA] board chairman
during the November meeting, said Tuesday that he did not
believe the board understood that it was paving the way for
the transfer of the "What happens here" slogan when it
approved a list of 24 responsibilities for Ralenkotter to
handle. The responsibility for assigning intellectual
property was 23rd on the list."
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"Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R & R, said
the company doesn't have any intention to profit from the
trademark. But if that is the case, why did R & R, on the
day after the LVCVA assigned it the rights to the slogan,
file an application with the Commissioner of Trademarks in
Arlington, Va., saying that it 'has a bona fide intention to
use the mark in commerce on or in connection to goods and
services'? The application specifically mentions that the
slogan would be used for 'souvenirs and clothing.'"
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"[W]hat Ralenkotter and Vassiliadis
don't like to talk about are the flaws in the agreement --
the biggest of which is that it appears to legally turn over
all rights to profit from the trademark, which some experts
say could be worth millions of dollars to R & R."
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LVCVA
Minutes Mention Success Of "What Happens Here" Advertising
Campaign, But Nothing About The Sale Of The Slogan Later
That Day
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One
Month Earlier -- October 2004: Ralenkotter and
Vassiliadis Received Brandweek Magazine's 2004 Grand
Marketer of the Year Award "for the unparalleled success of
the 'What Happens Here, Stays Here' campaign for Las Vegas."
_____
More
Unanswered Questions
-
When was
the sale of the slogan first discussed?
-
Who
participated in this discussion?
-
Who
drafted the agreement selling the slogan 'What Happens
Here, Stays Here' To R&R Partners for $1?
-
On whose
instructions was the agreement drawn up?
-
What
were those instructions?
-
When was
the agreement drafted?
-
Who at
the LVCVA reviewed the agreement to see that the
Convention Authority's (and the public's) interests were
protected?
-
Who, if
anyone, asked for the review?
-
When did
this happen?
-
What do
the LVCVA memoranda, e-mails and phone records show?
-
How does
the LVCVA usually handle contracts transferring public
property?
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
_____
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump
Sens.
Ensign, Reid Call For Suspension of Yucca License
_____
Key USGS
Scientist Testifies At Yucca Mountain Hearing; Chairman
Porter vows to continue probe
_____
Peculiar
Anomalies In Costs, Results Of Yucca Mountain Opinion Polls
Survey of
70 Residents of Rural Nevada Cost $212,000 ($505 Per
Question); Survey of 600 Residents of Clark County Cost
$18,000 ($.20 Per Question)
Consultants For Rural Nevada Poll Also Worked For Nuclear
Power Industry Advocates
"We were out with the subs
(subcontractors) a good deal of the time. We spent a good
deal of time overseeing and focusing them. We wanted to use
people who were local to the county. We did not want to use
a professional organization. If we had used a professional
organization, we would not have gotten the result that we
needed to get."
__________
From The US Congress
Sen.
Ensign: Record Payment-In-Lieu-Of Taxes (PILT) Payments Good
News For Nevada
_____
Sen.
Ensign Announces $1.1 Million For Southern Nevada Workforce
Investment Board
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
June 1, 2005
Breaking News
May 31, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Senate
Rules
Predictably Suspended In Senate; Many Pending Bills Now
Considered "Emergency Measures"
Senate
Unanimously Passes A Bill; Transmits It To State Assembly
AB 103*
(Bill Appropriating $1 Million To Nevada Rural Hospital
Partners To Make Loans To Rural Care Providers)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Odd
Lost Weekend?: Senate Daily Journal
- Day 110 for Friday, May 27, 2005 Still Not Posted,
But Subsequent Proceedings Are
____________________
June 1, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 8 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Senate
-
AJR 17 (Resolution Urging US Defense Department To
Reconsider Scaling Down Operations At Fallon Naval Air
Station And Closing The US Army Ammunition Dump At
Hawthorne)
-
AJR 18 (Resolution To Amend Nevada Constitution To
Cut Taxes On Real Property Owned By Senior Citizens)
-
AB 563# (Bill
Establishing A Commission To Review And Set Legislators'
Pay)
-
SB 96 (Bill Appropriating $31,250 For A Contractor
To Update The State Energy Assurance Plan)
-
SB 187
(Bill To
Increase Compensation To Members of Advisory Committee
On Traumatic Brain Injuries)
-
SB 485# (Bill To Extend
"Double-Dipping" Practice Of Paying Wages To Special
Employees, Who Are Also Collecting State Retirement, For
4 More Years)
-
SB 510#
(Bill Appropriating $673,900 To The State Public Works
Board To Pay For Arbitration Expenses Associated With
The Construction Of The Southern Nevada Veterans' Home)
-
SB 511# (Bill
Appropriating $436,000 To Pay Signing Bonuses For
Teachers)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
Senate
Unanimously Passes 2 Bills;
Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 390# (Bill
Increasing Taxes On The Sale Of Real Property)
-
AB 526#
(Bill To Increase Student-Teacher Ratios In Kindergarten
And Elementary School Classes)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
Daily Journal - Day 110 Makes Its Appearance -- 289 Page
Opus Covering Last Friday's Senatorial Proceedings Had Been
Unavailable Until Late Tuesday Afternoon
__________
Secret
Meetings Of The Legislature And The State Constitution
"Sec.
15. Open sessions and meetings; adjournment for more than 3
days or to another place. The doors of
each House shall be kept open during its session, and
neither shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for
more than three days nor to any other place than that in
which they may be holding their sessions. The meetings of
all legislative committees must be open to the public,
except meetings held to consider the character, alleged
misconduct, professional competence, or physical or mental
health of a person."
__________
Special TNO Update - Actions of The State Senate, May 27,
2005
Senate
Passes 85 Bills And A Resolution; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
SB 34 (Bill
Decreasing Driver's License Fees)
-
SB 105
(Bill Appropriating $10 Million For Nevada School of
Medicine - Nevada Cancer Institute And Center Of
Excellence)
-
SB 357#
(Bill To Create Advisory Committee On Problem Gambling)
-
SB 391# (Bill Changing Taxation of Financial
Institutions)
-
SB 392# (32-page Bill Changing Taxation of Businesses,
And Redefining A "Business")
-
SB 406
(Bill Renaming Occupational Education To "Career And
Technical Education," And Appropriating $12 Million For
Schools To Teach It)
-
SB 463# (Bill Allowing State Board Of Finance To Issue
Securities And Pledge Proceeds Based On Anticipated
Unclaimed Property Revenues, And Giving The First $8 Million
It Collects To The Millennium Scholarship Fund)
-
SB 515# (Bill
To Revise And Clarify Sales And Use Taxes)
-
SB 517#
(Bill Extending Time For Spending State Park
Improvements Appropriations Made In 2003)
-
SB 518#
(Bill To Replace The Interstate Civil Defense And
Disaster Compact With The Emergency Management
Assistance Compact)
-
AB 19@ (Bill Prohibiting Gift Certificate Rip-Offs
And Credit Card "Banging")
-
AB 31@ (Bill Making Secret Public Records Of
Recreational Events)
-
AB 39@ (Bill Expanding Use Of No-Bid Contracts For
State Purchases)
-
AB 42@ (Bill Providing That A Child In Need Of
Protection Should Be Placed With His Siblings)
-
AB 43@ (Bill To Establish Rights Of Children Placed
In Foster Care Homes)
-
AB 44@ (Bill To Allow Nevada Department Of Labor To
Supervise Government Employee Overtime Payments Rather
Than The US Labor Department)
-
AB 52@ (Bill Imposing Restrictions On Teenage Drivers)
-
AB 64@
(Bill To Exempt Elected Supervisor
Of Conservation District From Requirement To File
Statement Of Financial Disclosure; And Broaden Financial
Disclosure Requirements)
(see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 87@
(Bill Establishing A Statutory Minimum Wage)
-
AB 93* (Bill Retroactively Changing 2003-2005 State
Distributive School Account Appropriation To $1.4
Billion, And Appropriating An Additional $7.9 Million
For Unanticipated Expenses In Providing Health Care
Subsidies For Retired School District Employees)
-
AB 101* (Bill Appropriating $365,000 For Nevada
Commission For National And Community Service To Match
Federal Funds)
-
AB 128@ (Bill Requiring The State And County
Treasurers To Provide Property Tax Assessment And
Collection Information On Their Web Sites)
-
AB 137*
(Revises provisions
governing insurance payments in settlement of certain
third-party liability claims)
-
AB
142@
(Bill To
Make County Assessors' Information On Addresses of Judges, Peace Officers
And Other Government Officials
Secret )
-
AB
162* (Bill To Loosen Control Of
Sponsors Over Nevada Charter Schools)
-
AB 168@
(Bill Revising
Provisions Of Applications For And Requiring Reports On Charter Schools)
-
AB 169@
(Bill Modifying Provisions Of State Law
Relating To Abandoned Vehicles)
-
AB 180@ (Bill Revising
Admissions And Reporting Provisions Related To Charter
Schools)
-
AB 183@
(Bill To
Protect "Whistleblowing" Nurses)
-
AB 185@
(Bill
Requiring Ballot Initiative Petitions Contain "An
Explanation Of The Effect Of The Petition If Approved By
The Voters")
-
AB 188@
(Bill To Maintain
Secret Database Of Addresses And Telephone Numbers Of
Persons Who Sent E-Mail To Or Called State Government
Officials)
-
AB
193@
(Bill To
Narrow The Legal Definition Of "Contractor")
-
AB 195@
(Bill To
Regulate Internet Sales Of Prescription Drugs To Nevada)
-
AB 201@ (Bill To Encourage Non-Profit Urban Claim
Jumping Associations)
-
AB 208@
(Bill To Require Criminal
Background Checks On All Physicians And Osteopaths)
-
AB 210@
(Bill Requiring Contractors And
Subcontractors To File State Demographics Reports)
-
AB 219@
(Bill To Create Nevada Council For Prevention
Of Domestic Violence)
-
AB 221@
(Bill To Require Alcohol Awareness Training
For Bars And Liquor Stores -- But Not Casinos, Liquor Wholesalers Or Private
Clubs)
-
AB 236#@
(Bill To Promote Use Of
Alternative Energy Sources In Homes)
-
AB 239#@ (Bill To Allow DMV To Re-examine Drivers
Whose Spouse Or Close Relative Thinks They're Not Safe
To Drive)
-
AB 240@
(Bill To Regulate State Charter Buses To The Extent
Permitted By Existing Federal Law)
-
AB 250#@
(Bill To License And
Regulate Massage Therapists, Excluding Therapy Students,
Familial Massages And Brothel Therapy)
-
AB 254@
(Bill To Crack Down On Abuses
In Industrial Insurance)
-
AB 255#@ (Bill
Increasing Circumstances Under Which DMV Can Close And
Padlock Businesses, And Regulating The Sale Of Dyed
Fuel)
-
AB 260#@ (Bill To
Regulate Environmental Health Specialists And Creating A
Bureaucracy For That Purpose)
-
AB 267@
(Bill To Prohibit Abuse,
Neglect, Exploitation Or Isolation Of Vulnerable Persons)
-
AB 280@
(Bill
Making An Assortment Of Changes To Nevada's System Of Higher
Education)
-
AB 290#@
(Bill To Impose
Ethics And Good Business Practices In Common-Interest
Communities)
-
AB
296#@ (Bill Requiring
Hospitals To Accept As Payment For Emergency Services
175% Of What Medicare Would Pay For The Same Treatment)
-
AB 299#* (Bill Authorizing
Land Swap Between The State And The Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony)
-
AB 312
(Bill To
Inhibit Sleazy Land Swaps By Requiring Public Auctions And
Two Appraisals For State And Local Government Land
Conveyances)
-
AB 314#
(Bill To
Require 90 Days Residence For Eligibility To Elected And
Appointed Positions)
-
AB 315#
(Bill Requiring
Sellers Disclose Presence Of Event Recording Devices
In Motor Vehicles)
-
AB 327 (Bill To Pay Physicians And Staff At County
Hospitals Extra For Treating Indigents)
-
AB 334#
(Bill To Make
Secret Government Collections Of Social Security Numbers
And Certain Other Personal
Information And Requiring State And Private Industry
Notification Of Potential Identity Thefts)
-
AB 342#
(Bill Requiring
State Health Division, If It Has Any Spare Money, To
Contract With A Consulting Firm To Analyze "Sentinel
Events," And Making Various Changes In Auditing
Hospitals And Their Reports Of Financial Information)
-
AB 345#
(Bill To Expand
Membership Of
Peace Officers' Standards And Training Commission From 7 To 9)
-
AB 348#
(Bill
Criminalizing Use Of Devices That Can Interfere
With A Traffic Light, And Authorizing Warrantless Seizures
Of Such Devices)
-
AB 355# (Bill Providing
For Judicial Review Of Government Decisions To Terminate
Housing Assistance)
-
AB 364#
(Bill To Make The
State Industrial Insurance System More Victim-Friendly)
-
AB 365#
(Bill To Increase Homestead
Exemption From $200,000 To $400,000)
-
AB 369#
(Bill For Court-Ordered
Commitments Of Children For Involuntary Mental Health
Treatment)
-
AB 371#
(Bill Allowing Government
Entities To Employ Investment Counselors And Making It
Easier For County Governments To Seize Real Property For
Taxes)
-
AB 380#
(Bill To Create Additional
Taxes And Bureaucratic Level In District Boards Of Health)
-
AB 384#
(Bill To Regulate Questionable
Lending Practices Of Check-Cashing, Payday Loan,
Deferred Deposit And Title Loan Services)
-
AB 415# (Bill Requiring Name Of Legislator Who Introduced
A Bill Be Disclosed)
-
AB 416 (Bill To Transfer State Advisory Board On
Automotive Affairs To The DMV, And Requiring Study Of
Business Practices Of Garages, Automobile Wreckers And Body
Shops)
-
AB
418# (Bill To Allow Clark County To Increase Its Sales
And Use Tax To Hire And Train Additional Police)
-
AB 425# (Bill To
Subsidize Certain Types Of Development, Requiring
Applicants For Zoning Changes Hold A Neighborhood
Meeting On The Subject, And Requiring Zoning Regulations
Be Intelligently Applied)
-
AB 440#
(Bill To Give Lyon County Part Of Washoe County)
-
AB 443# (Bill To Change
Election Day In The Cities Of Carlin, Elko And Wells)
-
AB 455# (Bill To Prohibit Candidates Who Don't File
Financial Disclosure Reports From Filing Declaration Of
Candidacy Or Filing Petition For An Initiative Or
Referendum)
-
AB 456# (Bill To Allow Clark County To Transfer
Performing Arts Center To Someone Else; And To Give $3
Million To The Culinary & Hospitality Academy Of Las
Vegas)
Now Who
Could This Be?
-
AB 485# ("Must
Be Somebody Special": Bill Allowing Transfer Of Gaming Licenses
In Clark And Washoe Counties Only, Under
Curiously Narrow Conditions With Equally Curious Retroactivity Provisions)
-
AB 493# (Bill Requiring
Department Of Human Services To Apply For Medicaid
Waiver Under Health Insurance Flexibility And
Accountability Initiative)
-
AB 495# (Bill Creating
More Bureaucracy To Subsidize Purchase Of Prescription
Drugs)
-
AB 496#
(Bill "Streamlining" Licensing Of Cosmetologists And "Aestheticians," And Permitting Them
To Work Temporarily At Resort Hotels)
-
AB 497# (Bill
To Require Accurate Titles For Public
Referendums And Ballot Initiatives, Requiring Review Of The
Title By The Attorney General, And Providing For
Judicial Review Of His Decision)
-
AB 504# (Bill To Exempt
Casino Resort Hotels And Others From State Motor Carrier
Laws And Regulations)
-
AB 532# (Bill Giving The Department Of Public Safety Two
More Years To Find A Digital Microwave System)
-
AB 533*
(Bill Extending The Time To Spend Appropriations Made In
2003 For Purchase Of A State Radio System)
-
AB 538# (Bill Rendering
Many Ethics In Government Provisions Void Or
Ineffective)
-
AB 540# (Bill To
Regulate And Certify Crane Operators)
-
AB 546# (Bill Repealing
Ethics Provisions Against False Statements And "Dirty
Tricks" In Political Campaigns)
-
AB 550# (Bill Allowing
Use Of Affidavits Instead Of Live Testimony In Grand
Jury Proceedings And Preliminary Examinations Against
Persons Accused Of DUI And Drug Offenses)
-
AJR 5
(Resolution To
Make Petitions For Voter Initiatives And Referendums More
Difficult)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
____________________
June 2, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
_____
The Final Days
Failure Of
Legislature To Impose Deadlines On Amendments Has The Usual
Results:
Multiple Last-Minute Changes, Bottled-Up Bills, Secret
Conferences, And Back-Room Deals Benefit Private Interests
At Public Expense
Bill To Subsidize Golf
Course Operators (SB
394) Is Par For The Course
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 6 Bills; Transmits Them To State Legislature
-
AB 50 (Bill Requiring Medical Information In Adoptions)
-
AB 98 (Bill Appropriating $1.2 For State Motor Pool
To Buy Additional Vehicles)
-
AB 461 (Bill
Appropriating $10 Million To Department Of Education For
Enhanced Performance Pay And Teacher Recruiting)
-
SB 89@ (Bill To Make $361,620 Supplemental
Appropriation To Department of Human Resources For
Unanticipated Shortfall In Money)
-
SB 98#@ (Bill Allowing
Per Diem And Travel Expenses For Members Of Task Force
On Prostate Cancer; And Appropriating $50,000 To Pay
Them)
-
SB 311#@
(Bill To Increase Legislative Per Diem Payments
And To Allow Payment Of Even More Under "Extraordinary
Circumstances")
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 6 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 103 (Bill Appropriating $859,140 For The
Development, Renovation And Expansion Of The Southern
Nevada Railroad Museum)
-
SB 165@
(Bill Creating Special Bank
Accounts For The State Department Of Agriculture)
-
AB 35* (Bill To Allow Minors In County Custody To Get
A Driver's License)
-
AB 388#*
(Bill To Shuffle Names In Vocational Training Bureaucracy)
-
AB 524#*
(Bill Increasing Health Bureaucracy And Setting Aside Up To 30 Percent Of The
Fund For A Healthy Nevada To Subsidize Prescription Drug Purchases)
-
AB 561* (Bill Expanding
Time For Fighting AIDS In Our Community Today [FACT] To
Spend Money Appropriated For It In 2003)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
__________
From The US Congress
Sen. Reid,
Rep. Porter, BLM and Ford Motor Co. Team Up To "Save The
Mustangs"
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Court
Overturns Nevada Man's Conviction, Life Sentence For Sexual
Abuse Of Child
__________
From Washoe County
County
Commission's Censure Of Board Of Equalization Member - Part
1
__________
From The US Department Of Energy
DOE Guide
To Energy Efficient Homes In The American Southwest: Reduce
Energy Use By 30 Percent
____________________
June 3, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
If At
First You Don't Recede . . .
Much Of
Legislature's Time Taken Up Haggling Over Different Versions
Of Bills Passed By Both Houses
Lists Of Bills On Which
Versions Are Agreed And Disagreed
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 13 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 47 (Bill To Screen Detained Children For Alcohol
And Substance Abuse And Evaluate Them For Compulsory
Mental Health Care)
-
AB 77 (Bill Revising Driver's Education Courses And
Requiring Insurance Companies To Discount Premiums For
Those Who Complete The Courses)
Assembly Debate On AB 77
-
AB 460# (Bill
Appropriating $250,000 For Clark County Public Education
Foundation And $150,000 For Washoe County School District
Public Education Foundation, Inc., For "Outreach"
Programs)
-
AB 464# ("Cough
It Up": Bill To Tighten Up Tobacco Tax Collection
Methods)
-
AB 499# (20-page Bill Making Extensive Changes To Election Laws)
-
AB 500# (36-page Bill Making Changes To Election And Financial
Disclosure Laws And Requiring County Websites To Contain
Financial Disclosure Information On Candidates And Public
Officers)
-
AB 534 (Bill Authorizing University Board Of Regents
To Issue $20 Million In Bonds For CCSN Parking Facility;
$10 Million For WNCC Dorm, And Increasing Bond Issues
For UNR To $276.855 Million And UNLV To $339 Million)
-
AB 562#
(Bill Encouraging State School Superintendents To
Request Waivers From The Federal "No Child Left Behind"
Act And Appropriating $200,000 For A Consultant To Study
Funding Grants)
-
AB 568#
(Bill Authorizing Discussions Of Workplace Relations For
Some State Employees, And Changing Name Of Administering
Bureaucracy)
-
AB 570# (Bill To
Prevent Issue Of Further Allodial Titles To Land)
-
AB 571# (Bill Setting
Amounts To Be Paid For State Employees' Group Insurance
[Public Employees' Benefits Program])
-
SB 118@ (Bill To Increase Fees For Death Certificates
And Revoke Confidentiality Requirements For Pharmacists
To Release Prescription Information To Coroners)
-
SB 512* (Bill Making A $23.5 Million Supplemental
Appropriation To State Department Of Human Resources For
Medicaid And Check-Up Programs)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Assembly
Sergeant-At Arms Terry "Biscuit-Roller" Sullivan Inducted
Into The Nevada Legislature Cowboy Hall Of Fame
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 3 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
AB 505#@
(Bill Ending Exemption For Heavy Motor Vehicle Registration Under The Interstate
Highway User Fee Apportionment Act)
-
SB 100 (Bill Appropriating $20,000 For Remodeling
Costs Of 2 Offices At The State Supreme Court)
-
SB 520# (Bill
Transferring Supervision Of State Printing Office From
The Department Of Administration To The Legislative
Counsel Bureau)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Sens.
Amodei, Horsford, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend And Weiner Named
As Senate Members Of Legislative Committee
The Legislative Committee
Senate Resolution 10
Appointing Members
_____
From The Office Of The Nevada State Treasurer
"Morning
In Nevada," With Its Capering Mustangs And Bright Sunbeams,
Is Popular Choice In State Quarter Design Vote

(Click To Enlarge)
__________
From The Department Of Public Safety
It's
Graduation Day At The DPS Academy June 2, 2005 --
Congratulations To Our New Law Enforcement Officers!
_____
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Appeals
Court Questions Constitutionality Of 1999 State Of Emergency
Proclamation In Seattle During World Trade Organization (WTO)
Protests
__________
From The Office Of The US Attorney For The State Of Nevada
Oregon
Lawyer And Pimp Plead Guilty To Money Laundering In Las
Vegas Prostitution Case
_____
Leader Of
Counterfeit Check Ring Sentenced To 175 Months In Prison --
Tried To Pass $800,000 Worth Of Bogus At MGM Grand
__________
Latest On
Yucca Mountain Project
From The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Invites Public To June 6 "Informal Discussions On Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
_____
Yucca
Mountain Interest Spurs NRC To Revise Classified Information
Regulations
_____
__________
From Clark County
Clark
County Kicks Off Ozone Suppression Campaign
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The US Department Of The Interior
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Fernley Recipients Of
$150,000 Federal Water 2025 Grant
____________________
June 4, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
If At
First You Don't Recede . . . (Part 2)
Current Lists Of Bills On
Which Versions Are Agreed And Disagreed
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 11 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
SB 34* (Bill Decreasing
Driver's License Fees)
-
SB 107* (Bill Requiring
State And Local Governments To Report Capital
Improvement Projects To The Legislative Counsel Bureau
Director)
-
SB 209* (Bill
Protecting Nonprofit Corporations From Seizures Pursuant
To The State Uniform Disposition Of Unclaimed Property
Act)
-
SB 392#@ (32-page Bill
Changing Taxation of Businesses, And Redefining A
"Business")
-
SB 514#* (Bill Creating
Bureau For Hospital Patients And Charging Hospitals To
Pay For It)
-
SB 515#* (Bill To
Revise And Clarify Sales And Use Taxes)
-
SB 517#*
(Bill Extending Time For Spending State Park
Improvements Appropriations Made In 2003)
-
AB 347# (Bill Changing
Sales And Use Tax Exemptions For Farm Machinery And
Equipment)
-
AB 422#
(Bill To Give School Trustees A
Pay Raise)
-
AB 462# (Bill To Give
Big Pay Raises To Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Secretary Of State, Treasurer And
State Controller)
-
AB 569#* (Bill Changing
Filing Date For Reports By Managed Care Organizations)
(# No
Counsel Digest of Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Senate
Orderly
And Well-Considered Proceedings Out The Window -- Again, As
Usual
All Rules
Suspended In Senate For Remainder Of The Session; No More
Notices Of Meetings, Hearings, Etc.
After Stalling For
Months, "Expediting" Is The New Order Of The Day
_____
Senate
Passes 12 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
AB 98* (Bill
Appropriating $1.2 For State Motor Pool To Buy
Additional Vehicles)
-
AB 109* (Bill
Appropriating $21.3 Million For Education And
Professional Development Of Educational Personnel)
-
AB 154@
(Bill To Promote School Accountability, Remedial Study
Programs And Tutoring)
-
AB 249#*
(Bill To Tighten Up Laws On Unfair Trade Practices By
Motor Vehicle Dealers, And Authorizing $10,000 Fines For
Violations)
-
AB 338#@
(Bill Making Numerous Changes To Laws Affecting
Insurance)
-
AB 464#* ("Cough It
Up": Bill To Tighten Up Tobacco Tax Collection
Methods)
-
AB 560#@
(Bill Appropriating $35 Million For The Millennium
Scholarship Fund)
-
AB 570#* (Bill To
Prevent Issue Of Further Allodial Titles To Land)
-
AB 571#* (Bill Setting
Amounts To Be Paid For State Employees' Group Insurance
[Public Employees' Benefits Program])
-
SB 274#
(Bill To Restrict
Powers Of State Fire Marshal In Cities And Larger
Counties)
-
SB 400# (Bill To
Regulate Off-Road Vehicles)
Gov.
Guinn's DMV Rebate Proposal Passed Twice!
-
SB 519# (Gov. Guinn's
DMV Rebate Proposal)
(# No
Counsel Digest of Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
Debate
Over Amendments To Gov. Guinn's DMV Rebate Proposal
Sen. Schneider: "We
received a book this week it details that we rank 50 in
welfare spending. . . . We are 50 in long-term health care .
. . ."
Sen. Beers: "I rise
in opposition to the amendment because Nevada ranks 50 in
tax rebates."
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Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
"Home
Means Nevada"
Other
States Getting Clutchy About Keeping Their Own Radioactive
Waste
It's "Junk
Science" All Right
And While We're On The
Subject
Radioactivity, US Citizens And Government Secrecy: Our
Glowing Legacy
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Nevada Man
Had No Expectation Of Privacy In Gun Kept In Bag In Laundry
Room Of Shared Dwelling
Nevada
Procedural Rule Not Well Established Enough To Bar Drug
Defendant's Federal Habeas Petition
__________
From The Department Of Motor Vehicles
Computers,
Blank ID Forms Recovered In Donovan Street Theft -- Hard
Drives Being Examined To See If Thieves Accessed Personal
Information On Thousands Of Nevada Motorists
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In
San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
____________________
June 5, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
_____
Legislature Works Through Weekend To Make Up For Wasted Time
73d
Session To End At 1:00 AM Tuesday
Lists Of Agreements And
Disagreements Over Bill Texts
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 7 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 51* (Bill To Permit
Enforceable Post-Adoptive Contact Agreements)
-
SB 100* (Bill
Appropriating $20,000 For Remodeling Costs Of 2 Offices
At The State Supreme Court)
-
SB 103* (Bill
Appropriating $859,140 For The Development, Renovation
And Expansion Of The Southern Nevada Railroad Museum)
-
SB 304#* (Bill To
Create State Identity Theft Passports)
-
SB 391#* (Bill Changing
Taxation of Financial Institutions)
-
SB 462#@
(92-Page Bill Which "Repeals, Reenacts, Reorganizes And
Revises Provisions Relating To Department Of Human
Resources And Department Of Employment, Training And
Rehabilitation")
-
SB 520#* (Bill
Transferring Supervision Of State Printing Office From
The Department Of Administration To The Legislative
Counsel Bureau)
(# No
Counsel Digest of Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
Debate
Over Amendments To Child Adoption Bill (AB
51)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 4 Bills And A Resolution; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
AB 47* (Bill To Screen
Detained Children For Alcohol And Substance Abuse And
Evaluate Them For Compulsory Mental Health Care)
-
AB 411#@ (Bill To
Require Study Of Safety Restraints On School Buses)
-
AB 534* (Bill
Authorizing University Board Of Regents To Issue $20
Million In Bonds For CCSN Parking Facility; $10 Million
For WNCC Dorm, And Increasing Bond Issues For UNR To
$276.855 Million And UNLV To $339 Million)
-
AB 569#* (Bill Changing
Filing Date For Reports By Managed Care Organizations)
-
AJR 17@ (Resolution
Urging US Defense Department To Reconsider Scaling Down
Operations At Fallon Naval Air Station And Closing The
US Army Ammunition Dump At Hawthorne)
(# No
Counsel Digest of Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
__________
List Of
73d Session Bills Which Have Become Law
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In
San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"It's called plausible
deniability, baby."
"I'm just looking for a
little backing from my friends."
____________________
June 6, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
_____
Proceedings Of Sunday, June 5, 2005
A Carnival Of Free-Spending
Legislature Passing Bills
Appropriating Millions Of Dollars Without
Specifying How Or On What It Is To Be Spent
Lists Of Agreements And
Disagreements Over Bill Texts
_____
Assembly
All Rules
Suspended To "Expedite" The Orchestrated Chaos For Remainder
Of 73d Session
Assembly
Passes 14 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 127@
(Bill To Provide Subsidies From Fund For A Healthy
Nevada To Provide Dental Services And Vision Benefits For The Aged)
-
AB 198
(Bill Appropriating $22 Million For Full-Day Kindergarten
Programs)
-
AB 335#
(Bill Creating Advisory Committee To Council To
Establish Academic Standards For Public Schools)
-
AB 554# (Bill
Redefining "Employer" And Making Other Changes To
Business, Live Entertainment And Use Taxes)
-
AB 572# (Bill Providing
One-Time Rebate On Sales And Fuel Taxes)
-
AB 574# (Another "Must
Be Somebody Special" Bill Creating Special Eligibility
For Unrestricted Gaming License Issuance And Transfer In
Clark And Washoe County Under Curiously Narrow
Conditions)
-
AB 575# (Bill
Appropriating $125 Million For Class Size Reductions In
Elementary Schools And Kindergartens And $137.9 Million
To Hire More Teachers)
-
SB 105*
(Bill Appropriating $10 Million For Nevada School of
Medicine - Nevada Cancer Institute And Center Of
Excellence)
-
SB 149* (Bill To Provide Salaries For University
Board Of Regents)
-
SB 156* (Bill Encouraging University Regents To
Establish A Program Of Agronomy, Horticulture, Landscape
Ecology And Plant Sciences At The University Of
Nevada-Reno)
-
SB 357#*
(Bill To Create Advisory Committee On Problem Gambling)
-
SB 380@
(Bill Consolidating Control By The Department Of Public
Safety Over Nevada Homeland Security Matters)
-
SB 390#* (Bill
Increasing Taxes On The Sale Of Real Property)
-
SB 400#* (Bill To
Regulate Off-Road Vehicles)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 12 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 95
Bill Appropriating $71 Million For The Rainy Day Fund)
-
SB 203 (Bill Extending Additional Health Benefits To
Law Enforcement Officers)
-
SB 314# (Bill
Transferring Various Sums Of Hotel And Motel Taxes For
An Assortment Of Museums, Theaters And Other Cultural
Causes)
-
SB 521# (Bill
Appropriating Funds For Closed Circuit Security Systems
In The Departments Of Public Safety And Parole And
Probation)
-
SB 522#
("Blanket" Bill Authorizing Scores Of Millions Of
Dollars For Many State Agencies For No Stated Purpose)
-
SB 523# (Bill
Allowing Various Additional Tax Deductions For
Businesses)
-
SB 524# (Bill
Authorizing $81.7 Million In State Capital Improvement
Projects)
-
SB 525# (Bill
Appropriating $103 Million For Special Education In The
Public Schools, And Scores Of Millions More For Other
Programs, Without Specifying How The Money Is To Be
Spent, Or For What)
-
AB 189@
(Bill To Prohibit Housing Discrimination Based On Sexual
Orientation Or "Familial Status")
-
AB 274#@
(Bill Which
"Makes various changes
concerning sex offenders and offenders convicted of crimes
against children" And Puts Them Under Supervision For
Life)
-
AB 385#@
(Bill To Promote Energy Efficient
Construction And "Green Building" Practices, And
Regulating Photovoltaic Practitioners)
-
AB 462#* (Bill To Give Big Pay Raises To Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary Of State,
Treasurer And State Controller)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
__________
From The Legislature
Last-Minute Changes To Bills Transform Them Into
Special-Interest Treats At Public Expense
Flurry of
Final Days Amendments, Suspension Of Rules Make It Difficult
For Public To Track The Sweating Pork; Impossible To Have A
Say In Legislation
Outrage Grows At Worst
Offenders - More May Be Discovered When Legislators Go Home
AB 221 (Transformed From Alcohol Awareness Classes For
Saloonkeepers And Package Store Employees Into Bill To
Protect In-State Liquor Wholesalers From Competition)
AB 485 (Transformed From Just A Bill To Benefit Someone
Special To One That Also Eliminates Neighborhood Casino
Regulation)
SB 394 (Transformed From Tax Break For Senior Citizens
Into Bill To Subsidize Golf Course Operators)
Nearly
Successful
AB 195 (Attempt to Transform Bill To Regulate
Internet Drug Sales Into Bill To Protect In-State Pharmacies
From Competition)
__________
From Nye County
Articles From The Pahrump
Valley Times
Nye
County's Controversial "RV Condo" Park Seen For Brothel Zone
Instant
City Of "Charleston View" Stirs Fears About Land, Water,
Services
Ongoing
Budget Battle
Nye County
Sheriff's Office A Respected Institution
__________
From Douglas County
Douglas
County Sign Ordinance Controversy Grows
__________
From Lyon County
Officials
Wrestle With Business Impact Statement For Proposed New Tax
__________
From The Office Of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)
Nevada
Leads Nation In Home Price Appreciation: Up 31.2 Percent
From Last Year, Says New Study
____________________
June 7, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Senate
Journal For Final Day Of 73d Session Now Available -- TNO
Updates To Follow
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Another Special
Session Necessary For Legislature To Complete Unfinished
Work -- Fate Of Millennium Scholarship Still Up In The Air
_____
From The US Secret Service
Spokesman
Says Information On Stolen DMV Computer Not Compromised
__________
From The Legislature
Waiting
For The Light Of Day
Legislators Still Shoveling It Out; Assembly And Senate
Daily Journals For Last Day Not Posted Yet
They All
Go Home After Midnight -- Damage Report Should Be Available
Sometime Tuesday
__________
From The US Supreme Court
US
Commerce Clause Allows Prosecution Of Marijuana Prescription
Holders
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
On "Brainwashing" Club
Owner Mike Galardi: D'Intino: "Well, that's an easy
job. It only takes five seconds to do that . . . (expletive)
brain that size. (Expletive) how much effort, how much
effort you gotta . . . you don't have to use any soap."
____________________
June 8, 2005
_____
From Clark County
Voter Indifference Strong In
Southern Nevada Municipal Elections -- Only 12.5 Of
Registered Voters Participated
__________
From The Office Of
The US Attorney For The State Of Nevada
DOJ Awards $390,000 To Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Metro) For Crimes
Against Children Task Force
_____
DOJ Awards $4.8 Million To
Nevada Crime Victims
__________
From The US Congress
Sen. Reid Hires New Nevada
Operations And Legislative Director
__________
From The Office Of
The Governor
Governor Says Nearly $6
Billion 2005 Budget "Offers Roadmap To Prosperous Future For
Nevada"
"I will not soon forget the 2005 Legislature,
and what it has meant to the lives of the citizens of our
great state."
New $6 Billion Legislative Budget
Almost Ready; Gov. Guinn Will Sign It
“I am eternally grateful to all of the
individuals who were part of this process."
Governor Applauds The
Legislature's Work In 73d Session And 22d Special Session
“Together, we have created a formidable
roadmap for our state’s future. It’s been an extremely busy
final few hours of the 2005 Legislature, but I’m happy to
report to the people of Nevada that their representatives
have done good work on their behalf.”
__________
From The Nevada
Press
It Leaves A Certain
Impression
State's Outgoing
Gov. Guinn Trying To Undercut His Own Party's Lead Candidate
To Replace Him
Guinn snub (Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial)
__________
From The US
Department Of Energy
Fire Breaks Out At Nevada
Test Site -- 20,000 Acres Burning At NTS, Nellis AFB
Press Releases
Updates
__________
Latest On Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
"What Difference Would That
Make?"
DOE Has Confidence In Reports Based On Faked
Results
__________
New Additions To The
TNO Reading Room
Documents From Nevada History
__________
From The US Census
Bureau
Nevada Cuts Small Figure In
Latest Report On US Manufacturers
__________
From The US Ninth
Circuit Court Of Appeals
Appeals Court Clarifies Prosecutorial And Investigative Immunity
Rules In San Diego Case
__________
From The Legislature
(As of 9:30 AM June 8, 2005)
Proceedings Of June 7, 2005
Neither Assembly Nor Senate Journals
Available Yet
Proceedings Of June 6, 2005
Assembly Journal Still Not Available
_____
Senate
Unregulated Last-Minute
Amendments Just Keep Coming
A Procedure Designed To Avoid
Accountability And Public Participation -- With A Deadline,
The Changes Could Have Been Proposed, Discussed And Disposed Of Six
Weeks Ago
Heavy Majority Of Bills
Passed Unanimously Anyway, So Why The Pointless Stall?
Lists Of Agreements And
Disagreements Over Bill Texts
Senate Daily Journal - Day 120
(See pages 1-41, 42-29, 51-54, 70-89,
103-118, 119-122, 124-147, 156-169, 171-176, 177-210)
_____
Senate Passes 18 Bills,
Nearly All By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
AB 127*
(Bill To Provide Subsidies From Fund For A Healthy
Nevada To Provide Dental Services And Vision Benefits For The Aged)
-
AB 175#@ (Bill
Appropriating $6 Million For Mental Health Services,
Courts And Community Triage Centers)
-
AB 176* (Bill Changing
Provisions For Money Deposited Into Funds For A Healthy
Nevada)
-
AB 289* (Bill Requiring Historic Preservation Administrator
To Establish Program To Protect Cultural Resources)
-
AB 307* (Bill Changing
Motor Vehicle Registration Requirements And Collecting
Information On Veterans)
-
AB 498@ (Bill Extending Life Of Legislative Committee For
Local Government Taxes And Finance From 2005 To 2011)
-
AB 499#@ (Bill Making Extensive Changes To Election Laws)
-
AB 500#@ (36-page Bill Making Changes To Election And Financial
Disclosure Laws And Requiring County Websites To Contain
Financial Disclosure Information On Candidates And Public
Officers)
-
AB 554#@ (Bill
Redefining "Employer" And Making Other Changes To
Business, Live Entertainment And Use Taxes)
-
AB 572#@
(Bill Providing $300 Million In One-Time Rebate Checks
To Persons For Each Of Their Registered Motor Vehicles
Or State ID Cards)
-
AB 574#* (Another "Must
Be Somebody Special" Bill Creating Special Eligibility
For Unrestricted Gaming License Issuance And Transfer In
Clark And Washoe County Under Curiously Narrow
Conditions)
-
AB 575#* (Bill
Appropriating $125 Million For Class Size Reductions In
Elementary Schools And Kindergartens And $137.9 Million
To Hire More Teachers)
-
AB 576#* (Bill Abruptly
Introduced On June 5, Appropriating Several
Hundred Million Dollars For An Assortment Of State
Government Agencies, Lumped Together In One Big Group
Without Specifics As To How The Money Is To Be Spent;
Immediately Passed By Both Houses Without Debate)
-
AB 577#*
(Bill Suddenly Introduced On June 6 To Raise Salaries of
State Employees And Immediately Passed By Both Houses
Without Debate)
-
AB 580#* (Last-Minute
"Grab-Bag" Bill Of Changes To Unrelated Aspects Of
Public Administration)
-
SB 69 (Bill Creating Committee To Advance Higher
Education In Nevada)
-
SB 526#*
(Another "Grab-Bag" Bill Of Unrelated Pet Projects,
Suddenly Introduced On The Last Day Of The Session And
Immediately Passed Without Debate Or Discussion)
-
SB 527# (A Smaller
"Grab-Bag" Bill Of Unrelated Projects, Also
Suddenly Introduced
And Passed On The Last Day Of The Legislative Session)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
___________________
June 9, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Legislative Proceedings For June 7; Assembly Proceedings For
June 6 Still Not Available For Public Viewing
Governor's
Call For 22d Special Session, Limiting Consideration To
Certain Bills, Not Available Either
(As of 5:20 PM, June 9,
2005)
__________
From The University Of Nevada - Reno
A Step
Forward -- UNR Opens New Public Disclosure Page
"As one of the country’s premier
research universities, we believe that people need to
investigate a number of sources in order to develop informed
opinions. It is for that reason we have created this Web
site. Its purpose is to provide background, context and, in
some cases, opposing opinions, to news articles and other
commentary about the University."
_____
Documents
Relating To The Experiment-Tampering Allegations Of Dr.
Hussein
A Strange Document -- No
Letterhead, Date Or Signature Block; Abrupt Beginning Makes
It Look Like Part Of Something Else
_____
Documents Relating To UNR Animal Experiments
_____
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
Case Began With
Investigation Of Illegal Campaign Contributions
Informant Said Strip Club Manager
Gathered $250 Checks From Dancers And Club Employees, Made
Them Payable To City Councilmen; Employees Then Reimbursed
In Cash
Witness Can't Testify
About Bribing 17 Las Vegas Officials; Prosecutor Can Testify
Galardi Lied About Him
__________
From The Bustling Stalls Of Commerce
Seasonal Farmers'
Markets Open In Northern Nevada -- Your Chance To Purchase
Produce You Can Taste
____________________
June 10, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Legislative Proceedings For June 7; Assembly Proceedings For
June 6 Still Not Available For Public Viewing
Governor's
Call For 22d Special Session, Limiting Consideration To
Certain Bills, Not Available Either
(As of 1:30 PM, June 10,
2005)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The Nevada Gaming Control Board
Gaming
Winnings For April, 2005 Total $878 Million; Up 6.12 Percent
From Last Year
_____
From The Nevada Supreme Court
Judgment
Was Void, But Relief Denied For Lack Of Due Diligence
Guidelines
On Filing For Extraordinary Relief When District Courts
Don't Apply Procedural Default Rules In Habeas Petitions
Malpractice Claims Barred Against Union-Supplied Attorneys;
Must Sue Labor Union Instead
Affidavit
To Disqualify Judge Untimely Even When Filed Immediately
After Discovery Of Basis For Disqualification; Circumstances
Required NCJC Motion
Clarification On Liability Of Successor Corporations
Distinguishing Between Aggravations And Recurrences Of Old
Injuries
Conviction
Of Felony Murder Means First Degree Murder As A Matter Of
Law
__________
From The Office Of The Attorney General
Fake
Lawyer Sentenced; Had Originally Been Charged With Insurance
Fraud
__________
From The Nevada Commission On Tourism
Commission
Issues 149 Grants, Totaling Nearly $1 Million, To Nevada
Rural Communities
Commission
Leads "Tourism-Building Mission" To China
__________
From Clark County
Clark
County Water Reclamation District Takes Over Wastewater
Operations In Indian Springs
____________________
June 11, 2005
_____
From The Department Of Motor Vehicles
Tax Rebate
Program Includes Corporate Fleets, Rental Car Businesses,
Taxicab Companies And Limousine Services; Current Address
Required To Receive Check Later This Year
AB 572 (Tax Rebate Bill)
Question For TNO Readers: Why Was
The Tax Rebate Based On Vehicle Ownership Rather Than
People?
_____
New DMV
Search Engine
__________
From The Nevada Department
Of Transportation (NDOT)
NDOT
Announces Northern Nevada Construction Plans
_____
New NDOT
Experiment
__________
From The US Congress
US Senate
Panel Approves $750,000 Appropriation For Spring Mountains
National Recreation Area Emergency Warning System
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Too Legit
To Quit
Legislature Prohibits Sleazy "Runner And Capper"
Payoffs To Cab Drivers, But Gov. Guinn Intends To Veto Bill
“There was no open discussion
regarding this measure, no opportunity for the public to
give its position on this issue. . . . My hope is that in
the future, we can more thoroughly anticipate the
far-reaching ramifications of amendments that are added at
the last minute to certain bills.”
AB 505 (See pages 75 and 76 for
the "problem" language, highlighted in blue)
How About
A Veto For That Sleazy Golf Operators Tax Subsidy Bill Too,
Governor -- Or For
Many Other Last-Minute Private Pork Amendments And Bills
SB 394 (Bill Transformed From Tax Break For Senior Citizens
Into Bill To Subsidize Golf Course Operators)
Some More
AB 221 (Bill Transformed From Alcohol Awareness Classes For
Saloonkeepers And Package Store Employees Into Bill To
Protect In-State Liquor Wholesalers From Competition)
AB 574 (Another
"Must Be Somebody Special" Emergency Bill Creating Special Eligibility
For Unrestricted Gaming License Issuance And Transfer In
Clark And Washoe County Under Curiously Narrow
Conditions)
Gov.
Guinn's Only Other Veto This Session Was Unopposed Bill To
Combat Insurance Fraud
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"If he changes the law for us, as long
as he's in office, I'll keep feeding him money. We'll take
care of him forever."
Of another San Diego City Councilman:
"When we gave him almost ten grand, he almost s__t."
"We wanted to see if Mr. Lewis would
keep the money, and if he did we figured he'd be a player."
__________
From The Legislature
Legislative Proceedings For June 7; Assembly Proceedings For
June 6 Still Not Available For Public Viewing
Governor's
Call For 22d Special Session, Limiting Consideration To
Certain Bills, Not Available Either
(As of 10:35 PM, June 10,
2005)
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project
State Of
Nevada Expresses Concerns Over Proposed Federal
Environmental Impact Statement
_____
Mystery
Fire Breaks Out In Building At Nevada Test Site -- No
Radiation Detected Outside The Structure
_____
Test Site
Lightning Fire Now 100 Percent Contained, Says Nuclear
Safety Administration
__________
From Clark County
County
Commissioners Approve Construction Of "Mother-In-Law"
Accessory Apartments To Ease Local Housing Shortage
____________________
June 12, 2005
____
About The Legislature
An
Excellent Editorial
_____
More On
The Subject: Working
Toward Reducing Government Taxing And Spending In Nevada
_______
Columnists
Score Backroom Dealing And Last-Minute Special Interest
Amendments
_____
Some "Takes" On The 2005 Legislature
For Our Readers -- The
2005 Legislature and its deeds will be covered in the
upcoming issue of The Nevada Observer for June 15, 2005
__________
From The Legislature
Legislative Proceedings For Last Sunday, Monday And
Tuesday Still Not Available For Public Viewing
Governor's
Call For 22d Special Session, Limiting Consideration To
Certain Bills, Not Available Either
(As of 7:00 AM, June 12,
2005)
__________
From Clark County
No-Bid Las
Vegas Redevelopment Contracts Raise Questions
_____
Clark
County School District's Lavish Digs Irk Many
_____
Cleaning
Up Their Act
__________
From Douglas County
Leopard
Frogs And Sandhill Cranes Slated For River Fork Ranch
Project South Of Walley's Hot Springs
__________
From Nye County
Local
Officials Want Cut Of Skin Revenue
_____
Staying
Alive
__________
From Washoe County
Modern-Day
Dragon With Bad Breath
__________
From White Pine County
Strapped
County Calls For Assistance
_____
Municipal
Election Results
____________________
June 13, 2005
_____
No News Is
Good News
It Was A
Slow Sunday, So There's Nothing New For This Morning's
Update
____________________
June 14, 2005
_____
From The Nevada Secretary Of State's Office
Deputy
Secretary Of State Named President Of International
Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) For 2006
__________
From The Legislature
Assembly
Journal Of Proceedings For June 6, 2005 Posted For Public
Viewing - TNO Update To Follow
22d
Special Session Journals Still Not Available; Search Engine
Allows Specific Queries
__________
From The State Attorney General's Office
State
Receives Final Payment From El Paso Corporation In
Settlement Of Natural Gas Price-Fixing Case; Lawsuit Against
Sempra Energy Corp. Remains Pending
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Appeals
Court Issues Revised Opinion In Nevada Case Reversed For
Prosecutorial Misconduct
__________
From The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Restores 70,000 Additional Documents, Including Some On
Yucca Mountain, To On-Line Public Access In Course Of
Ongoing Security Review
__________
From The US Department Of
Energy
DOE
Announces Merger Of Two Former Offices Into New Office Of
Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability
__________
From The US Census Bureau
2005
Quarterly Financial Reports For Manufacturing, Mining And
Trade Corporations
____________________
May 15, 2005
==================================================================================================
Breaking News
=================================
May 14, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Another
Short Friday; Legislators Out The Door By Noon
Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 4 Bills And A Resolution; Transmits Them
To State Senate
-
SB 43*
(Bill Adopting Revised Interstate Compact For Juveniles)
-
SB 199*
(Bill To
Adopt The Revised Uniform Partnership Act)
-
SB 417#
(Allows Counties To Regulate
Personal Assistive Mobility Devices)
-
SB 449#* (Bill Expanding Burglary Statute To Include
Crime Of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses)
-
SJR 11* (From 72nd
Legislative Session -- Resolution Eliminating 60 Day
Restriction On Legislative Salaries, And Providing For
"Reasonable Allowances" Instead Of "Actual Expenses")
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Senate
Senate
Unanimously Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Assembly
-
SB 78 (Bill Granting Permanent Authority To
University Of Nevada Regents To Grant Waivers For
Registration And Laboratory Fees To Active Nevada Guard
Members)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"They basically were going
to give the councilmen something good in the front so we
could get something in the back."
__________
From The US Congress
Sen.
Ensign Co-Sponsor Of Enhanced Consumer Protection Against
Spyware Act
__________
From The Office Of The US Attorney For Nevada
Las Vegas
Detention Center Nurse Sentenced For Assisting Gang Member's
Escape
Las Vegas
Man Gets Ten Year Prison Term For Internet Sales Of Smuggled
Date Rape Drug
____________________
May 15, 2005
_____
A Look At
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) Pipeline Project
_____
And A Look
At SNWA
_____
For Additional Information
The Nevada
State Engineer's Office
_____
The Nevada
Secretary Of State's Office
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
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May 16, 2005
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From Washoe County
County
Government And Public Accountability In The News Again
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County
Still Hasn't Gotten Around To Posting This Year's Budget, Or
Any Other
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County
Would Like Your Opinion On The Budget They Won't
Publish
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Questions for TNO Readers:
Why elect or employ officials who aren't willing (or are
"too busy") to show the public how they're handling public funds?
Is there some reason not be be open about it?
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May 17, 2005
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From Washoe County
County
Adopts $684 Million Budget For FY 2005-2006 With
"Restrained" 6 Percent Growth In Spending
-- Public Comments Limited On A Budget They Can't See
Public Notice (Doesn't even tell
the public where a copy of the budget is available for
viewing)
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From The Neon Empire
Terrorism,
Money Laundering, And Nevada's Gaming Industry
Nevada's Casino Currency Transaction Reporting Rules About
To Change -- State Regulations Not In Compliance With New
Federal Standards
Gaming
Commission To Consider Options At May 19th Meeting
The Federal Standards
FinCEN Form 102a (Suspicious Activity Reporting and
Casinos)
To Be Changed Or Repealed: Nevada's Existing Regulations
Related NGC Currency Transaction Rules
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How Money Laundering Works
Al owns a strip club with
two partners, Bob and Charlie. Bob sells the cocaine
and methamphetamine, and Charlie runs the hookers. Bob
and Charlie give their illegal cash profits to Al, who declares
that it's all lawful revenue from selling drinks at the bar. Al pays
taxes on the cash, pays himself a nice salary, and then
distributes the rest as "partnership shares," salaries
for "no-show" jobs, or
inflated prices for goods and services to Bob and
Charlie. Now the money's clean, and they can
fearlessly use it for legitimate purposes.
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
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From The Legislature
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Assembly
Assembly
Passes 6 Bills, 5 Of Them By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them
To State Senate
-
SB 31* (Bill Making Minor Changes To Nevada Silver
Haired Legislative Forum)
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SB 91*
(Bill To Give Department of Corrections A Supplemental
Appropriation Of $3,719,069)
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SB 205#*
(Bill Criminalizing The Sale Or Vandalizing Of Tombstones, Or The Breaking Of
Shrubs Or Plants Within A Cemetery, On Pain Of A Felony)
-
SB 261#*
(Bill To Put Snowboarders Under Skiing Safety
Provisions)
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SB 297#* (Bill To Abolish Committee For Protection Of
Children And Provide Grant Money To Subsidize Additional
Bureaucratic Layer For Family Resource Centers And Public
Welfare Services)
-
SB 382#*
(Bill To Allow Trustee Of Tweedledee Trust To Transfer
Property To Tweedledum, Inc., And Allowing The Flim-Flam
To Continue For 150 Years)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
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Senate
Senate
Passes 22 Bills And Resolutions, All But One By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Assembly
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SB 214
(Bill To Create Commission To
Track Quality Of Education In Public Schools)
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AB 80* (Bill Regulating Well-Diggers And Abandonment
of Wells)
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AB 108* (Bill Eliminating Pay For School Hearing
Officers And Diluting Their Qualifications)
-
AB 112*
(Bill Requiring Owners Of Vessels To Carry Personal
Flotation Devices And Lifebuoys)
-
AB 118*
(Bill To Criminalize Tobacco Smoking In Video Arcades)
-
AB 159* (Bill To Allow Clark County, And No Other
Counties, To Expand
Number Of Members Of County Wildlife Management Advisory
Board To 7)
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AB 181* (Bill Eliminating State License For Buyers Of
Farm Products Or Livestock)
-
AB 220*
(Bill To Clarify State Regulation Of
Alternative Fuels)
-
AB 231#*
(Bill To Study And
Make Recommendations On Safe Walking Routes For
Schoolchildren in Clark And Washoe Counties)
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AB 271* (Bill To Provide Palliative Care For
Terminally Ill Hospital Patients If The Federal
Government Provides Matching Funds)
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AB 341#*
(Bill To Exempt
Persons In Eminent Domain Proceedings From
Provisions Governing Real Estate Appraisers)
-
AB 392#*
(Bill Requiring Nevada Tax
Commission To Adopt Uniform Regulations For The
Assessment Of Property, But Doesn't Allow Property Owners To Sue To Enforce Them)
-
AB 393#*
(Bill To Allow Counties To Sell Tax
Liens Against Real Property)
-
AB 486#*
(Bill Requiring Tobacco Companies To Post Up To $50 Million Bond In Civil
Litigation)
-
AB 501#*
(Bill Extending Jurisdiction Of State
Contractors Board Over Shifty Contractors And Their Agents)
-
AB 518#* (Bill
Authorizing School Districts To Provide Minimum
Attendance Requirements For Kindergarten, The First
Grade, And Remedial Education Classes)
-
AB 537#*
(Bill Permitting Resolution Of Construction Defect
Disputes By State Board Of Contractors)
-
AB 547#*
(Bill Making Method Of Distribution Of Tax Revenues From
Certain Fuels More Complex)
-
AJR 4* (Resolution Telling The Federal Government
That Yucca Mountain Is Unsuitable As A Nuclear Waste
Dump)
-
AJR 10*
(Resolution To Shorten Residency Requirement For Voting
From 6 Months To 30 Days)
-
AJR 12* (Resolution Urging United States Department
Of Transportation To Act Regarding Federal Cargo
Securement Regulations)
-
AJR 14* (Resolution To Nevada Congressional
Delegation To Support Bill Requiring Federal Government
Share Results Of Clinical Tests With States)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
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From The US Congress
House Of
Representatives Again Passes Gibbons Land Transfer Bill For
Relief Of Truckee-Carson Irrigation District
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From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Proclaims "Rate Your Future" Week For Nevada Students
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From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Full
Appeals Court To Rehear Case Of Casino Employee Fired For
Refusing To Wear Makeup; Previous 2004 Decision Withdrawn
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From The US Department Of Agriculture Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Nevada's
Carson Desert, Pine, Walker And Warner Watersheds Selected
For 2005 Conservation Security Program
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May 18, 2005
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From The Legislature
More Than
300 Bills Still Under Consideration As Legislature Goes Into
Final 3 Weeks
Will This
Session Repeat The Antics Of Past Sessions By
Suspending Rules And Casting Hasty, Disordered Votes For
Last-Minute Amendments And Special Interest Proposals?
Let's Wait And See.
Public Urged To Start Watching For The
Old, Notorious Legislative "Final Days" Routine Of Manufactured Confusion And
Blundering Performances
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Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 2 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
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AB 249#
(Bill To Tighten
Up Laws On Unfair Trade Practices By Motor Vehicle
Dealers, And Authorizing $10,000 Fines For Violations)
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AB 386# (Bill To Permit
Custodial Parents To Sue To Enforce Child Support
Payments, And Requiring An Audit Of The Child Support
Collection And Enforcement Practices Of The State
Welfare Division)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
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Senate
Senate
Passes 2 Bills By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
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SB 107* (Bill Requiring State And Local Governments
To Report Capital Improvement Projects To The
Legislative Counsel Bureau Director)
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SB 509# (Bill
To Revise Provisions Of Property Tax Increase Cap; Owner
Must File Abatement Claim Or Pay In Full, Triple Penalty
For Claims Deemed "False;" Local Governments In Debt Can
Override Law Without A Public Vote, And Drops
AB 489 Prohibition Against Using Rules To Chisel
Taxpayers)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate, amended and passed by Assembly; amendment
approved in this Senate vote; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
Battle
Erupts In Senate Over Cut In Health Care Benefits To Public
Employees -- 2 Proposals To Modify SB 484 Fail By 11-10
Vote; Compromise Amendment Passes 17-4
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From Clark County
Clark
County Budget: Spending $3.32 Billion With Revenues Of $2.36
Billion -- Expenses For General Government, Public Works,
Culture And Recreation More Than Double Last Year's
Figures
Other
Clark County Financial Information
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From Southern Nevada
Urban Effluent Flows, Lake Mead, And Clean Drinking Water
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From Washoe County
Some
Partial Information On Current Finances
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Other
Washoe County Documents
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"They want money – we want
them to do things. It's called lobbying."
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May 19, 2005
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From The Legislature
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Assembly
Assembly
Passes 3 Bills, 2 Of Them Unanimously; Transmits Them To State
Senate
AB 279 (Bill Allowing Teachers To Informally Critique
Their Supervisors, And Making Minor Adjustments In School
Administration)
AB 299# (Bill Authorizing
Land Swap Between The State And The Reno-Sparks Indian
Colony)
AB 530# (Bill Requiring
Newly Elected Or Appointed Public Officers To Take An Ethics
Class, And Clarifying The Meaning Of "Willful" Ethics
Violations)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
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Senate
Senate
Adjourned For The Day
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From The City Of Reno
A Positive
Step In Local Government -- Reno Unveils New Budget And
Special Budget Page On Municipal Website
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Other
Nevada Local Governments Which Publish Their Budgets
Counties
Municipalities
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From Washoe County
County
Commission, On 3-2 Vote, Censures Board Of Equalization
Member Who Had Requested Sworn Testimony At Meeting
No Press
Release; Minutes
Of Meeting, Resolution And Letter Of Censure Not Available On County Website
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More
Fragmentary Information On Washoe County Finances
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From Washington D.C.
Nuclear
Industry Spokesman Calls For More Federal Funds To Expedite
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
Press Release (Nuclear Energy Institute)
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From The US Congress
Nevada
Congressional Delegation Works To Transfer 547 Acres Of BLM
Land To City Of Henderson
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"Like Mike said to me
today, 'Hey, you took our money. You made promises. Keep 'em."'
"He's a little nervous,
ah, he needs, he needs something to back him up. Ah, like
he, he needs like some e-mails sent to him from different
people."
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May 20, 2005
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From The Legislature
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Assembly
Assembly
Adjourned Until Monday
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Senate
Senate
Passes 6 Bills, 5 Unanimously; Transmits Them To State
Assembly -- Bill To Cut State Employee Health Benefits
Passes By 12-8 Vote
-
SB 22 (Bill Creating the Interagency Advisory Board
On Transitional Services, And Appropriating $56,000 For
It)
-
SB 96 (Bill Appropriating $31,250 For A Contractor
To Update The State Energy Assurance Plan)
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SB 195
(Bill Adding 7 District
Judgeships In Clark County, And Appropriating $335,000 To Pay The Salaries)
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SB 304# (Bill To Create State Identity Theft Passports)
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SB 484# (Bill To Cut
Health Care Benefits To Public Employees)
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AB 40 (Bill To Create, Regulate And License Community
Triage Centers, And Appropriating $370,000 To Put One In The
Clark County Jail)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
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Latest On Yucca Mountain
US
Secretary Of Energy Bodman Calls For Resumption Of Nuclear
Plant Construction By 2010
"The prospects for nuclear
energy are more promising today than at any time since its
development. The world’s growing need for energy… and the
need to expand our energy sources beyond traditional fossil
fuels… set the stage for a revival of safe, clean, efficient
and affordable nuclear power – as an important contributor
to energy security and independence – here in the United
States and around the world."
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From The Office Of The Governor
Nevada
Victims Of Crime To Get $1.6 Million In Federal Funds
“This grant money is a
critical component in helping to ease the suffering for
those who have been traumatized by criminal acts.”
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
On
Closing Rival Clubs
"If I could close this
operation, I can, then I'd have total freedom to do what
you're asking and beyond. And that's not a necessary
requirement for me to support anything you're talking about
but I'm just telling you how you make it happen overnight."
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May 22, 2005
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Looking At
The New Local Government Budgets
From The State Department Of Administration
How To
Look At A Budget
Strike A
Blow For Honest, Open Government -- If Your
Local Government Budget Isn't Posted On The Internet, Ask Why: "If Pahrump Can
Do It, Why Can't You?"
Nevada Statewide Strategic
Plan, Goal No. 7: "Maximize the use of the Internet and
other technology to make government more accessible and
economical."
Some (But
Not All) Of The Entities Which Prepare Budgets -- Smaller
Quasi-Governments Missing
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From The State Department Of Taxation
How The
Budgets Look At You
Something
To Think About -- Local Government Tax Revenues Approximate Those Of
The State, But They Have Nearly Four Times The Debt
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From The Legislature
Legislative Deadlines
-
May 20th
- Second House Committee Passage, Or The Bill Dies
-
May 26th
- Finish The Budget
-
May 27th
- Second House Passage, Or The Bill Dies
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June 1st
- Exempt Bills From Committee And Budget Bills
Introduced
-
June 6th
- The Legislature Adjourns Sine Die (Until The
Governor Reconvenes It)
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From The Las Vegas Review-Journal
New Series
Of Polls Show Differences Between What Voters And
Legislators Want
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
On
Campaign Contributions To San Diego City Councilmen:
"We raised $25,000 and all
they're reporting is $4,500."
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May 21, 2005
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From The Office Of The Governor
Nevada
Hotel-Casino Employment Figures "Within Reach" Of Pre-911
Totals
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State To
Spend $4.7 Billion On "Human Services," Up $814 Million From
Last Year
-
39
Percent Increase In Division of Mental Health and
Developmental Services
-
46
Percent Increase In General Fund Spending
"This is a fiscally
responsible investment, one that improves our human services
offerings, keeps our families healthy, and our state
strong."
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Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
New
State Studies
-
Urban
Impact Of Shipping High-Level Nuclear Waste
-
Assessment
Of The Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor To Yucca Mountain
-
Nevada's
Indian Tribes And High-Level Nuclear Waste
-
Vulnerability And Consequences Of Terrorist Attacks On
Nuclear Waste Transportation Lines
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From The Congress
Sens.
Ensign And Reid Amend Congressional Energy Bill; May Provide
Relief To Nevada Utility Customers
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Sen.
Ensign Co-Sponsoring Federal Bill To Monitor And Track US
Sex Offenders
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$46,000
Federal Grant Destined For Elko Fire Prevention
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House Of
Representatives Starts To Get Serious About Payment In Lieu
Of Taxes (PILT) Program -- Appropriates $242 Million To
Offset Lost Revenue Due To Federal Land Ownership
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A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
Generating
Fake E-Mails And Civic Concern
"We will get a little hit
in the media, yes, they will say what the hell is Inzunza
thinking. There'll be one article. But that's just one
article. It's limited."
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From The Legislature
Both
Houses Took This Friday Off; Will Reconvene Monday
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May 23, 2005
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A
Beautiful Sunny Day -- No Nevada News, Though
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May 24, 2005
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From The Legislature
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More Dead
Bills
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Assembly
Assembly
Passes 21 Bills And A Resolution, All But 3 By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 101 (Bill Appropriating $365,000 For Nevada
Commission For National And Community Service To Match
Federal Funds)
-
AB 313# (Bill To
Provide Revolving Fund To Make Loans To Persons Whose
Homes Were Damaged By Natural Disasters)
-
AB 526#
(Bill To Increase Student-Teacher Ratios In Kindergarten
And Elementary School Classes)
-
SB 15* (Bill
Authorizing State Department Of Taxation To Compromise
Tax Bills Under Certain Conditions)
-
SB 19* (Bill Changing
The Name Of Northern Nevada Senatorial District To Rural
Nevada Senatorial District)
-
SB 36* (Bill
Criminalizing Interference With Or Misrepresentations
About Service Animals, And Permitting Civil Lawsuits In
Cases Involving Service Animals)
-
SB 70* (Bill Permitting
Legislative Committee On Public Lands To Make Comments
on Public Land Matters)
-
SB 81* (Bill Prohibiting Looting Or Destruction Of
State Prehistoric And Historic Sites -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
-
SB 93*
(Bill Making $1.3 Million Supplemental
Appropriation To DMV For Unanticipated Costs Related To
Electronic Payments)
-
SB 131* (Bill To Add Another Member To The Commission
on Mental Health and Developmental Services)
-
SB 135* (Bill Eliminating Existing Educational
Requirements For Interior Designers)
-
SB 138*
(Bill To Chisel Taxpayers Who
Have Overpaid In One Tax
Period, But Owe Money In Another -- See "The Ugly" section
of TNO's
"The Good, The
Bad, And The Ugly" Feature Story)
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SB 169* (Bill Authorizing All Counties Except Clark And
Washoe Counties To Use Sales And Use Tax Revenues For Flood
Prevention And Solid Waste Disposal Projects
-
SB 180*
(Bill To Increase Salaries Of Unelected
Members of County Boards Of Tax Equalization)
-
SB 184*
(Bill To Introduce Very Modest Reforms In
Local Government "Enterprise Fund" Bookkeeping)
-
SB 193*
(Bill To Supervise Donations Of
Dead Bodies For Scientific Purposes)
-
SB 331#*
(Bill To Make State Attorney General Chairman Of State
Advisory Commission On Sentencing, And Making Director Of
The Department Of Corrections A Mandatory Member)
-
SB 395#* (Bill
Transferring Some Responsibilities For Drinking Water
And Sewer Disposal From The State Health Division To The
Environmental Commission)
-
SB 424#*
(Bill Allowing Cities In Clark And
Washoe County Governments To Abate, Fix, Guard, Wreck Or Blow
Up Abandoned Nuisances)
-
SB 443#* (Bill
Abolishing Committee For Public Safety
Telecommunications Operators And Ending Requirement That
The Main Office Of The Chief Parole And Probation
Officer Be In Carson City)
-
SB 483#*
(Bill Dropping "Willfulness" Requirement To Impose Joint
And Several Liability On
Officers, Directors And Employees For Unpaid Taxes And
Penalties)
-
SJR 12* (Resolution Urging US President To Fund Clark
County Sport Shooting Park)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
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Senate
Senate
Passes 19 Bills And A Resolution, 17 Of Them By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 183
(Bill To Give White Pine County A New
$10.8 Million Courthouse - Up $2.8 Million From
Original Proposal)
-
SB 242 (Bill Appropriating $55,000 For DMV To Do
Stolen Motor Vehicle Checks On Registration And
Renewals)
-
SB 265#
(Bill To
Provide Travel Allowance For Legislators When The
Legislature Isn't In Session)
-
SB 369# (Bill Revising
Provisions Of State Judicial Retirement System)
-
SB 404# (Bill To Create Committee On Educational
Excellence)
-
SB 485# (Bill To Extend
"Double-Dipping" Practice Of Paying Wages To Special
Employees, Who Are Also Collecting State Retirement, For
4 More Years)
-
AJR 8#*
(Resolution Requiring Determination Of Basis For Qualifying Ballot
Initiatives And Referendums At Time Of Filing Petition)
-
AB 26* (Bill Providing For Veterans' Homes)
-
AB 32* (Bill Making Secret Public Records Of
"Proprietary" Information Collected By State Agriculture
Department)
-
AB 70*
(Bill Encouraging School Districts
To Allow Outside Groups To Use School Facilities)
-
AB 84* (Bill Waiving Fees For Homeless Persons
Wishing To Obtain Certain Government Documents)
-
AB 104* (Bill Appropriating $67,000 For Western
Interstate Commission For Higher Education [WICHE])
-
AB 105* (Bill Appropriating $290,000 To Buy Equipment For
State Sealer Of Weights And Measures)
-
AB 124*
(Bill To Have Nevada
Taxpayers Pay To Help Hollywood Motion Picture Studios Keep Their
Profits Up)
(see TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 141*
(Increases Balance Of
District Fire Emergency Fund From $250,000 To $1 Million)
-
AB 165*
(Bill To
Allow For More Planning Commission Continuances In Clark
County)
-
AB 337#* (Bill Requiring
Licenses For Services Which Provide Home Care For The
Elderly Or Infirm And Criminal Background Checks For
Their Employees)
-
AB 346#* (Bill To Allow State Fire Marshal To Train
Local
Firemen And Participate In Law Enforcement Conferences
On Commercial Trucking, Environmental Crimes, Explosives
And Drugs)
-
AB 351#*
(Bill To
Regulate Displays Of Art In State And Local Parks)
-
AB 395#*
(Bill To Prohibit Use Of Fake
Diplomas -- Or Face A Misdemeanor [Penalty Lowered From
Gross Misdemeanor Since Bill Was Introduced])
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
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From The US Congress
House
Votes To Transfer Federal Land For Clark County Heliport
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From The Office Of The Governor
More Than
10,000 Students Take National Governors' "Rate Your Future"
Survey -- Results To Be Released This Summer
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From The United States Supreme Court
Supreme
Court Rules Exhibiting Defendant In Chains At Sentencing Is
Unconstitutional
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Semi-closed Partisan Primary Elections Held Constitutional:
Must Be Registered Party Member Or Independent To Vote For Party Primary
Candidates
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Court
Upholds Forced Consumer Contributions To Beef Industry Ads
-- "Citizens Have No First Amendment Right Not To Fund
Government Speech"
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Government
Price-Fixing Of Rents Not A Fifth Amendment Taking Which
Requires "Just Compensation"
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From The Ninth US Circuit Court Of Appeals
Federal
Appeals Court Takes A Look At The Purpose And Function Of
The Grand Jury System
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Ninth
Circuit Scorches Slovenly Federal Wiretap Applications
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May 25, 2005
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From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 2 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-- Day Taken Up With Many Amendments And Readings
-
AB 35 (Bill To Allow Minors In County Custody To Get
A Driver's License)
-
AB 93 (Bill Retroactively Changing 2003-2005 State
Distributive School Account Appropriation To $1.4
Billion, And Appropriating An Additional $7.9 Million
For Unanticipated Expenses In Providing Health Care
Subsidies For Retired School District Employees)
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Senate
Senate
Session Adjourned Until Wednesday
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From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Signs Remedial Education Bill
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From The US Congress
House
Desalination Bill: A Partial Solution To Western States'
Water Woes?
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From The Department Of Agriculture
Nevada To
Get $382,950 In USDA Limited Resource Farmers' Funds
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USDA Has
$15.4 Million In Business Development Funds For Rural
America Available -- No Grants To Nevada, Though
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USDA Has
$5.9 Million Available For Rural Cooperative Development
Grants; Cutoff For Applications Is July 1st
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From The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
An
Interesting Question: When Are Threats Protected By
The First Amendment?
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From Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Golf Operator Sues Internet Publisher Over Bad Reviews
State Court Complaint For
Defamation And 4 Other Causes Of Action
Federal Court Complaints
For Trademark Infringement, "Cybersquatting" And 5 Other
Causes Of Action
The Players
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May 26, 2005
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From The Office Of The Governor
State Tax
Revenues Increase As Nevada Economy Soars
”For the month of March,
Nevada has shown double digit increases in tax revenue. This
latest showing has contributed to a 16.48 percent increase
in sales tax collections for the first nine months of the
fiscal year. Thanks to a healthy business climate and the
booming tourism sector, Nevada’s economy is strong and
growing.”
Tax
Revenues Compared To March 2004
-
Sales And Use Tax
Collections Up 13.81 Percent
-
Business Tax And License
Collections Up 30.49 Percent
-
Excise Tax Collections
Up 15.37 Percent
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From The Legislature
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Assembly
Assembly
Passes 34 Bills, 30 By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them To
State Senate
-
AB 3
(Bill To Conduct Performance Audits Of College Of
Agriculture, Biotechnology And Natural Resources At
University Of Nevada-Reno, And School Of Dental Medicine
At University Of Nevada-Las Vegas)
-
AB 103
(Bill Appropriating $1 Million To Nevada Rural Hospital
Partners To Make Loans To Rural Care Providers)
-
AB 154
(Bill To Promote School Accountability, Remedial Study
Programs And Tutoring)
-
AB 338#
(Bill Making Numerous Changes To Laws Affecting
Insurance)
-
AB 385#
(Bill To Promote Energy Efficient
Construction And "Green Building" Practices, And
Regulating Photovoltaic Practitioners)
-
AB 403#
(Bill To Make Old High
School Proficiency Exams Public, And Appropriating $346,000
To Replace Math And Reading Portions)
-
AB 498# (Bill Extending Life Of Legislative Committee For
Local Government Taxes And Finance From 2005 To 2011)
-
AB 525#
(Bill To Appropriate $25 Million For Innovative Educational Programs)
-
SB 71* (Bill Eliminating Requirement That Interim
Retirements And Benefits Committee Approve Salaries Of
PERS Executives)
-
SB 78* (Bill Granting Permanent Authority To
University Of Nevada Regents To Grant Waivers For
Registration And Laboratory Fees To Active Nevada Guard
Members)
-
SB 112*
(Bill Allowing State Controller To Impose Returned Check
Fee)
-
SB 133*
(Bill Regulating Refunds And Bonds For Postsecondary
Educational Institutions)
-
SB 134*
(Bill To Regulate Communication Access Realtime
Translation [CART] Services)
-
SB 146*
(Bill Requiring Underground Installations To Have
A Permanent Uniform Device To Detect The Installation From
The Surface)
-
SB 152*
(Bill Eliminating American
Physical Therapy Association Standards For Licensing
Physical Therapists And Imposing New Fees, Fines And
Penalties)
-
SB 173*
(Bill To
Increase Homestead Exemption To $400,000 And Increase
Exemptions For Various Types Of Personal Property)
-
SB 174*
(Bill Making Various Changes To Chiropractic
Laws)
-
SB 175*
(Bill Allowing Accident Reports To Be Kept Secret From
Victims If The Accident Involved A Death, A Hit And Run,
Or A Felony)
-
SB 201
(Bill To Revise Articles 1 And 7
Of The Uniform Commercial Code [UCC])
-
SB 218*
(Bill To Prevent Counties From
Imposing License Taxes And Fees On "Professionals")
-
SB 219* (Bill Requiring State Transportation
Department And Local Governments To Permit Operation Of
Up To 120 Foot Long Vehicles On Streets, Highways And
Roads, With Few Exceptions)
-
SB 225#*
(Bill Regulating
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors And Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Providers)
-
SB 226* (Bill To Chisel Workmen's Compensation
Claimants)
-
SB 229#*
(Bill Giving Tax
Breaks To Subsidize Southern Nevada Grocery Stores And
Businesses In Other Selected Areas)
-
SB 255*
(Bill
To Create Another Exception To State Financial
Regulation Of Banks)
-
SB 269#*
(Bill To Improve
Enforcement Of Handicap Parking Laws, And Give The
Police The Proceeds Of Citation-Based Fines)
-
SB 276#* (88-Page Bill To Impose Uniform Requirements
On State Agencies Granting Occupational Licenses)
-
SB 295# (Bill Providing Civil Penalties For Persons Who
Make False Representations Concerning Motor Vehicle Fuels)
-
SB 315#*
(Bill To Impose Additional Bureaucracy And Bureaucrats
On Business Brokers)
-
SB 318#*
(Bill To Create Special Funding Account For State Parks)
-
SB 353#*
(Bill To Regulate Guardianships And Guardians)
-
SB 354#*
(Bill Providing For Increased
Fees, Charges And Perpetual Liens For City Solid
Waste Management Systems)
-
SB 367#*
(Bill Allowing Expelled Students To Take Classes
Elsewhere)
-
SB 381#*
(Bill To Regulate Manufactured
Homes, Motor Homes, And Commercial Coaches)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law.
In some cases, the versions passed by the Assembly and
Senate differ. In those cases, the Legislature must
agree on the text before the bill is presented for the
Governor's signature.)
_____
Senate
"We pray today for the
work of the Senate."
Senate
Passes 21 Bills, 20 By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them To
State Assembly
-
SB 56 (Bill Making Numerous Changes To Charter
School System And Requiring Criminal Background Checks
Of Their Employees)
-
SB 156 (Bill Encouraging University Regents To
Establish A Program Of Agronomy, Horticulture, Landscape
Ecology And Plant Sciences At The University Of
Nevada-Reno)
-
SB 310# (Bill To Mandate Additional Penalties For Motorists
Who Injure Pedestrians)
-
SB 461# (Bill To Create
University Schools For The "Profoundly Gifted")
-
SB 510#
(Bill Appropriating $673,900 To The State Public Works
Board To Pay For Arbitration Expenses Associated With
The Construction Of The Southern Nevada Veterans' Home)
-
SB 511# (Bill
Appropriating $436,000 To Pay Signing Bonuses For
Teachers)
-
AB 15* (Bill To Expand Spending Purposes For Wildlife
Heritage Trust Account To Include Predatory Animal
Control)
-
AB 51* (Bill To Permit Enforceable Post-Adoptive
Contact Agreements)
-
AB 59* (Bill To Require Reports Of Facility-Acquired
Infections To The State Health Division)
-
AB 83*
(Bill Clarifying And Changing Rates Of Overtime
Compensation Paid On Public Works Projects)
-
AB 114* (Bill Exempting Real Estate Dealers From
Licensing Requirements For Sales Of Used Motor And
Manufactured Homes; And Increasing Amount Recoverable
From Real Estate Education, Research And Recovery Fund
To $100,000)
-
AB 145* (Bill Revising Property Tax Exemption For
Disabled Veterans)
-
AB 156* (Bill Requiring "Design Professionals To
Carry "Hold-Harmless" Insurance Protecting Public
Bodies, Or Pay For Their Costs Defending Malpractice
Lawsuits)
-
AB 215*
(Bill To Expand Loopholes In Required
Financial Disclosures By Sellers Of Real Property, Except Pursuant To A
Foreclosure)
-
AB 232* (Bill Changing State Law To Conform To
Provisions Of Federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety
Act; Allows Retired Law Enforcement Officers To Carry
Concealed Weapons)
-
AB 259* (Bill Changing Requirements For
Administrative Files Of Police Officers, And Providing
Additional Protection In Disciplinary Hearings)
-
AB 323*
(Bill To Audit And
Investigate Rate Setting Practices Of Truckee
Meadows Water Authority By Bureau Of Consumer Protection)
-
AB 379#*
(Bill Allowing Surrogate Applications For Hunting Tags
With Power of Attorney)
-
AB 404#* (Bill Revising Landlord-Tenant Provisions For
Operations With 4 Or Less Dwelling Units)
-
AB 407#* (Bill Requiring Judicial Procedure To Determine
Who Owns Livestock Seized By The Government)
-
AB 421#*
(Bill To Turn Persons
Convicted Of A Felony DUI Into A Permanent Criminal Class)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
From The Office Of The Attorney General
Domestic
Violence Prevention Council Looking For New Members
__________
From The US Congress
House Of
Representatives Passes Bill For Interim Storage Of Nuclear
Waste; Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project Fully
Funded With $661 Million
__________
From Nye County
Catching
The Rays And Mining The Wind
__________
From Lyon County
The
Controversial Cleanup Of Yerington's Anaconda Mine
__________
From The US Census Bureau
National
Voting And Voter Registration Behavior Report Released For
2004 Elections
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
____________________
May 27, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Slide
Into The Usual Chaos Begins In Both Houses With Scores Of
Last-Minute Amendments
The Joint Standing Rules
Have A Deadline For Everything Else -- But Not Changes Too
Important To Be Dealt With Promptly
_____
Assembly
Passes 37 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 209
(Bill To Teach English To Pre-Kindergarten
Kids)
-
AB 310#
(Bill Establishing A Statewide Network For Non-Emergency
Information Regarding Health, Welfare And Human And
Social Services
-
AB 413#
(Bill Appropriating $100,000 For Weed Control)
-
AB 514#
(Bill Authorizing Education Department To Provide Grants
For Alternative Settings For Disruptive Students, If
There's Any Money For Them)
-
SB 29
(Bill Requiring Insurance
Companies To Cover Payments For Various Treatments For
Cancer In Its Early Stages)
-
SB 83
(Bill Requiring Notice to Subject And Opportunity To Be
Heard In Employee Conduct Cases Held By Public Bodies)
-
SB 122
(Bill Allowing Veterans To Purchase
Additional PERS Benefit Years)
-
SB 150
("You
Better Be Right": Bill To Criminalize "False
Or Fraudulent Complaints" Against Any Government Employee) (see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
SB 163 (Bill To Tighten Open Meeting Law
Requirements For State And Local Regulatory Bodies)
-
SB 170
(Bill Authorizing All Counties
Except Clark And Washoe To Impose Additional Sales And
Use Taxes)
-
SB 263#
(Bill To
Adopt Uniform Environmental Covenants Act)
-
SB 287
(Bill To Criminalize Parents Who Leave
Unattended Children In Cars)
-
SB 290# (Bill Removing
Restrictions On Las Vegas Centennial License Plates)
-
SB 307# (Bill To Require Counties To Assess Small
Unscheduled Air Cargo And Transport Services For Tax
Purposes)
-
SB 321#
(Bill Requiring Department Of Taxation To Administer Tax
Exemptions Of Non-Profit Groups)
-
SB 326 (Bill To Restrict Government Powers Of Eminent
Domain)
-
SB 335# (Bill Adjusting The Amount, Length And Thickness
Of Red Tape Used To Regulate The Practice Of Cutting Hair)
-
SB 338# (43-Page Bill
Making Numerous Changes To Laws Regarding Business
Associations)
-
SB 368# (Bill To
Promote The Professional Development Of Teachers And
School Administrators)
-
SB 384#
(Bill Expanding The Number Of Employees With Peace
Officer Powers In The Nevada Highway Patrol To Include
Anyone Who Is Responsible For Enforcing A Law And Their
Supervisors, Whether Trained Or Not)
-
SB 389# (Bill Creating Municipal "Tax Increment Areas" To
Impose Additional Level Of Taxation And Bureaucracy On
Property Owners)
-
SB 398# (Bill To Delay
Expiration Of Exemption From School Support And Similar
Taxes For Renewable Energy Resources)
-
SB 401#
(Bill Requiring The Department Of Human Resources To Set
Up Contracts With Common Motor Carriers To Transport
Medicare Patients)
-
SB 410# (Bill Exempting
State Universities And Community Colleges From
Purchasing Prescription Drugs And Medical Supplies
Through The State Department Of Administration)
-
SB 411# (24-Page Bill
Making Diverse Changes To Laws Regulating Local
Improvements And Assessments For Them)
-
SB 415#
(Bill Authorizing Secret Meetings Of "Public Bodies" To
Prepare, Administer And Grade Examinations)
-
SB 421#
(Bill Requiring All Public Bodies To Keep Audio
Recordings Or Transcripts Of Their Meetings)
-
SB 432#
(Bill Exempting Life Insurance Benefits From Execution
By Creditors)
-
SB 444# (Bill Granting
The Gaming Control Board Chairman Absolute And
Unfettered Discretion To Allow Gaming Establishments To
Charge Admission Fees)
-
SB 445#
(Bill Liberalizing Provisions For Restoration Of Civil
Rights To Felons)
-
SB 450#
(Bill Increasing Powers Of Court Protective Orders In
Stalking Cases)
-
SB 452 (Bill Concentrating Powers Of Department Of
Public Safety Over Criminal Records Information)
-
SB 453# (44-Page Bill
To Make "Various Changes Concerning Business
Entities")
-
SB 460#
(Bill Revising Provisions On Teacher-Pupil Ratios, And
Providing Exceptions To Requirements)
-
SB 481 (Bill To Give The Civil Air Patrol A Lot Of
Money And Eliminate Restrictions On Spending It)
-
SB 488 (Bill Requiring Local Governments To Conduct
Hearings And Prepare "Business Impact Statements" Before
Adopting Laws And Regulations Affecting Businesses --
But Not The Public)
-
SB 489# (Bill
Prohibiting The Subleasing Of Certain Vehicles; Turning
Some Deceptive Trade Practices Into Felonies; And
Expanding The Right Of Injured Consumers To Sue)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Assembly
A Classic Last-Minute Pork
Amendment
Late
Change To Subsidize Golf Course Operators -- SB 394 Amended
By Assembly To Cut Taxes Without Mentioning Expensive Green
Fees
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 27 Bills And A Resolution; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
SB 512 (Bill Making A $23.5 Million Supplemental
Appropriation To State Department Of Human Resources For
Medicaid And Check-Up Programs)
-
SB 514 (Bill Creating Bureau For Hospital Patients
And Charging Hospitals To Pay For It)
-
AB 63@ (Bill To Prevent Insurance Companies From
Dishonoring Claims Resulting From Alcohol Or Drug Use By
Insured Person)
-
AB 125* (Bill Requiring PUC Approval Of Subdivision
Water And Sewer Systems)
-
AB 143@
(Bill Reforming Government Use Of Eminent Domain To
Seize Private Property And Tightening Up Definition Of
"Blighted Areas")
-
AB 158*
(Bill To Notify State Employees That
The State Accessed Their State-Furnished Computer,
Unless They're Being Investigated Or The Access Was For
Routine Maintenance)
-
AB 186@
(Bill Authorizing Additional Industrial Insurance
Compensation Payments For Permanently And Totally
Disabled Workmen Injured Before Cost-Of-Living-Increase
Law Took Effect in 2004)
-
AB 190@
(Bill For
New Anti-Peeping Laws, Except For Police)
-
AB 202*
(Bill For Uniform State School
Anti-Harassment And Anti-Intimidation Procedures)
-
AB 248#*
(Bill Requiring 50 Percent Of Tobacco Payments Be Placed
In Fund For Healthy Nevada And Providing For Assisted
Living Facilities For Senior Citizens)
-
AB 340#@
(Bill Requiring
Payday And Tax Refund Lenders To Have A Special License,
And Subjecting Them To Zoning Requirements)
-
AB 343#@
(Bill To Promote
Safety And Cut Back On Sleazy, Unsafe And Exploitive
Practices At Mobile Home Parks)
-
AB 426#* (Bill
Appropriating $5,000 [Wow!] For Unexpected Litigation
Expenses By The Attorney General's Office And Requiring
That It Be Kept In A Special Account)
-
AB 427#@ (Bill Changing
Provisions For Licensed Dealers, Manufacturers And
Servicemen In The Mobile Home, Manufactured Home Or
Motor Coach Business)
-
AB 437#@ (Bill
Tightening Controls Over Manufactured Home Park
Operators)
-
AB 454#@ (Bill
Regulating Home Services Provided To Mentally Retarded
Persons)
-
AB 458#@ (Bill Authorizing Issue Of $16.8 Million In
General Improvement Bonds For Lake Tahoe Environmental
Improvement Program)
-
AB 471#*
(Bill Allowing
Gaming Control Board To Regulate Use Of Mobile
Communication Devices In Casinos)
-
AB 475#*
(Bill Reducing Required Notices Given By General
Improvement Districts And Allowing Trustees To Grant
Themselves Hefty Pay Increases)
-
AB 477#* (Bill Allowing Public Officers To Appoint
Deputies For Tasks Unrelated To Official Business)
-
AB 483#*
(Bill To Change The Timing Of Mediation And Requiring
Arbitration Of Non-Mediated Disputes Between Local
Governments And Public Employees Unions)
-
AB 509#*
(Bill Making It Easier For The City Of North Las Vegas
To Pass Ordinances)
-
AB 510#*
(Bill Redefining "Publications" And Requiring County And
Local Governments To Provide Copies Of E-Documents To
The State Library And Archives)
-
AB 519#*
(Bill To Permit State Department Of Agriculture To
Revoke Marijuana Registry ID Cards If Recipient Provides
False Information Or Sells Drugs)
-
AB 528#@
(Bill Expanding Crime Of Threats Against A Public
Officer)
-
AB 531#@
(Bill Providing Penalty Enhancements If First Responders
Are Injured During Discovery Or Cleanup Of Illegal Drug
Labs)
-
AB 542#* (Bill For Discretionary Tenure Pay Increases
To Legislative Employees, As The Secretary Of The Senate
Or Chief Clerk Of The Assembly Sees Fit)
-
AJR 11*
(From 72nd Session -- Bill To
Reduce The Number of Elected University Of Nevada
Regents To 3 And Let The Governor Appoint 6)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Assembly
Resolution First Passes; Then Fails When Sen. Nolan Changes
His Vote
AJR 6
(Resolution Urging Congress To
Amend Medicare Prescription Drug Act To Provide
Affordable, Easily Understood Coverage For Prescription
Drug Benefits)
_____
Senate
Debate On Minimum Wage Bill Amendment
__________
From The US Congress
Sen.
Ensign Co-Sponsors Bill To End Federal Payments For
"Lifestyle Drugs"; Would Stop Medicare And Medicaid Payments
For Viagra, Other Products
_____
New House
Appropriations Bill Has $199 Million For Southern Nevada
Veterans' Facility
__________
From The Nevada Supreme Court
Judgment
Of Guilt In Traffic Offense Not Conclusive Proof Of Civil
Liability
_____
Late
Filing Precludes Workmen's Compensation Claim
_____
Expert
Testimony On Causation In Malpractice Case Must Be Reasonably Probable
_____
Court-Ordered Mid-Trial
Removal Of Juror In Criminal Case Upheld
_____
Court Strongly Prefers
Challenges To Potential Jurors Be Made Outside Their
Presence
_____
On-the-Job Injury Not Enough
For Workers' Compensation Case Coverage; Claimants Must Show
Workplace Environment Caused It
_____
Court Clarifies Rules On
Custodial Interrogation, Prior Bad Act Evidence
_____
Court Upholds Using Electric
Stun Belts On Defendants In Court, Sets Future Standards
__________
From The US
Department Of The Interior
Federal Firefighting Agencies
Announce Readiness For 2005 Fire Season: Planes
Thoroughly Checked For Metal Fatigue Following Last Year's
Spectacular Air Tanker Crashes
__________
May 28, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Beat The
Clock: Legislature Works Overtime To Pass As Many Bills As
Possible Before Friday Deadline (May 27th - Second House
Passage, Or The Bill Dies)
"Undigested" Bills And Multiple Last-Minute Amendments Turn
Proceedings Into A Cavalcade Of Avoidable Mistakes, Treats
For Special Interests At Public Expense
_____
Senate
The Senate Daily Journal
- Day 110 for Friday, May 27, 2005 has not been posted on the
Legislative website
yet. TNO will update when this journal appears.
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 89 Bills In Marathon Session Lasting Until Past 2 In
The Morning; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
SB 17@
(Bill Requiring Review Of Administrative Regulations By
Legislative Counsel Bureau)
-
SB 18*
(Bill To Grant Money To Owners Of
Wells Which Produce Foul Water)
-
SB 20@ (Bill To Add 1 More Member [From Mesquite] To
The Clark County Convention And Visitors Authority)
-
SB 22* (Bill
Appropriating $52,000 To Create And Fund Interagency
Advisory Board On Transition Services For Disabled
People)
-
SB 32@ (Bill Requiring A Years' Residence For
Students To Get Free Tuition, And 6 Months To Get Loans
From The State University And Community College System)
-
SB 37@ (Bill Requiring Background Checks Of
Pharmaceutical Wholesalers And Nearly Anyone Who
Associates With Them)
-
SB 41@ (Bill Revising Dollar Threshold For First And
Second Liens)
-
SB 44*
(Bill Revising Provisions For Organizations Which Buy
And Sell Goods And Services At A Discount)
-
SB 45@
(Bill Dropping Requirement That Attorney General And
State Controller Get Copies Of Excessive Tax Assessment
Complaints)
-
SB 46*
(Bill Increasing Maximum Assumed Salaries For Volunteer
Firemen Into PERS Account)
-
SB 52*
(Bill To Increase County
Bureaucracies And The Fines They Impose)
-
SB 62@ (Retroactive Bill Delineating Responsibilities
of State Engineer's Office Concerning Contested Water
Claims)
-
SB 64@ (Bill Permitting Conveyances Of Land As Sole
And Separate Property, Rather Than Community Property)
-
SB 67* (Bill To Hinder Collection Of Debts Owed By
Local Government Experiencing "Severe Financial
Emergency")
-
SB 80@ (Bill Permitting Consumer To Put A "Security
Freeze" On Their Credit Reports To Prohibit Release Of
Information)
-
SB 82*
(Revising Comstock Historic
District Commission)
-
SB 87*
(Bill Eliminating Extra Fee Charged By DMV For Mail
Renewals Of Drivers' Licenses)
-
SB 110*
(Bill Renaming Washoe County Airport Authority To
"Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority" And Broadening Exemptions
For Contracts Requiring Public Bidding)
-
SB 120@
(Bill Transferring Clark County Trauma
Treatment Program Responsibilities From State To County)
-
SB 126@
(Bill Requiring Governor's Office To Employ At Least Two
Persons With Industrial Insurance Experience)
-
SB 153@ (Bill Allowing Common-Interest Associations
To Subsidize Mismanagement)
-
SB 155@
(Bill Requiring Hospitals To Tell
Patients About State Bureau For Hospital Patients)
-
SB 172@ (Bill Changing Laws Governing Foreclosure
Sales Of Real Property)
-
SB 181@
(Bill To Allow Counties To Impose Additional
Tax Increases On Motor Fuels With Voter Approval; And Providing Sundown
Provisions For Such Laws In All Counties Except Clark
And Washoe)
-
SB 189@
(Bill To Protect Motor Vehicle Dealerships From
Manufacturers And Distributors)
-
SB 194* (Bill To Expand Control Of Nevada Commission
Of Homeland Security Over State And Local Purchases Of Communications Systems)
-
SB 198@
(Bill To Revise Articles 3 And 4
Of The Uniform Commercial Code [UCC])
-
SB 212@ (Bill Prohibiting Public School Classes From
Starting Earlier Than 7:35 AM)
-
SB 214@
(Bill Creating Commission To
Track Quality Of Education In Public Schools)
-
SB 221@ (Bill Allowing Home-Schooled Children To
Participate In Interscholastic Activities And Events)
-
SB 224#@ (Bill Making It Easier To Void Public Ballot
Initiatives And Referendums)
-
SB 233@ (Bill Permitting Grocery Stores And
Instructional Wine-Making Facilities To Serve Samples)
-
SB 234#@
(Bill To Require
Candidates For Supreme Court Justice, District Judge Or
Justice Of The Peace To Have Practiced Law In Nevada For
5 Years, Except For Incumbents)
-
SB 235#@
(Bill Providing For The Dissolution Of Hospital Districts
In Any County Except Clark County)
-
SB 238@
(Bill Allowing
Utilities Companies To Avoid
Public Utilities Commission Notice And Hearing Provisions
For Many Rate Increases)
-
SB 245#@ (Bill To
Prohibit Commercial Drivers From Driving More Than 15
Hours A Day, Or 70 Hours A Week, With Many Exceptions)
-
SB 251* (Bill
Allowing Exemptions To Front License Plate Requirement On Motor Vehicles)
-
SB 252@ (Bill To Change Date Of Municipal Elections
In Clark County)
-
SB 256@
(Bill Further Limiting Public Input On Utility Company
Rate Increases)
-
SB 262#@
(Bill To
Protect And Compensate Owners Of Outdoor Signs Blocked By
Construction Of Noise Barrier Walls)
-
SB 267#@
(Bill Immunizing
Defamatory Statements At Proceedings Held Under Open
Meeting Law, And Allowing Closed Sessions To Consider
Matters Involving Character, Misconduct Allegations Or
Professional Competence)
-
SB 280#*
(Bill Allowing Certain Entities To Assist In Warrantless
Involuntary Transportation Of Persons Suspected Of Being
Mentally Ill To A Psycho Ward)
-
SB 281#*
(Bill Requiring The Division Of Health Care Financing
And Policy To Study Uncompensated Care Percentages in
Clark And Washoe County Hospitals)
-
SB 293#@ (Bill
Authorizing Money Collected For Pesticide Registration
To Be Used To Control Noxious Weeds)
-
SB 296#@
(Bill To Enlarge Secret Database Of "Central
Registry For The Collection Of Information Concerning
The Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child")
-
SB 300#@ (Bill To Reduce Control Over Unsatisfactory
Contractors)
-
SB 302#@ (Bill
To Eliminate Power Of County Commissions To
Supervise The Acquisition, Purchase, Leasing, Selling Or
Disposition Of County Property By County Fair And Recreation
Boards)
-
SB 325#@
(84-Page Bill Imposing Various Bureaucrats And
Bureaucratic Requirements On Common-Interest
Communities)
-
SB 328#@ (Bill Making Minor Adjustments To State Public
Employees Retirement System [PERS])
-
SB 332#@
(Bill Tightening State Controls
Over Real Estate Brokers)
-
SB 333#@
(Bill Making Various Changes In
The State Regulation Of Cosmetologists And Cosmetology
Schools)
-
SB 339#@
(Bill Modifying Provisions Allowing Tax Abatements For
New Or Expanded Businesses)
-
SB 343#@ (36-Page Bill
Making Numerous Changes To Requirements For Mechanics'
And Materialmen's Liens)
-
SB 346#*
(Bill Adjusting The Legislators' Retirement System)
-
SB 347#@
(Bill Imposing Heavier Penalties For Identity Theft
Offenses)
-
SB 356#@ (Changing Sales
Tax Calculation For Sales Of Motor Vehicles Where
Another Motor Vehicle Is Used As A Trade-In)
-
SB 358#@ (Bill Limiting
Value-Added Taxes By Local Governments On
Common-Interest Communities)
-
SB 365#@ (Bill Requiring
State Emergency Response Commission To Establish
Statewide Mapping System For Public Buildings If They
Have Enough Money To Do It)
-
SB 386#@ (89-Page
Bill Making Numerous Changes To Election, Voting And Financial Disclosure
Laws)
-
SB 394#@ (32-Page Bill Making
Extensive Changes In Assessment, Evaluation And
Exemptions Of Taxable Property By Local Governments, And
In The Collection Of Taxes)
-
SB 396#@ ("No Tire Left
Behind": Bill Imposing Supervision By State
Environmental Commission Over Solid Waste Management
Operations And Criminalizing Persons Who Try To Get Rid
Of Old Car Batteries, Tires And Motor Oil Without Using
An Approved Facility)
-
SB 397#@ (Bill To Allow
Department Of Wildlife To Set Up Roadblocks And Check
Stations, Regulating The Use Of Guides, And Making Other
Changes)
-
SB 422#@
(Bill Allowing Local Governments To Impose Certification
Requirements On Hotel, Motel And Apartment Managers, And
Prohibiting Multiple Licensing And Tax Requirements On
Contractors)
-
SB 426#@ (24-Page Bill Making
Many Changes To Public Works Project Laws)
-
SB 428#* (Bill To Impose
Standing Requirements In Administrative Licensing
Hearings)
-
SB 431#@ (68-Page Bill Making Substantial Changes To Regulation Of
Financial Institutions And Related Businesses)
-
SB 434@ (Bill Eliminating Performance And Payment
Bonds For Pool And Spa Contractors)
-
SB 438#@ (Bill
Authorizing Justices Of The Peace And Municipal Court
Judges To Participate In State Judicial Retirement
System)
-
SB 457#@ (Bill To Permit
Swaps Of Liquor Between Retail Liquor Stores)
-
SB 458#@ (Bill Requiring
Hospitals To Provide Timely Emergency Care And To Study
Hospital Emergency Room Procedures)
-
SB 466#@ (Bill
Restricting Power Of Local Governments To Convey Or Sell
Water Rights Without A Public Hearing And Written
Findings)
-
SB 467#@ (32-Page Bill Changing Public Works Contract Laws)
-
SB 477#@ (Bill
Transferring Powers Of State Legislative Commission To
Director Of Legislative Counsel Bureau)
-
SB 509#@ (Bill
Which "Revises provisions governing property taxes")
-
AB 36
(Bill Allowing For Medicaid Benefits For Some Foster
Children Between The Ages Of 18-21)
-
AB 53
(Bill To Create New "Minority Health" Bureaucracy)
-
AB 109 (Bill Appropriating $21.3 Million For
Education And Professional Development Of Educational
Personnel)
-
AB 172
(Bill Appropriating
$300,000 For The UNLV Women's Research Institute For No
Specified Purpose)
-
AB 175
(Bill Appropriating $8.8 Million For Mental Health
Services)
-
AB 189
(Bill To Prohibit Housing Discrimination Based On Sexual
Orientation Or "Familial Status")
-
AB 222
(Bill To Change Audit Requirements For School
Districts From Every Year To Every Now And Then, If The Legislature Appropriates
The Money)
-
AB 274
(Bill Which
"Makes various changes
concerning sex offenders and offenders convicted of crimes
against children")
-
AB 289 (Bill Requiring Historic Preservation Administrator
To Establish Program To Protect Cultural Resources)
-
AB 321
(Bill Which
"Provides for Nevada Report
to Taxpayers on status of state finances")
-
AB 376
(Bill Creating The Patriot Relief Account To Provide
Benefits For Members Of The Nevada National Guard Who
Are Called To Active Duty)
-
AB 388#
(Bill To Shuffle Names In Vocational Training Bureaucracy)
-
AB 411# (Bill To Require Safety Restraints On School
Buses)
-
AB 524#
(Bill Increasing Health Bureaucracy And Setting Aside Up To 30 Percent Of The
Fund For A Healthy Nevada To Subsidize Prescription Drug Purchases)
-
AB 560#
(Bill Appropriating $35 Million For The Millennium
Scholarship Fund)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
(@ Versions passed by the
Assembly and Senate differ. The Legislature must agree
on the text before the bill is presented for the Governor's
signature.)
_____
Assembly
Bill Fails On First Floor Vote; Resurrected And Passed As 5
Legislators Change Their Minds
_____
One Bill Actually Fails To Pass; SB 115
Defeated In 17-24 Floor Vote
SB 115
(Bill
Allowing Local Governments To Hold Closed Meetings, With
Secret Records, Relating
to "Security" And "Terrorism," With No Provisions To Prevent
Abuse)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"Dude, what you gotta do
is you have to stop that, because they're talking over the
phone and that means someone could be picking up on the
conversation."
____________________
May
29, 2005
_____
From The Citizenry
Organized
Opposition To Proposed Gerlach Power Plant Increases After
BLM Environmental Meeting
Rather
Unsatisfactory: Opponents Not Allowed To Speak At Public
"Hearing"
BLM: "We've always done it
this way. It works well for us."
__________
From The Legislature
Senate
The Senate Daily Journal
- Day 110 for Friday, May 27, 2005 has still not been posted on the
Legislative website. TNO will update
on Friday's senatorial proceedings when this journal appears.
____________________
May 30, 2005
_____
From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Announces IRS Ruling On His Tax Rebate Plan This
Morning -- Vehicle Registration Rebate Not Taxable Income
Great News
For Owners Of Corporate Vehicle Fleets And New, Expensive
Cars And Trucks
__________
From The US Department Of The Interior
BLM Main
Website Finally Re-Opens: Had Been Offline For Seven Weeks
-- BLM's Nevada Website Still Down
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
It's Not
Dead Yet
Statements
Before The US Senate Committee on Environment & Public
Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and
Nuclear Safety -- Oversight Of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
__________
From White Pine County
Local
Government Staggers Under Load Of Debt, Rising Costs
From The
Ely Times:
Message From The County
Commission And County Comptroller: "The Cash Deficit became
critical after the closing of the books for March on
4-6-05."
__________
From Nye County
Conservative Revenue Projections May Save Local
Government From Lay-offs
From The
Pahrump Valley Times:
__________
From Clark County
Problems
With New Property Tax Increase Cap Already Appearing
From The
Las Vegas Business Press:
_____
Coming To
A Station Near You: Neighborhood Casinos Now Big Business In
Las Vegas
From
Gaming Today:
__________
From Lyon County
Mexican
Drug Traffickers Suspected In Motorola Radio Thefts At Silver
Springs, Fernley And Dayton; Additional Thefts Reported At
Reno, Mound House
From The
Mason Valley News
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
"Who wants to go, and have
a lap dance when they're, when they're standing in front of
you and they don't get to touch you?"
____________________
May
1, 2005
Breaking News:
April 28, 2005
_____
From The Las Vegas Strip
$2.7
Billion Wynn Las Vegas Casino And Resort Hotel Grand Opening
Today
Check The
Website: The Place Looks Beautiful --
Congratulations And Good Luck!
__________
From The Clark County School District
Clark
County Teachers Rate Their Administrators
Clark County Education
Association (CCEA) Website
(Searchable ratings available from link about halfway down
this web page under heading "Principal Survey Results")
__________
From The Legislature
Death In
The Afternoon
21 Proposals Killed By Legislature's Self-Imposed
April 26th Deadline
_____
Sufficient
Is The Evil Unto The Day
Legislature Relatively Quiet After Tuesday's Voting Orgy
Assembly
Assembly
Passes One Bill
SB 496#*
(Bill Appropriating
$935,000 For The Las Vegas Readiness Center)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Appoints Ray Rawson, Reappoints Sue Wagner And Arthur
Marshall To State Gaming Commission
State Tax
Revenues Go Higher As Taxable Sales Continue Double-Digit
Increases
__________
April 29, 2005
_____
From The Nevada Supreme Court
Court
Upholds 2 Metro Undercover Decoy Operations Against Charges
Of Entrapment
Court Upholds Enforceability
Of Failure To Appear Clause In Plea Bargains; Allows
Prosecutor To Argue For Stronger Punishment If Defendant
Misses Court Date
__________
From The National Academies of Sciences
Report
Urges New Criteria For Compensating Victims Of Nevada
Nuclear Testing
Related NAS Study
Nuclear
"Bunker-Buster" Bombs Don't Go Deep Enough To Avoid Massive
Surface Radiation Casualties -- Raises Questions About
Testing Them Out In Nevada
__________
From The Nevada System Of Higher Education
UN
Regents' Committee Recommends Jim Rogers As Choice For
University Chancellor
Two Term
Regent Douglas Seastrand Announces Resignation To Take On
Terror Industry Position
__________
From The US Senate
Sens.
Ensign And Reid Announce $55,000 Federal Grant To Southern
Nevada Fire Prevention Association
Sens.
Reid, Ensign Work To Protect Clark County From Flooding
__________
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Senate
-
AB 108 (Bill Removing American Arbitration
Association Designated Attorneys Requirement For School
District Hearing Officers)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 12 Bills; Transmits Them To State Legislature
-
SB 26 (Bill Eliminating Requirement That Agencies
Apply For Grants From State Pollution Control Account,
And Instead Just Gives Them Money)
-
AB 6* (Bill Prohibiting
Infliction Of Death Penalty On Convicted Defendants
Under Age Of 18)
-
Debate On AB 6 From Senate Daily Journal - Day 81
(Pages 3-6)
-
AB 79* (Bill Awarding
Reasonable Attorney's Fees To Prevailing Party In
Contempt Of Court Cases)
-
AB 82* (Bill To Create
Special Traffic Lanes For Car Pool Vehicles, Subject
Tractors And Implements Of Husbandry To Existing
Regulations Regarding Public Roads, And Allowing Weight
Rounding On Multi-Axle Vehicles)
-
AB 88* (Bill To Permit
Possession Of Firearms Classed As Collector's Items,
Curios Or Relics)
-
AB 92*
("Someone To Watch Over Me": Bill Doubling Time
For Courts To Run Suspended Misdemeanor Sentences)
-
AB 126* (Bill To Permit
Parents, Spouses, Guardians And Adult Children To Direct
Care Provided By Personal Assistants To Disabled
Persons)
-
AB 178* (Bill Exempting Attorneys From Requirement That
Notaries Public Not Attest To Documents In Which They Have A
Financial Interest)
-
AB 205*
(Bill To Ease Compensation To Victims Of
Crime Based On Secret Records)
-
AB 227* (Bill Prohibiting Notaries Public From Advertising
In Foreign Languages)
-
AB 243* (Bill To Broaden Definition Of "Securities
Accounts")
-
AB 445* (Bill Transferring Committee For Testing On
Intoxication From DMV To State Department Of Public
Safety)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
From The US Census Bureau
New Nevada
2002 Economic Census Report
__________
Yucca Mountain Update
From The US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Calls On
US DOE For Further Studies And Planning
__________
April 30, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 9 Bills And A Resolution
-
AB 542 (Bill For Discretionary Tenure Pay Increases
To Legislative Employees, As The Secretary Of The Senate
Or Chief Clerk Of The Assembly Sees Fit)
-
SB 71 (Bill Eliminating Requirement That Interim
Retirements And Benefits Committee Approve Salaries Of
PERS Executives)
-
SB 177
(Bill To
Increase Fees In Civil Court Cases)
-
SB 294# (Bill For State Grants To Pay Conservation
District Administrative Costs)
-
SB 301 (Bill Requiring The Director Of Department Of
Human Resources To Plan For, Get, And Allocate Federal
Funds Within His Agency)
-
SB 318#
(Bill To Create Special Funding Account For State Parks)
-
SB 328 (Bill Making Minor Adjustments To State Public
Employees Retirement System [PERS])
-
SB 413# (Bill To Establish Debt Management Commission For
Clark County)
-
SB 472#
(Bill Requiring Parents Who Don't Strap Their Under-6
Child Into A Seatbelt To Take Mandatory Training Classes
Approved By The Department Of Public Safety)
-
SCR 15 (Resolution Commending Those Who Prevented
The Sage Grouse From Being Listed As An Endangered
Species)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
[Senate Daily Journal -
Day 82 was not posted on the Legislative website as of 1:00 AM
April 30, 2005; nor at 9:45 AM nor 4:30 PM -- TNO will
update this column when the Senate Daily Journal for April
29, 2005 becomes available to the public. This is
unusual for the Legislative website, which is ordinarily excellent.]
__________
From The City Of Reno
City
Council Votes To Nearly Triple Size Of Local University Of
Nevada Campus, Claims Eminent Domain Powers Will Not Be Used
To Seize Private Property
__________
May 1, 2005
_____
A
Tale Of Two Cities
San Diego
Side Of Las Vegas "Skindustry" Corruption Case Goes To Trial
Tuesday -- Nevada Case To Start In January 2006
Recent San
Diego Union-Tribune stories:
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May 2, 2005
_____
Yucca Mountain Update
"Duck And
Cover": US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Responds To
Congressional Questioning On Faked Yucca Studies
__________
From The Nuclear Power Industry
"If It's
So Safe, Why Don't You Keep It?": Nuclear
Energy Institute's Earlier Efforts To Make Yucca Mountain
Project Presentable
__________
From The Legislature
_____
Senate Proceedings Of April 29, 2005
Senate
Passes 2 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
AB 91* (Bill
Re-Designating Money Paid To Court Reporters As
"Compensation" Rather Than "Fees," Increasing
Registration Fees They Must Pay, And Removing
Restrictions On Temporary Practice)
-
AB 295#*
("We've Got To Punish Someone": Bill Creating New And Enhanced Crime Of Vehicular
Manslaughter)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
Nevada
Economic Forum To Tell Legislators Today How Much Public
Money There Is To Spend
2003
Legislative Tax Hike Raised State Tax Revenues 31.7 Percent;
Haul Increasing By 7 Percent Annually
How
Nevada's Economic Forum System Works
The Intent
“The legislature hereby
finds and declares that:
1. Section 2 of article 9
of the constitution of the State of Nevada requires the
legislature to provide a balanced budget for the state;
2. As the population,
resources and demand for services in this state have grown
and become more complex, it has become increasingly
difficult to produce the accurate estimates of future state
revenues necessary to ensure a balanced budget;
3. The process of
developing accurate estimates of future state revenues will
be enhanced by obtaining input not only from experts in the
public sector but also from experts in the private sector
with demonstrated abilities in the fields of economics and
taxation; and
4. The most effective
means of producing an accurate estimate of future state
revenues is to impanel an economic forum of experts from the
private sector to make projections of economic indicators
and, with the help of a technical advisory committee
composed of experts from the public sector, to apply those
projections to forecast future state revenues.” -- Ch. 528,
Stats. 1993.
The Statutes
-
NRS 353.226 Economic Forum: Appointment and removal
of members; vacancies
-
NRS 353.227 Economic Forum: Organization; staffing
and other services; compensation
-
NRS 353.228 Economic Forum: Powers and duties;
availability of copies of projections and estimates
-
NRS 353.230 Review of estimates; preparation and
submission of proposed budget; submission by Governor of
separate document and recommendations; appearance of
Governor before legislative committees
-
NRS 353.235 Appropriation and authorization by
legislature
_____
Where
State Taxes Come From
Where
State Taxes Go
__________
May 3, 2005
_____
From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn
Renews Call To Legislature For $300 Million Rebate To Nevada
Taxpayers
__________
From The Nevada Economic
Forum
State General Fund
Tax Revenues
Predicted To Be
Nearly $2.9 Billion In 2006; $3.05 Billion In 2007 --
County, City And Special Assessment District Tax Revenues Not Included
In Calculation
_____
From The Legislative Counsel Bureau
Additional
Information On The Nevada Economic Forum
__________
From The Nevada State Treasurer
Top Five
Nevada Designs For US Mint Quarter Coin To Be Unveiled
Tomorrow -- Public Will Get To Pick Favorite
__________
From The Legislature
Assembly
An Object
Lesson In False Economy
Assembly
Sustains Gov. Guinn's Veto Of Bill Increasing Insurance
Assessments To Prosecute Insurance Fraud -- Gov. Guinn's
Rationale: Assessments Would Be Added Onto Insurance
Premiums (But Not The Losses From Fraud, Of Course)
Unopposed
By Insurance Companies, Bill Had Previously Passed The
Legislature By 60-1 Vote
AB 135 (Bill Increasing
Assessments Against Insurance Companies For Investigation Of
Insurance Fraud)
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 9 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 104 (Bill Appropriating $67,000 For Western
Interstate Commission For Higher Education [WICHE])
-
AB 105 (Bill Appropriating $290,000 To Buy Equipment For
State Sealer Of Weights And Measures)
-
AB 532# (Bill Giving The Department Of Public Safety Two
More Years To Find A Digital Microwave System)
-
SB 12*
(Bill To Create A Motor Carrier Bureaucracy In The DMV)
-
SB 108*
(Bill To Make $87,590
Supplemental Appropriation To Department Of Education For Unanticipated Expenses)
-
SB 137*
(Bill To Allow Any Employee Of The Department Of Parole
And Probation To Conduct Investigations, Not Just Parole
And Probation Officers, And To Make All Of The
Department's Information Secret)
-
SB 271#*
(Bill
Authorizing The Secretary Of State To Issue Fake Addresses
To Protect Persons From Stalkers, Creditors And Civil
Process)
-
SB 456#* (Bill
Increasing Penalties For Slavers And Those Who Inflict
Slavery On Others)
-
SB 504#*
(Bill Appropriating $5 Million To The Legislative Fund,
For No Stated Purpose)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Senate
Senate
Unanimously Passes 6 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 293# (Bill
Authorizing Money Collected For Pesticide Registration
To Be Used To Control Noxious Weeds)
-
AB 58 (Bill Repealing State Fund For The
Institutional Care Of The Medically Indigent And
Authorizing Counties To Raise Taxes To Make Up The
Funding Shortfall)
-
AB 76 (Bill To Allow Students To Make Up Excessive
Sick And Storm Days)
-
AB 106 (Bill Appropriating $862,000 To State
Department Of Conservation For New Offices, Litigation
Costs, And The Account For The Channel Clearance,
Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying And Monumenting
Program)
-
AB 182*
(Bill To Allow Students To Take Their Own
Asthma Medicine)
-
AB 206* (Bill Creating
Special License To Allow Those With Masters And Doctoral
Postgraduate Degrees To Teach In Public Schools)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
Something To Think About
"Falcone had heard the story of a Rome
prosecutor who began the interrogation of the old
Italian-American gangster Frankie "Three Fingers" Coppola
with a brash, provocative question: 'What is the mafia?'
Coppola paused for a minute and answered with a story. Three
people were in line for the job as chief prosecutor. One was
extremely intelligent, the second had the backing of the
political parties and the third was a fool. The fool got the
job. 'That's the mafia,' Coppola said, putting an end to the
conversation." -- Alexander Stille, Excellent Cadavers:
The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic,
p. 99.
__________
May 4, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 7 Bills, All But 1 By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them
To State Senate
-
AB 415# (Bill Requiring Name Of Legislator Who Introduced
A Bill Be Disclosed)
-
AB 542# (Bill For Discretionary Tenure Pay Increases
To Legislative Employees, As The Secretary Of The Senate
Or Chief Clerk Of The Assembly Sees Fit)
-
SB 177
(Bill To
Increase Fees In Civil Court Cases)
-
SB 294#* (Bill For State Grants To Pay Conservation
District Administrative Costs)
-
SB 301* (Bill Requiring The Director Of Department Of
Human Resources To Plan For, Get, And Allocate Federal
Funds Within His Agency)
-
SB 413#* (Bill To Establish Debt Management Commission For
Clark County)
-
SB 472#*
(Bill Requiring Parents Who Don't Strap Their Under-6
Child Into A Seatbelt To Take Mandatory Training Classes
Approved By The Department Of Public Safety)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Senate
Senate
Unanimously Passes 13 Bills; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
AB 16* (Bill To Give
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department An Extra Month
To Submit Their Budget)
-
AB 21* ("Big Brother
Knows Best": Bill To Substitute State Policy For Public
Choice In Compromising Minor Criminal Offenses)
-
AB 28* (Bill Abolishing Bureaus In The Division Of
Rehabilitation)
-
AB 49* (Bill Authorizing Issue Of Up To $25 Million In
State Bonds To Improve Marlette Lake Water System)
-
AB 157* (Bill Authorizing Senior Justices Of The
Peace And Municipal Court Judges To Serve Anywhere In
Nevada, Regardless Of Local Residency Requirements)
-
AB 164*
(Bill Increasing Terms Of Sparks
Municipal Court Judges)
-
AB 166* (Bill Revising Cost Calculations For Offers
Of Judgment In Civil Lawsuits)
-
AB 203
(Bill To Crack Down On Osteopaths -- No
Criminal Penalties, Though)
-
AB 256* (Bill To Create New And Enhanced Crimes Of
Vehicular Homicide And Homicide By Vessel)
-
AB 276#*
(Bill Easing Difficulties In Changing Pharmacists)
-
AB 368#*
(Bill To Authorize Seizure Of Presumed
Abandoned Vehicles By Anyone The Local Law Enforcement Chief Designates)
-
AB 469#*
(Bill To Make Bail Forfeitures Easier)
-
AB 502#* (Bill To
Tighten Restrictions On Unemployment Insurance
Contributions By Businesses)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
First
Trial In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
Begins
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The US Census Bureau
Nevada Municipal Government
Debt As of Mid-2002
-
Henderson -- $510 Million; Paying $23.8 Million Interest
Annually
-
Reno --
$393 Million; Paying $11.3 Million Interest Annually
-
Las
Vegas -- $350 Million; Paying $19.9 Million Interest
Annually (Such A Deal)
-
North
Las Vegas -- $95 Million; Paying $4.3 Million Interest
Annually
-
Carson
City -- $73 Million; Paying $2.5 Million Interest
Annually
-
Sparks
-- $68 Million; Paying $3.1 Million In Interest Annually
__________
From Nevada's County
Governments
13
Counties That Don't -- Or Won't -- Post The County Budget On
Their Internet Websites
__________
From The US Geologic Survey
USGS
Annual Nevada Water Data Report Released
__________
May 5, 2005
_____
From The Legislative Counsel Bureau
Legislative Audit Of State Historic Preservation Office: No
Timely Progress Reports On Over 50 Percent Of Grants
__________
From The US Congress
Bill To
Protect Hunting And Fishing Rights Of In-State Residents
Expected To Pass Congress Next Week
__________
From The State Treasurer
Voting
Opens On Nevada State Quarter Designs, But You have To Give
Mr. Krolicki Your Name And Address To Even Look At Them
__________
New From The Nevada Observer
Political Cartoons Page "Reformed" For Easier Loading And Viewing
__________
From The Legislature
In
Commemoration Of Nevada Peace Officers Who Lost
Their Lives Serving The Citizens Of This State
Legislature Designates May 15-21 As Peace Officers' Memorial Week
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Senate
AB 40 (Bill To Create, Regulate And License Community
Triage Centers, And Appropriating $370,000 To Put One In The
Clark County Jail)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 6 Bills, All But One By Unanimous Vote; Transmits
Them To State Assembly
-
SB 315#
(Bill To Impose Additional Bureaucracy And Bureaucrats
On Business Brokers)
-
AB 167*
("One For The
Toilet": Bill To
Permit State To Purchase Wastewater Securities, And Create
New Unelected, Tax-Levying, Debt-Incurring "Wastewater
Authorities")
-
AB 187*
("Hey, It's
Minor": Bill To
Allow Local Governments To Ignore Planning Commissions For
"Minor Amendments")
-
AB 237*
(Bill To Permit Justice
Courts To Issue Domestic Violence Protection Orders, Except
In Henderson, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas And
Washoe County)
-
AB 464# ("Cough
It Up": Bill To Tighten Up Tobacco Tax Collection
Methods)
-
AB 475#* ("If
I Get Mine, You'll Get Yours": Bill Reducing Required
Time For Notices Given By General Improvement Districts And
Allowing Trustees To Vote Themselves A 50 Percent Pay
Increase)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Trial
Begins For San Diego City Councilmen Accused Of Las
Vegas-Linked Corruption
San Diego
Union-Tribune Articles
__________
From The State Ethics Commission
Ethics
Commissioners OK Political Campaigning By Public Officer On
Behalf Of Candidate Spouse
Ethics
Commissioners Urge Caution On Part Of County Employee Who Is
Also A General Improvement District Trustee
__________
From The Federal Courts
DC Circuit
Court Of Appeals Reverses Ruling With Yucca Mountain
Implications -- Blocks Enforcement Of Washington DC Law
Prohibiting Transportation Of Hazardous Materials Through
The City
The
Overturned Original District Court Ruling
__________
May 6, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 14 Bills And Resolutions, Nearly All By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 458* (Bill Authorizing Issue Of $16.8 Million In
General Improvement Bonds For Lake Tahoe Environmental
Improvement Program)
-
AJR 3 (Resolution To Amend Nevada Constitution To
Abolish Elected Offices Of State Treasurer And
Controller And Transfer Their Duties To Unelected
Director Of Finance, Appointed By The Governor)
-
SB 23*
(Bill Authorizing Disabled Persons To Use
Signature Stamps)
-
SB 24* (Bill To Extend
Period Of DMV Expedited Service Permits From 2 Years To
10 Years)
-
SB 47* (Bill To Study
Athletic Trainers)
-
SB 59* ("Another
Captive Regulatory Agency" -- Bill Requiring 6 Out Of 9
Members Of State Board Of Professional Engineers And
Land Surveyors Be -- Practicing Professional Engineers)
-
SB 66* (Bill Permitting
Out-Of-State Workers Injured In Nevada To Be Treated In
Their Home State)
-
SB 92*
(Bill Making Supplemental Appropriation
Of $35,000 For Department Of Public Safety)
-
SB 111*
(Bill Requiring Employers
To Report All Relevant Facts About Unemployment Claims)
-
SB 116*
("Got Sick? Too Bad": Bill Providing For Administrative Penalties
Against Government Entities Which Violate "Prevailing
Wages" Law, and Limiting Damage Awards Against Employers
Who Don't Pay Their Employees' Health Insurance Only To The
Amount Of The Unpaid Premiums)
-
SB 121* (Bill To Allow
Injured Workmen To Collect On Wrongfully Denied
Workmen's Compensation Claims)
-
SB 192 (Bill Prohibiting The Importation Of
"Alternative Livestock" From Out Of State -- Or Face A Misdemeanor)
-
SB 197*
(Bill To Establish Advisory Council On State
Program For Fitness And Wellness)
-
SJR 1* (Resolution
Urging Nevada Congressional Delegation To Work To
Restrict Or Sell Federal Wilderness Land)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 8 Bills, All But One By Unanimous Vote; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 101 (Bill Appropriating $1.55 Million For
Legislative Counsel Bureau To Provide Computer Upgrades,
Reproduce Out-Of-Print State Publications, And Get The
State Printing Office An Emergency Power Generator)
-
SB 104 (Bill Appropriating
$1.01 Million For The Department Of Corrections To Buy
48 New Vehicles)
-
SB 131 (Bill To Add Another Member To The Commission
on Mental Health and Developmental Services)
-
AB 20*
(Bill Increasing Issue Of State General
Obligation Bonds For Water Systems And Conservation From
$90 Million To $125 Million)
-
AB 123*
("Protect Your Wife Or Property,
Go To Prison": Bill
Making Stun Gun Use A Felony If Not In Self-Defense --
Except For Police) (see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 179*
(Bill
Creating More Exceptions To Public Bidding On Government Purchases)
-
AB 235#*
(Bill
Revising Ward Boundaries Changes For Elections In
Certain Cities)
-
AB 372#*
(Bill To Expand The Powers Of
The State Rural Housing Authority)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Remarks Of
Sen. Raggio On Holocaust Remembrance Day
_____
Legislative Eulogies For
Deceased Governor Mike O'Callaghan And His Wife Carolyn
)
May 7, 2005
_____
From The Nevada University And Community College System
University
Of Nevada Regents Elect Rogers Chancellor
__________
From The Legislature
Senate
Committee Proposes Changes To Law Capping Property Tax
Increases
New Bill
Provides Loopholes For Government To Evade Cap; Joint Rules
Waived To Consider This Piece Of Legislation
Proposal
Unveiled Just In Time For The Weekend
-
Owner Must File
Abatement Claim Or Pay In Full
-
Triple Penalty For
Claims Deemed "False"
-
Local Governments In
Debt Can Override Law Without A Public Vote
-
Drops Prohibition
Against Using Rules To Chisel Taxpayers
The New
Tax Bill
SB 509 ("Revises provisions governing property taxes")
The Tax
Increase Cap Enacted April 1st, Which Is To Be "Revised"
AB 489# (Bill "Capping"
Tax Increases On Residential Property At 3% Per Year;
Business Property At 8% Or Double The Rate Of Inflation, Whichever
Is Greater)
Senate Daily Journal - Day 89 (See page 3 for waiver of
rules signed by Sen. Raggio and Assembly Speaker Perkins)
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 3 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
SB 68* (Bill To Expand
Regulation Of Refractive Eye Surgery)
SB 202* (Bill Revising Method For Calculation Of
Contingent School Days)
SB 286#*
(Bill Encouraging Construction Of
A Trade School In Clark County)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From The State Department Of Agriculture
Warning To
The Public:
To Make Their First
Appearance At Evans Creek Today
_____
From The State Treasurer's Office
Nevada's
Final State Quarter Designs Can Now Be Viewed Without Having
To Give Your Name And Address
__________
From The US Department Of Agriculture
Announcement Of Final Rule On Conservation Of Roadless Areas
Under US Forest Service Administration
__________
From The US Congress
Sens.
Reid, Ensign Announce USDA To Make $17.5 Million Loan For
Finance Pahrump Hospital
_____
Rep.
Porter Announces Availability Of Funds For Nevada Cancer
Institute And Similar Organizations
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Governor
Guinn To Hold Special Ceremony At Signing Of Vehicular
Manslaughter Bill
AB 295
("We've Got To Punish Someone": Bill Creating New And Enhanced Crime Of Vehicular
Manslaughter)
__________
From The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Guilty
Verdict In Nevada Firearms Possession Case Overturned For
Prosecutorial Misconduct
__________
From Clark County
Clark
County Official Honored For Public Works Emergency
Management Skills
__________
May 8, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Why Our
Elected Officials Aren't Considering A Tax Roll-Back
Nearly $3
Billion Worth Of Ideas On How To Spend The People's Money
The 48
Biggest Legislative Appropriations Proposals, Ranked
In Descending Order
-
SB 2 Funding Education to the National Average
$1,340,000,000
-
SB 284 Education Appropriations $646,262,199
-
AB 559 Increase Salaries for State Employees
$109,485,169
-
AB 389 Millennium Scholarship Fund (plus $7.6
million each year from Abandoned Property Trust Fund)
(See
AB 560) $100,000,000
-
AB 198 Full-Day Kindergarten $71,952,821
-
SB 95 Rainy Day Fund Appropriations $71,000,000*
-
AB 60 Stipends and Signing Bonuses for Educational
Personnel $52,845,395
-
AB 175 Mental Health Services $35,782,012
-
AB 525 Innovative Educational Programs $25,000,000*
-
AB 412 Judicial Retirement Fund $24,649,522*
-
AB 204 State Capital Improvement Projects
$24,314,772#*
-
AB 559 Increase Salaries for State Employees
$23,350,656
-
SB 179 Department Of Public Safety Peace Officer
Salaries [From The State Highway Fund] $22,655,000*
-
AB 109 Education and Professional Development of
Educational Personnel $21,338,889
-
SB 370 Nevada Cancer Institute $20,000,000
-
SB 179 Department Of Public Safety Peace Officer
Salaries [From The General Fund] $19,622,000*
-
AB 405 Transportation Technology Center at Community
College of Southern Nevada $19,000,000
-
AB 434 Water Resource Projects $16,000,000
-
AB 549 Mental Health Services Support $15,619,337
-
AB 253 Interbasin Transfer of Water Adjudication
Fund $15,000,000
-
SB 501 Clark County Voting Machines $15,000,000
-
AB 335 Education technology, Other $13,757,480
-
AB 154 School Accountability, Remedial Study
Programs and Tutoring $13,192,983
-
SB 406 Career and Technical Education $12,000,000
-
SB 94 Restore Contingency Fund Balance $12,000,000#*
-
SB 502 Offender Tracking Information System
$11,109,514*
-
SB 158 Create Nevada Economic Development Fund
$10,000,000
-
AB 461 Performance Pay Enhancement - Education
$10,000,000
-
SB 1 Cost of Legislative Session $10,000,000#*
-
SB 105 Nevada School of Medicine - Nevada Cancer
Institute $10,000,000*
-
AB 4 Full-Day Kindergarten For Certain Schools
$9,330,000
-
SB 106 New Court Facility in White Pine County
(introduced on behalf of the Department of
Administration) (See
SB 183) $8,000,000*
-
AB 439 Job Corps Center $6,000,000
-
AB 391 Classroom Supplies $5,645,000
-
AB 349 Division of Water Resources Information
Technology $5,000,000
-
SB 504 Legislative Fund $5,000,000#
-
AB 520 Homeless Persons $4,582,610
-
AB 459 Henderson Hospice $4,000,000
-
SB 499 Easter Seals Facility $4,000,000
-
SB 91 Department of Corrections Supplemental
Appropriation $3,494,384*
-
SB 90 Desert Regional Center-Emergency Hospital
Annex and Rural Clinics Supplemental Appropriations
$3,214,280*
-
AB 311 Sound Barrier for Highway 95 $3,200,000
-
SB 497 Wildfire Protection Plans $2,546,775
-
AB 336 Brochures for Reporting Test Scores
$2,400,000*
-
SB 372 Ely Juvenile Detention Facility $2,200,000
-
AB 41 Clark County Mental Health Court $2,000,000
-
AB 300 Rent Assistance for Low-Income Families
$2,000,000
-
SB 94 Restore Contingency Fund Balance $2,000,000#*
Total Of
All Appropriations Proposals $2.952 Billion
Budgeted
Proposals $259.7 Million
Unbudgeted
Proposals $2.692 Billion
Source: Nevada Taxpayers
Association, Legislative Report, Issue 13 (May 5, 2005)
(* In Governor Guinn's
Proposed Budget)
(# Already passed by both
Houses of the Legislature)
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
May 9, 2005
_____
From The City Of Reno
Helping To
Make Democracy Meaningless
Reno City
Council Meets Today To Consider Departmental Budgets:
Budget Proposals And Supporting Documents Not Posted On
Website; Public Comment Restricted
Want To
See The Proposed Budget?
Concerned Citizens Can Find A
Parking Space Downtown, Walk Over To City Hall, Pay The Copy
Costs Themselves And Maybe Pick Up Part Of A City Worker's Salary
_____
Reno
Redevelopment Agency Reportedly $40 Million In Debt And Paying $5.2
Million (13%) Interest Annually -- Did They Put It On A
Credit Card?
Annual RRA
Revenue Doesn't Even Cover Debt Service Charges
Reno
Redevelopment Agency Website (Where you won't find their
departmental budget or anything about their debts)
__________
May 10, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Unanimously Passes 5 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
SB 27* (Bill Increasing
The Number of Alternative Jurors In Criminal Cases)
-
SB 164*
(Bill To Conceal Personal
Information In Paternity Cases)
-
SB 257#* (Bill Eliminating The Annual Register Of The
State Board Of Accountants And Making Other Changes In
Existing Law)
-
SB 266#*
(Bill Permitting Recommencement Of Civil Lawsuits
Dismissed For Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction)
-
SB 278#*
(Bill To Prohibit Misrepresentations
Of Qualifications By Safety And Health Managers -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
_____
Senate
Senate
Unanimously Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Assembly
-
AB 234* (Bill Revising Laws on Anatomical Gifts)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
May 11, 2005
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From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 7 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 114 (Bill Exempting Real Estate Dealers From
Licensing Requirements For Sales Of Used Motor And
Manufactured Homes; And Increasing Amount Recoverable
From Real Estate Education, Research And Recovery Fund
To $100,000)
-
AB 493# (Bill Requiring
Department Of Human Services To Apply For Medicaid
Waiver Under Health Insurance Flexibility And
Accountability Initiative)
-
SB 130* (Bill Allowing State Department Of
Information Technology Director To Permanently Classify
Public Records As Secret)
-
SB 210* (Bill Providing For Taxation And
Privatization Of County Telephone Systems, Eliminating
Existing Public Bidding Requirement If Sold)
-
SB 243* (Bill Setting Maximum Operating Periods For
Clark County Taxis)
-
SB 250* (Bill Extensively Revising Licensing And
Qualification Requirements For Dentists And Oral
Hygienists)
-
SB 408#*
(Bill To Assist Virgin Valley Water District In
Collecting
Taxes And Water Charges)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
From The Nevada Public School System
Seven
Nevada Schools Make Newsweek Magazine's Top 1,000 US
High Schools -- Top School Is In Clark, Other 6 Are In
Washoe County
-
#272 Green Valley HS,
Henderson
-
#436, McQueen HS, Reno
-
#467 Galena HS, Reno
-
#652 Reno HS, Reno
-
#861 Wooster HS, Reno
-
#864 Sparks HS, Sparks
-
#880, Incline HS,
Incline Village
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Opening
Arguments In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Trial
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Documents Scandal
State
Releases More Incriminating E-Mails, Chronology
Chronology
(With hyperlinks to each e-mail
message)
____
Statement
Of NWTRB Chairman Garrick At House Subcommittee Hearings
April 5th
__________
From The US Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Federal
Appeals Court Finds Nevada Supreme Court Consistent In
Applying Habeas Corpus Deadlines
__________
From The Citizenry
Citizen's
Group Organizes Opposition To Proposed Nevada Legislative
Restrictions On Ballot Initiatives And Referendums
__________
From Washoe County
Washoe
County Commission Asks For Public Input On Charter
Communications, Inc.'s Cable TV Monopoly, Expired Since 2003
But Extended For Research, Negotiations And Public Comment
__________
From The US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Brownfield Grants Go To 3 Nevada Agencies
__________
From The US Forest Service
Lake Tahoe
Federal Advisory Committee And Federal Interagency
Partnership To Discuss Restoration Projects May 18th
_____
Feds Seek
Public Input To Shape Lake Tahoe Off-Road Vehicle Regulation
Grants
__________
From The US Census Bureau
Nevada
2002 Economic Census Report
__________
May 12, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
Senate
Senate
Passes 21 Bills And A Resolution, All But 2 By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 32 (Bill Requiring A Years' Residence For
Students To Get Free Tuition, And 6 Months To Get Loans
From The State University And Community College System)
-
SB 102 (Bill Appropriating $60,000 For The
Department Of Veterans' Services To Build A Shelter For
State Vehicles)
-
SB 341#
(Bill To Watch Sex Offenders Very, Very Closely)
-
SB 380
(Bill Consolidating Control By The Department Of Public
Safety Over Nevada Homeland Security Matters)
-
AB 67* (Bill
Authorizing Department Of Taxation To Suspend Or Revoke
Business Licenses For Noncompliance With Laws And
Regulations)
-
AB 68*
(Bill Authorizing Department Of Taxation
To Deny Business Licenses And Permits Of Persons Who Owe
Taxes)
-
AB 78* (Bill Making Changes To The Administration Of
Decedent's Estates)
-
AB 89* (Bill Providing Alternative Places To Register
To Vote)
-
AB 163* (Bill Allowing Mining Operators To File
Amended Reports Of Gross Yield And Proceeds Without
Having To Show Good Cause)
-
AB 257* (Bill To Prevent Financial Institutions From
Making Loans Secured By Social Security Payments)
-
AB 278* (Bill Enlarging The Circumstances Under Which
A Tenant May Terminate A Lease)
-
AB 292#*
(Bill Requiring Earlier Filing Of Mining Reports On
Estimated Gross Yield, Net Proceeds And Royalties)
-
AB 381#*
(Bill Authorizing Use Of Center Turn Lanes)
-
AB 436#*
(Bill Requiring Tobacco Manufacturers To Deposit Money
In State Escrow Accounts Or Face A Gross Misdemeanor And
Fines)
-
AB 468* (Bill To Increase Arbitration And Streamline
Processing Of Civil Lawsuits)
-
AB 470#* (Bill To Do Without Corroboration Requirement In
Prosecutions For Inveigling, Enticing Or Taking Away Persons
For Prostitution ["Anti-Pimp Bill"])
-
AB 473#* (Bill
Eliminating Add-On Penalties For Failure To Pay Child
Support Where The Payor Is Not At Fault)
-
AB 503#* (Bill Giving
Department Of Taxation More Time To Determine
Deficiencies)
-
AB 507#* (Bill Changing Nevada Statutes To Use
"Firefighter" Instead Of "Fireman")
-
AB 527#* (Bill To Change
Name Of "University And Community College System Of
Nevada" To "Nevada System Of Higher Education")
-
AB 555#* (Bill Changing
Provisions Regulating Medical Professionals)
-
AJR 16* (Resolution To Allow For Sales And Use Tax
Exemptions [Tax Holidays])
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
____________________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
_____
Faked Documents Scandal
Nevada
Congressional Delegation Stonewalled By US Secretary Of
Energy Bodman
"My Mind
Is Made Up; Don't Confuse Me With The Facts" -- An
Unsatisfactory Dialogue With An Industry Puppet
_____
Perils Of Shipping Nuclear Waste
Up To
4,000 Casualties And $10 Billion Cleanup If One Untested
Nuclear Storage Cask Is Breached -- Thousands Planned To Be
Shipped To Yucca Mountain
_____
The Legislature On Yucca Mountain
Joint
Conference Of Nevada Legislative Committees Halve State
Budget To Fight Yucca Mountain Dump Project; At Same Time
Seek To Double Legislative Salaries
Cutting
Nevada Anti-Nuclear Budget In Half
-
-
Minutes of Interim Finance Committee Meeting For May 6, 2005
Unavailable; Same For Meetings
Since March 2005
-
-
While Seeking To Increase Legislative
Salaries
-
SJR 11* (From 72nd
Legislative Session -- Resolution Eliminating 60 Day
Restriction On Legislative Salaries, And Providing For
"Reasonable Allowances" Instead Of "Actual Expenses")
-
(* Previously passed by
State Senate)
____________________
From The State Gaming Control Board
Record
Billion Dollar Gambling Rake Reported For March 2005 -- Up
10.91 Percent From Last Year
State Percentage Fees Up
8.54 Percent In April
____________________
From The Neon Empire
Caesar's
Entertainment Inc. To Sell Reno Hilton To Grand Sierra
Resort Corp. For $150 Million
Press Release (Caesar's Entertainment, Inc.)
____________________
New Legislative Audit
Inadequate
Documentation, Student Loans Went Uncollected: 35 Delinquent
Borrowers Got $600,000
____________________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
____________________
From The Homeland Security Division Of The Idaho National
Laboratory
New
Government Scanners Sniff Out Cash; Will Detect
Denominations, Serial Numbers For Federal Purposes
____________________
May 13, 2005
_____
From The US Defense Department
DoD Plans
To Close Hawthorne Army Depot; Reduce Forces At Fallon Naval
Air Station, Nevada Air Guard (Reno); To Bolster Nellis AFB
Activity
____________________
From The Nevada Supreme Court
Supreme
Court Clarifies Circumstances In Which DUI Tests May Be
Administered
Opening
The Door: Court Upholds Use Of Prior Bad Acts To
Counter Defendant's Misleading Character Evidence
__________
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 10 Bills And A Resolution, 9 Of Them By Unanimous
Vote; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 438# (Bill Revising
Eligibility And Costs For PERS Benefits)
-
SB 3* (Bill Increasing
Civil Penalties For Violations Of Public Utilities
Commission Regulations Pertaining To Federal Natural Gas
Pipeline Safety Act)
-
SB 16*
(Bill To Spend Up To $250,000 A Year To Clean Up
Petroleum Spills, And Eliminating Required Notice For
Safety Rules Adopted By Regulation Of Liquefied
Petroleum Gas Board)
-
SB 21* (Bill Allowing
Client, Guardian Or Parent To Help Prepare Plans For
Individualized Treatment Of Mentally Ill And Mentally
Retarded Patients)
-
SB 30* (Bill Allowing
Local Governments To Increase Taxes On Telephone Service
To Enhance 911 Emergency Service Program)
-
SB 35* (Bill To Increase Tax On Inter-County Water
Transfers And Redesignate Tax As A Fee)
-
SB 77* (Bill Modifying Provisions For Counseling
Persons Convicted Of Domestic Battery, And Creating A
Centralized Network To Receive Court Reports On
Counseling)
-
SB 90*
(Bill Appropriating $2.89 Million For
Unanticipated Expenses Of Desert Regional Center And
Rural Clinics)
-
SB 136* (Bill To Allow Out-Of-State Law Enforcement
Officers To Act In Nevada Within 5 Miles Of The Colorado
River)
-
SB 442#*
(Bill Requiring Appointment Of Judges Of Equal
Rank To Serve On Judicial Discipline Commission When
Complaint Is Made Against A Municipal Court Judge Or Justice
Of The Peace)
-
SJR 13*
(Resolution Urging Congress To Preserve Community
Services Block Grant Program)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(* Previously passed by
State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it, it becomes law)
__________
Latest On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump Project
Hobson's
Choice: House Subcommittee Approves $10 Million To
Transport Nuclear Waste To DOE Interim Storage Facility, But
Not Giving Up On Yucca Dump Project
Press Release (See Department Of
Energy Section)
_____
Public
Interest Group Loses Case To View US Energy Task Force
Records
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Governor
Defends $300 Million Tax Rebate Plan Against Legislative Criticism And
Spending Proposals
_____
Help For
The 49th Smartest State?
Gov. Guinn
Urges Legislature To Pass Bill To Create Committee On
Educational Excellence -- Comment: Let's Get Something That
Works
SB 404 (Bill To Create Committee On Educational
Excellence)
Questions For TNO Readers: How Much Does It Cost To
Properly Educate A Child? What Can Be Learned From
These Top Nevada High Schools?
-
#272 Green Valley HS,
Henderson
-
#436, McQueen HS, Reno
-
#467 Galena HS, Reno
-
#652 Reno HS, Reno
-
#861 Wooster HS, Reno
-
#864 Sparks HS, Sparks
-
#880, Incline HS,
Incline Village
__________
From The US Congress
Department
Of Homeland Security To Recognize Nevada Tourist Population
As Preparedness Funding Factor
Clark
County Sheriff Praises Passage Of Gang Violence Bill By US
House Of Representatives
__________
From The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal
Grant Money Available For River Corridor And Wetlands
Restoration Projects, But Nevada Apparently Doesn't Have Any
In Mind
__________
A
Tale Of Two Cities
Latest In San Diego-Las Vegas Political Corruption Case
San Diego
Union-Tribune Coverage
__________
From New York City
Informant In Las Vegas-Linked
NYPD Hit Men Case Is Father Of Respected NYC Judge
____________________
April 15, 2005
Breaking News
April 13, 2005
_____
Smaller
School Districts Increase Graduation Rate, National Study
Finds
__________
From The Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 11 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 21
(Bill To Clog The Courts And Jails By Eliminating The
Right Of Choice To Compromise Criminal Charges) (see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 26 (Bill Providing For Veterans' Homes)
-
AB 64
(Bill To Exempt Elected Supervisor
Of Conservation District From Requirement To File
Statement Of Financial Disclosure; And Broaden Financial
Disclosure Requirements)
(see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 89 (Bill Providing Alternative Places To Register
To Vote)
-
AB 92
("Someone To Watch Over Me": Bill Doubling Time To Run Suspended Misdemeanor Sentences)
-
AB 106 (Bill Appropriating $862,000 For The
Department Of Conservation And Natural Resources)
-
AB 112
(Bill Requiring Owners Of Vessels To Carry Personal
Flotation Devices And Lifebuoys)
-
AB 124
(Bill To Have Nevada
Taxpayers Pay To Help Hollywood Motion Picture Studios Keep Their
Profits Up)
(see TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 159 (Bill To Allow Clark County, And No Other
Counties, To Expand
Number Of Members Of County Wildlife Management Advisory
Board To 7)
-
AB
162 (Bill To Loosen Control Of
Sponsors Over Nevada Charter Schools)
-
AB 295#
(Bill Creating New And Enhanced Crime Of Vehicular
Manslaughter)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 13 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
SJR 12 (Resolution Urging US President To Fund Clark
County Sport Shooting Park)
-
SB 60
(Bill To Impose Additional Restrictions On Youthful
Drivers)
-
SB 75 (Bill To Permit Persons
Convicted Of Domestic Violence, Alcohol Or Drug-Related
Offenses To Get Videoconference Counseling If They
Live In Remote Locations)
-
SB 90
(Bill Appropriating $2.89 Million For
Unanticipated Expenses Of Desert Regional Center And
Rural Clinics)
-
SB 129
(Bill Requiring Legislators Employed By State Or Local
Governments To Take Unpaid Leave Of Absence
During Legislative Session)
-
SB 175
(Bill Allowing Accident Reports To Be Kept Secret From
Victims If The Accident Involved A Death, A Hit And Run,
Or A Felony)
-
SB 205#
(Bill Criminalizing The Sale Or Vandalizing Of Tombstones, Or The Breaking Of
Shrubs Or Plants Within A Cemetery, On Pain Of A Felony)
-
SB 235#
(Bill Providing For The Dissolution Of Hospital Districts
In Any County Except Clark County)
-
SB 261#
(Bill To Put Snowboarders Under Skiing Safety
Provisions)
-
SB 303#
(Bill To Pay And Increase Number Of Nevada Members Of National Conference Of
Commissioners On Uniform State Laws)
-
SB 328 (Bill Making Minor Adjustments To State Public
Employees Retirement System [PERS])
-
SB 401#
(Bill Requiring The Department Of Human Resources To Set
Up Contracts With Common Motor Carriers To Transport
Medicare Patients)
-
SB 496#
(Bill Appropriating
$935,000 For The Las Vegas Readiness Center)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
____________________
April 14, 2005
_____
State
Insurance Commissioner Warns Of Fraudulent "Trust Mills"
_____
Attorney
General's Office Wins Insurance Fraud Case
__________
From The State Legislature
Senate
Senate Passes 9 Bills; Transmits Them To
State Assembly
-
SB 52
(Bill To Increase County
Bureaucracies And The Fines They Impose)
-
SB 137 (Bill Making Secret All Information Received By
Department Of Parole And Probation)
-
SB 147
(Bill To
Increase Issue Of General Obligation Bonds For Grants To
Water Systems From $90 Million To $125 Million)
-
SB 251 (Bill
Allowing Exemptions To Front License Plate Requirement On Motor Vehicles)
-
SB 287
(Bill To Criminalize Parents Who Leave
Unattended Children In Cars)
-
SB 302 (Bill
To Eliminate Power Of County Commissions To
Supervise The Acquisition, Purchase, Leasing, Selling Or
Disposition Of County Property By County Fair And Recreation
Boards)
-
SB 354#
(Bill Providing For Increased
Fees, Charges And Perpetual Liens For City Solid
Waste Management Systems)
-
SB 413# (Bill To Establish Debt Management Commission For
Clark County)
-
SB 424#
(Bill Allowing Cities In Clark And
Washoe County Governments To Abate, Fix, Guard, Wreck Or Blow
Up Abandoned Nuisances)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
__________
April 15, 2005
_____
From The Nevada Supreme Court
_____
New
Decision Gives Courts Guidelines In Handling Lawsuits By
Indigent Parties
Caveat
Emptor: Court
Upholds No-Notice Condemnations Of Water Permit Where
Ownership Interest Not On File With State Department Of
Conservation
__________
Washoe
Conservation Group Calls For Defeat Of Bill Restricting
Acquisition Of Parks Through Eminent Domain
SB 326 (Bill To Restrict Government Powers Of Eminent
Domain)
__________
From The Governor's Office
_____
New State
Department Of Conservation And Natural Resources To Be Named
For Ex-US Senator Richard Bryan
2005
Gathering Of The Clans And Celtic Highland Games
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 6 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 39 (Bill Expanding Use Of No-Bid Contracts For
State Purchases)
-
AB 46
(Bill To Extend Life Of The Committee On Youth, Children
And Families, And To Transfer Child Welfare Services In
Clark And Washoe Counties From The State To Those Counties)
-
AB 76
(Bill Allowing For Students Who Are Unable To Attend
School For More Than 10 Days)
-
AB 118
(Bill To Criminalize Tobacco Smoking In Video Arcades)
-
-
AB 136
(Bill Requiring Secretary Of State To Post
Proposed Constitutional Amendments And Statewide
Measures On Official Website)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 9 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
SJR 13
(Resolution Urging Congress To Preserve Community
Services Block Grant Program)
-
SB 16 (Bill To Eliminate Notice Requirement For
Adoption Of Safety Regulations By State Board For
Regulation Of Liquified Petroleum Gas)
-
SB 177
(Bill To
Increase Fees In Civil Court Cases)
-
SB 234#
(Bill To Require
Candidates For Supreme Court Justice, District Judge Or
Justice Of The Peace To Have Practiced Law In Nevada For
5 Years, Except For Incumbents)
-
SB 294# (Bill For State Grants To Pay Conservation
District Administrative Costs)
-
SB 297# (Bill To Abolish Committee For Protection Of
Children And Provide Grant Money To Subsidize Additional
Bureaucratic Layer For Family Resource Centers And Public
Welfare Services)
-
SB 367#
(Bill Allowing Expelled Students To Take Classes
Elsewhere)
-
SB 445#
(Bill Liberalizing Provisions For Restoration Of Civil
Rights To Felons)
-
SB 456#
(Bill Increasing
Penalties For Inflicting Involuntary Servitude)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
__________
Nevada
Petitions US Nuclear Regulatory Commission To Amend Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Dump Regulations
__________
Nevada To
Get An Additional Bankruptcy Judge
__________
Washoe
County Commission Approves Cooperative Agreement For Truckee
River Flood Management Project
__________
April 16, 2005
_____
From The State Agency For Nuclear Projects
Nevada's
Response To New Yucca Mountain Safety Standards Proposal
_____
From The State Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 4 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 28 (Bill Abolishing Bureaus In The Division Of
Rehabilitation)
-
AB 49 (Bill Authorizing Issue Of Up To $25 Million In
State Bonds To Improve Marlette Lake Water System)
-
AB 52 (Bill Imposing Restrictions On Teenage Drivers)
-
AB 63 (Bill To Prevent Insurance Companies From
Dishonoring Claims Resulting From Alcohol Or Drug Use By
Insured Person)
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Senate
Senate
Passes 10 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
-
AJR 13
(Resolution
To Change Constitution To Permit Legislature To Call Its Own Special
Sessions)
-
SB 5 (Bill To Swell The State Fund For The Promotion Of
Tourism)
-
SB 55 (Bill
Allowing Advertising Companies To Sell Used Cars Without A License)
-
SB 122
(Bill Allowing Veterans To Purchase
Additional PERS Benefit Years)
-
SB 146
(Bill Requiring Underground Installations To Have
A Permanent Uniform Device To Detect The Installation From
The Surface)
-
SB 256
(Bill Further Limiting Public Input On Utility Company
Rate Increases)
-
SB 260#
(Bill To Supervise The Drug Use Review Board In Medicaid
Transactions)
-
SB 272#
(Bill Allowing Police To Seize And Dispose Of Weapons
Of Arrested Persons Whether They're Convicted Or Not,
And Whether The Property Had Anything To Do With The
Charged Crime)
-
SB 346#
(Bill Adjusting The Legislators' Retirement System)
-
SB 381#
(Bill To Regulate Commercial Coaches)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
Senate
Resolution Defeated In 10-11 Floor Vote
SJR 8 (Resolution To Change State Constitution To Permit
Legislature To Hinder, Hamper And Modify Public Ballot
Initiatives And Referendums)
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April 17, 2005
_____
From The Las Vegas City Auditor's Office
Las Vegas
Municipal Golf Course Lost $2.84 Million In 2 Years
__________
From The US Census Bureau
New Nevada
2002 Economic Census Reports
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-
-
Nevada Governments
(210 Separate Government Entities
In Nevada In 2002, Not Counting Special Assessment
Districts and 48 Other Types Of Quasi-governments)
-
-
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State And Local Government Finance
(Long Term Debts Of Nevada State
And Local Governments In 2002: State $3.6 Billion;
Local Governments $11.8 Billion)
-
Local Government Finance (Long
Term Debts Of Nevada's Local Governments In 2002:
Counties $5.5 Billion; Municipalities $1.5 Billion;
Special Districts $1.8 Billion; School Districts $3.2
Billion)
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__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Colonel
Cynthia Kirkland Named Nevada Adjutant General
__________
April 18, 2005
_____
From The Office Of The Governor
Nevada's
Job Growth Outpaces All Other States
__________
From The Supreme Court Of Nevada
2004
Annual Court Statistics Report Released
__________
From The Office Of The State Treasurer
Annual
Tobacco Payment 11.4 Percent Lower Than Expected
__________
Yucca Mountain
New
Nuclear Industry Think Tank Study Wants Lower Safety
Standards For Yucca Mountain
Full Study (Yucca Mountain
Licensing Standard Options For Very Long Time Frames)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental
Standards For Yucca Mountain
__________
From The Legislative Council Bureau's Research Library
2005
Legislative Policy Briefs
__________
From Washington, D.C.
Government
Secrecy Handicaps Nuclear Waste Security
__________
April 19, 2005
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From The US 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals
Immunity
Denied To Narcotics Officers In Lawsuit Over Search Warrant
Procured By False Affidavit
No Double
Jeopardy Found In Successive Prosecutions On Gun Charges By
Nevada, US
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
What US
Students Think Of The Public School System
__________
From The Nevada Policy Research Institute
NPRI Comes
Down Hard On Full-Time Kindergarten Proposals
Not Impressed With Per-Pupil
Spending Arguments Either
__________
From The State Legislature
Scores Of
Proposals Killed By Inaction Of Legislative Committees
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 40 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 20
(Bill Increasing Issue Of State General
Obligation Bonds For Water Systems And Conservation From
$90 Million To $125 Million)
-
AB 58 (Bill Requiring Annual Reports On Claims And
Enforcement Of Workmen's Compensation Laws)
-
AB 67 (Bill Authorizing The Department Of Taxation
To Suspend Or Revoke Business Licenses)
-
AB 68 (Bill Authorizing The Department Of Taxation
To Deny Business Licenses And Permits Of Persons Who Owe
Taxes)
-
AB 78 (Bill Making Changes To The Administration Of
Decedent's Estates)
-
AB 80 (Bill Regulating Well-Diggers And Abandonment
of Wells)
-
AB 84 (Bill Waiving Fees For Homeless Persons
Wishing To Obtain Certain Government Documents)
-
AB 91 (Bill Increasing Fees Paid To And By Court
Reporters, And Expanding Grounds For Disciplinary
Action)
-
AB 126 (Bill Requiring Personal Assistants To Be
Supervised By Guardians Or Trustees)
-
AB 139 (Bill To Increase State Surveillance Of
Medicaid And Children's Health Program Applicants)
-
AB 157 (Bill Authorizing Senior Justices Of The
Peace And Municipal Court Judges To Serve Anywhere In
Nevada, Regardless Of Residency Requirements)
-
AB 163 (Bill Allowing Mining Operators To File
Amended Reports Of Gross Yield And Proceeds Without
Having To Show Good Cause)
-
AB 166 (Bill Revising Cost Calculations For Offers
Of Judgment In Civil Lawsuits)
-
AB 167
(Bill To
Permit State To Purchase Wastewater Securities)
-
AB 169
(Bill Modifying Provisions Of State Law
Relating To Abandoned Vehicles)
-
AB 179
(Bill
Creating More Exceptions To Public Bidding In Local
Government Purchases)
-
AB 181 (Bill Eliminating State License For Buyers Of
Farm Products Or Livestock)
-
AB 182
(Bill To Allow Students To Take Their Own
Asthma Medicine)
-
AB 184 (Bill Requiring Department Of Education To
Prepare "Parental Involvement Compacts" And
Student Honor Codes For Parents To
Sign)
-
AB 187
(Bill To
Allow Local Government To Ignore Planning Commissions For
"Minor Amendments")
-
AB 190
(Bill For
New Anti-Peeping Laws, Except For Police)
-
AB 197
(Bill
Mandating Local Ward Elections For Each North Las Vegas City
Council Seat)
-
AB 203
(Bill To Crack Down On Osteopaths -- No
Criminal Penalties, Though)
-
AB 215
(Bill To Expand Loopholes In Required
Financial Disclosures By Sellers Of Real Property, Except Pursuant To A
Foreclosure)
-
AB 235
("Revises provisions governing
changes to boundaries of wards established in certain
cities")
-
AB 237
(Bill To Permit Urban Justice
Courts To Issue Domestic Violence Protection Orders)
-
AB 256 (Bill To Create New And Enhanced Crimes Of
Vehicular Homicide And Homicide By Vessel)
-
AB 276#
(Bill Easing Difficulties In Changing Pharmacists)
-
AB 292#
(Bill Requiring Earlier Filing Of Mining Reports On
Estimated Gross Yield, Net Proceeds And Royalties)
-
AB 341#
(Bill To Exempt
Assessors In Eminent Domain Proceeding From
Provisions Governing Real Estate Appraisers)
-
AB 345#
(Bill To Expand
Membership Of
Peace Officers' Standards And Training Commission From 7 To 9)
-
AB 346# (One To Watch -- Bill To Allow State Fire Marshal To Train
Firemen How To Start Fires, As Well As How To Put Them Out)
-
AB 348#
(Bill
Criminalizing Use Of Devices That Can Interfere
With A Traffic Light, And Authorizing Warrantless Seizures
Of Such Devices)
-
AB 368#
(Bill To Authorize Seizure Of Presumed
Abandoned Vehicles By Anyone The Local Law Enforcement Chief Designates)
-
AB 372#
(Bill To Expand The Powers Of
The State Rural Housing Authority)
-
AB 377#
(Bill To Create Nevada Interscholastic Activities
Association)
-
AB 416 (Bill To Transfer State Advisory Board On
Automotive Affairs To The DMV, And Requiring Study Of
Business Practices Of Garages, Automobile Wreckers And Body
Shops)
-
AB 420#
(Bill Increasing Taxes On Car Rentals)
-
AB 436#
(Bill Requiring Tobacco Manufacturers To Deposit Money
In State Escrow Accounts Or Face A Gross Misdemeanor And
Fines)
-
AB 445
(Bill Transferring Committee For Testing On Intoxication
From DMV To State Department
Of Public Safety)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
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April 20, 2005
_____
From The Federal Courts
Federal
Court Decision Upholds Right Of Communities To Ban Hazardous
Waste Shipments; Decision Has Implications For Yucca
Mountain Project
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Nevada's
200+ Troubled Public Schools Need $100 Million
__________
From The US Congress
Sen.
Ensign Calls For Permanent Internet Tax Ban
Sen.
Ensign And Sen. Reid Secure $5 Million For Wild Horse And
Burro Adoption Center Near Mound House
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 27 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Senate
-
AB 216
(Bill To
Mandate Rent Reductions For Senior Citizens Living In Mobile
Home Parks)
-
AB 234 (Bill Revising Laws on Anatomical Gifts)
-
AB 248#
(Bill Requiring 50 Percent Of Tobacco Payments Be Placed
In Fund For Healthy Nevada And Providing For Assisted
Living Facilities For Senior Citizens)
-
AB 323
(Bill For
Audit And Investigation Of Rate Setting Practices Of Truckee
Meadows Water Authority By Bureau Of Consumer Protection)
-
AB 379#
(Bill Allowing Surrogate Applications For Hunting Tags
With Power of Attorney)
-
AB 381#
(Bill Authorizing Use Of Center Turn Lanes)
-
AB 470#
(Bill To Do Without Corroboration Requirement In
Prosecutions For Inveigling, Enticing Or Taking Away
Persons For Prostitution)
-
AB 474#
(Bill Expanding Immunity Of Umpires And Referees At
Sporting Events, And Providing Criminal Penalties For
Injuring Them)
-
AB 486#
(Bill Requiring Tobacco Companies To Post Up To $50 Million Bond In Civil
Litigation)
-
AB 503# (Bill Giving
Department Of Taxation More Time To Determine
Deficiencies)
-
AB 507# (Bill Changing Nevada Statutes To Use
"Firefighter" Instead Of "Fireman")
-
AB 509#
(Bill Making It Easier For The City Of North Las Vegas
To Pass Ordinances)
-
AB 510#
(Bill Redefining "Publications" And Requiring County And
Local Governments To Provide Copies Of E-Documents To
The State Library And Archives)
-
AB 519#
(Bill To Permit State Department Of Agriculture To
Revoke Marijuana Registry ID Cards If Recipient Provides
False Information Or Sells Drugs)
-
AB 527# (Bill To Change
Name Of "University And Community College System Of
Nevada" To "Nevada System Of Higher Education")
-
AB 531#
(Bill Providing Penalty Enhancements If First Responders
Are Injured During Discovery Or Cleanup Of Illegal Drug
Labs)
-
AB 537#
(Bill Permitting Resolution Of Construction Defect
Disputes By State Board Of Contractors)
-
AB 547#
(Bill Making Method Of Distribution Of Tax Revenues From
Certain Fuels More Complex)
-
AJR 4 (Resolution Telling The Federal Government
That Yucca Mountain Is Unsuitable As A Nuclear Waste
Dump)
-
AJR 6
(Resolution Urging Congress To
Amend Medicare Prescription Drug Act To Provide
Affordable, Easily Understood Coverage For Prescription
Drug Benefits)
-
AJR 9
(Resolution Requiring Forfeiture
Of Office By State And Judicial Officers Who Commit Three Or
More Breaches Of Ethical Duty)
-
AJR 10
(Resolution To Shorten Residency Requirement For Voting
From 6 Months To 30 Days)
-
AJR 12 (Resolution Urging United States Department
Of Transportation To Act Regarding Federal Cargo
Securement Regulations)
-
AJR 14 (Resolution To Nevada Congressional
Delegation To Support Bill Requiring Federal Government
Share Results Of Clinical Tests With States)
-
AJR 16 (Resolution To Allow For Sales And Use Tax
Exemptions [Tax Holidays])
-
SB 73
(Bill Increasing State Hazardous
Materials Reporting Fee From $500 To Not More Than $15,000)
-
SB 132*
(Bill Providing For Electronic
Traffic Tickets)
(*
Previously passed by State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it,
it becomes law.)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
Senate Passes 29 Bills;
Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 20 (Bill To Add 1 More Member [From Mesquite] To
The Clark County Convention And Visitors Authority)
-
SB 29
(Bill Requiring Insurance
Companies To Cover Payments For Various Treatments For
Cancer In Its Early Stages)
-
SB 77 (Bill Modifying Provisions For Counseling
Persons Convicted Of Domestic Battery, And Creating A
Centralized Network To Receive Reports On Counseling
From Courts)
-
SB 80 (Bill Permitting Consumer To Put A "Security
Freeze" On Their Credit Reports To Prohibit Release Of
Information)
-
SB 107 (Bill Requiring State And Local Governments
To Report Capital Improvement Projects To The
Legislative Counsel Bureau Director)
-
SB 136 (Bill To Allow Out-Of-State Law Enforcement
Officers To Act In Nevada Within 5 Miles Of The Colorado
River)
-
SB 139 (Bill To Take State Controller Off Board Of
Directors Of Department Of Transportation And Replace
Her With Someone The Governor Appointed; Imposing Term
Limits On The Directors; And Requiring A Legislative
Audit Of NDOT)
-
SB 187
(Bill To
Increase Compensation To Members of Advisory Committee
On Traumatic Brain Injuries)
-
SB 188
(Bill To Widen
Loopholes In State Renewable Energy System Credits
Program)
-
SB 250 (Bill Extensively Revising Licensing And
Qualification Requirements For Dentists And Oral
Hygienists)
-
SB 255
(Bill
To Create Another Exception To State Financial
Regulation Of Banks)
-
SB 290# (Bill Removing
Restrictions On Las Vegas Centennial License Plates)
-
SB 311#
(Bill To Increase Legislative Per Diem Payments
And To Allow Payment Of Even More Under "Extraordinary
Circumstances")
-
SB 318#
(Bill To Create Special Funding Account For State Parks)
-
SB 327# (Bill Making
Clark County Responsible For Building Bus Stops And
Equipping Them With Benches)
-
SB 395# (Bill
Transferring Some Responsibilities For Drinking Water
And Sewer Disposal From The State Health Division To The
Environmental Commission)
-
SB 398# (Bill To Delay
Expiration Of Exemption From School Support And Similar
Taxes For Renewable Energy Resources)
-
SB 409# (Bill Defining
State Universities And Community Colleges As "State
Agencies" For Purposes Of Installment And Lease-Purchase
Agreements)
-
SB 410# (Bill Exempting
State Universities And Community Colleges From
Purchasing Prescription Drugs And Medical Supplies
Through The State Department Of Administration)
-
SB 415#
(Bill Authorizing Secret Meetings Of "Public Bodies" To
Prepare, Administer And Grade Examinations)
-
SB 423#
(Bill Permitting Public To Attend Some Meetings Relating
To Parole And Probation Matters)
-
SB 428# (Bill To Impose
Standing Requirements In Administrative Licensing
Hearings)
-
SB 438# (Bill
Authorizing Justices Of The Peace And Municipal Court
Judges To Participate In State Judicial Retirement
System)
-
SB 443# (Bill
Abolishing Committee For Public Safety
Telecommunications Operators And Ending Requirement That
The Main Office Of The Chief Parole And Probation
Officer Be In Carson City)
-
SB 466# (Bill
Restricting Power Of Local Governments To Convey Or Sell
Water Rights)
-
SB 479# (Bill Revising
Provisions Of The Public Employee's Benefit Program)
-
SB 489# (Bill
Prohibiting The Subleasing Of Certain Vehicles; Turning
Some Deceptive Trade Practices Into Felonies; And
Expanding The Right Of Injured Consumers To Sue)
-
SB 491# (Bill Assessing
All Counties Except Clark County To Maintain Children's
Prisons)
-
SB 504# (Bill To
Appropriate $5 Million For The Legislative Fund, For No
Specified Purpose)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
__________
From Washoe County
Washoe
County Wants To Know How Its Budget Money Should Be Spent
Challenge To Our Readers --
Try To Find The Budget On The Washoe County Website
__________
April 21, 2005
_____
From The US Census Bureau
__________
From The Nevada
State Demographer
New Nevada Census 2000 Data
Nevada State And County
Population Projections 2004-2024
Age, Sex, Race And Hispanic
Origins Estimates And Projections
Profiles Of Nevadans By Top
Occupational Groups
__________
More From The State Legislature
_____
Legislative
Spending Cap Proposals Come Back From The Dead
Resolutions
Killed By Senate Finance Committee Inaction To Be Voted On
After All
-
SJR 5 (Resolution To Amend Nevada Constitution To Impose
Limitations On Government Expenditures)
-
-
SJR 6 (Resolution To Amend Nevada Constitution To Impose
Limitations On Government Appropriations And Expenditures)
-
-
-
SJR 9 (Resolution To Amend Nevada Constitution To Impose
Limitations On Government Expenditures)
-
__________
From The University Of Nevada
Attorney
General Will Not Prosecute Criminal Charges Against UNR
Police Or Whistle-Blowing Professor Over Reno Video Spy
Camera Incident
Neither Letter Nor Report On
AG Website
__________
From The City Of Henderson
Our
Fearful Government: Henderson Security Measures Impose
Delays Of Up To 15 Minutes For Citizens Who Want To See
Their City Council In Action
__________
From The Gaming Industry
Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. Reports 27.6 Percent Increase In Profits
Over First Quarter Last Year
__________
From The Office Of The Governor And EDAWN
Reno Named
#1 Place for Doing Business in America
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 8 Bills; Transmits Them To State
Senate
-
AB 70
(Bill Allowing Clark County, But
No Other Counties, To Let Nonprofit Groups And The
Public Use School Facilities Without Charge)
-
AB 143
(Bill Reforming Government Use Of Eminent Domain To
Seize Private Property And Tightening Up Definition Of
"Blighted Areas")
-
AB 315#
(Bill Requiring
Sellers Disclose Presence Of Event Recording Devices
In Motor Vehicles)
-
AB 440#
(Bill To Give Lyon County Part Of Washoe County)
-
AB 465#
(Bill To Create A New Crime: Use Of Drugs Anywhere On
Premises Containing A Minor)
-
AB 469#
(Bill To Make Bail Forfeitures Easier)
-
AB 505#
(Bill Ending Exemption For Heavy Motor Vehicle Registration Under The Interstate
Highway User Fee Apportionment Act)
-
SB 94*
(Bill Appropriating $12 Million To
State Contingency Fund)
(*
Previously passed by State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it,
it becomes law.)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 14 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 4
(Bill To Pay Per Diem Expenses To Members Of The State
Commission For Cultural Affairs And Increase Annual
Grant Funds From $2 To $3 Million)
-
SB 43
(Bill Adopting Revised Interstate Compact For Juveniles)
-
SB 150
("You
Better Be Right": Bill To Criminalize "False
Or Fraudulent Complaints" Against Any Government Employee) (see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
SB 181
(Bill To Allow Counties To Impose Additional
Tax Increases On Motor Fuels With Voter Approval; And Providing Sundown
Provisions For Such Laws In All Counties Except Clark
And Washoe)
-
SB 198
(Bill To Revise Articles 3 And 4
Of The Uniform Commercial Code [UCC])
-
SB 201
(Bill To Revise Articles 1 And 7
Of The Uniform Commercial Code [UCC])
-
SB 307# (Bill To Require Counties To Assess Small
Unscheduled Air Cargo And Transport Services For Tax
Purposes)
-
SB 316# (Bill To Limit Liability Of Persons Providing
Free Services)
-
SB 331#
(Bill To Make State Attorney General Chairman Of State
Advisory Commission On Sentencing, And Making Director Of
The Department Of Corrections A Mandatory Member)
-
SB 339#
(Bill Modifying Provisions Allowing Tax Abatements For
New Or Expanded Businesses)
-
SB 347#
(Bill Imposing Heavier Penalties For Identity Theft
Offenses)
-
SB 382#
(Bill To Allow Trustee Of Tweedledee Trust To Transfer
Property To Tweedledum, Inc.)
-
SB 472#
(Bill Requiring Parents Who Don't Strap Their Under-6
Child Into A Seatbelt To Take Mandatory Training Classes
Approved By The Department Of Public Safety)
-
AB 97*
(Bill To Appropriate $20,000 For A Painted Portrait Of
Gov. Guinn)
(*
Previously passed by State Assembly; if Gov. Guinn signs it,
it becomes law.)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
April 23, 2005
_____
From The State Legislature
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 7 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 208
(Bill To Require Criminal
Background Checks On All Physicians And Osteopaths)
-
AB 221
(Bill To Require Alcohol Awareness
Training For Bars And Liquor Stores -- But Not Liquor
Wholesalers, Private
Clubs Or Liquor Dealers In Incorporated Cities)
-
AB 240
(Bill To Regulate State Charter Buses To The Extent
Permitted By Existing Federal Law)
-
AB 393#
(Bill To Allow Counties To Sell Tax
Liens Against Real Property)
-
AB 444
(Bill To Require Construction Of Liner And Leachate
Systems At Solid Waste Disposal Sites)
-
AB 483#
(Bill To Change The Timing Of Mediation And Requiring
Arbitration Of Non-Mediated Disputes Between Local
Governments And Public Employees Unions)
-
AB 523#
(Bill Authorizing Local Boards Of Health To Investigate
Agricultural Complaints Against State University And
Community College System)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
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Senate
Senate
Passes 22 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 30
(Bill Allowing Cities In Clark County To Impose
Additional Surcharge (Pass-Along Tax) On Telephone Bills
To Enhance 911 Service)
-
SB 83
(Bill Requiring Notice to Subject And Opportunity To Be
Heard In Employee Conduct Cases Held By Public Bodies)
-
SB 110
(Bill Renaming Washoe County Airport Authority To
"Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority" And Broadening Exemptions
For Contracts Requiring Public Bidding)
-
SB 126
(Bill Requiring Governor's Office To Employ At Least Two
Persons With Industrial Insurance Experience)
-
SB 173
(Bill To
Increase Homestead Exemption To $300,000 And Increase
Exemptions For Various Types Of Personal Property)
-
SB 199
(Bill To
Adopt The Revised Uniform Partnership Act)
-
SB 216
(Bill To Transfer Water
Planning From Conservation And Natural Resources Dept. To
State Engineer)
-
SB 266#
(Bill Permitting Recommencement Of Civil Lawsuits
Dismissed For Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction)
-
SB 280#
(Bill Allowing Certain Entities To Assist In Warrantless
Involuntary Transportation Of Persons Suspected Of Being
Mentally Ill To A Psycho Ward)
-
SB 281#
(Bill Requiring The Division Of Health Care Financing
And Policy To Study Uncompensated Care Percentages in
Clark And Washoe County Hospitals)
-
SB 282#
(Bill To License And Supervise The Operation Of "Halfway
Houses" For Persons Released From Prison)
-
SB 305#
(Bill To Limit Number Of Administrators In
School Districts)
-
SB 313# (Bill To Prevent Fat People From Suing
Restaurants And Food Manufacturers Based On Weight Gains)
-
SB 353#
(Bill To Regulate Guardianships And Guardians)
-
SB 403
(Bill Requiring School Districts Report Disciplinary
Information To The State Education Department)
-
SB 408#
(Bill To Assist Virgin Valley Water District In
Collecting
Taxes And Water Charges)
-
SB 421#
(Bill Requiring All Public Bodies To Keep Audio
Recordings Or Transcripts Of Their Meetings)
-
SB 422#
(Bill Allowing Local Governments To Impose Certification
Requirements On Hotel, Motel And Apartment Managers, And
Prohibiting Multiple Licensing And Tax Requirements On
Contractors)
-
SB 432#
(Bill Exempting Life Insurance Benefits From Execution
By Creditors)
-
SB 460#
(Bill Revising Provisions On Teacher-Pupil Ratios, And
Providing Exceptions To Requirements)
-
Debate on SB 460 in Senate Daily Journal - Day 75 (Pages
52-54)
-
SB 467# (Bill Changing Public Works Contract Laws)
-
SB 493#
(Bill Providing Tax Incentives For Registered Motion
Picture Companies)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
__________
April 22, 2005
_____
From The US Congress
New On Yucca Mountain
Rep.
Porter Announces Next Step In Yucca Mountain E-Mail Scandal -- A Special Investigator
House
Subcommittee Investigation of Falsified Documents at the
Yucca Mountain Project
Rep.
Berkley Calls On President To Halt Yucca Mountain Nuclear
Dump Project
__________
Sen. Reid
Fighting For Crackdown On Methamphetamine; Treatment For
Addicts
_____
Sen. Reid
And Sen. Ensign's Bill To Protect Nevada's Right To Regulate
Its Own Hunting And Fishing
_____
Rep.
Berkley Denounces Special Interests Energy Bill (H.R. 6)
_____
From The Nevada State Treasurer
Tobacco
Manufacturers
Make Late Payments To Nevada -- Total For Year Down 8
Percent
__________
From The US Census Bureau
New 2002
Nevada Economic Census Reports
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Today
Proclaimed Nevada Earth Day
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 21 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
Bill
Would Felonize Journalists Who Used Flash Cameras To
Photograph Celebrities At Public Events; Distributors And
Sellers Of Many Popular Magazines -- Passed By State Senate
On 20-0 Vote
-
SB 28 (Bill Which "Prohibits person from knowingly
and intentionally capturing image of private area of
another person under certain circumstances [Except For
Police] and prohibits person from knowingly
distributing, disclosing, displaying, transmitting or
publishing image captured under such circumstances"
-- See "Section 8" For Particulars)
Other Bills Passed By The Senate
-
SB 37 (Bill Requiring Background Checks Of
Pharmaceutical Wholesalers And Nearly Anyone Who
Associates With Them)
-
SB 47 (Bill To Study Athletic Trainers)
-
SB 91 (Bill To Appropriate $3.7 Million To
Department Of Corrections For Unanticipated Expenses)
-
SB 135 (Bill Eliminating Existing Educational
Requirements For Interior Designers)
-
SB 163 (Bill To Tighten Open Meeting Law
Requirements For State And Local Regulatory Bodies)
-
SB 191
(Bill To Expand Shield Law Provisions In
Lawsuits Against "Design Professionals" For Construction Defects)
-
SB 208 (Bill Requiring Nevada Agriculture Department
To Contract With Nevada Beef Council For Beef Education
Program, And Levying An "Assessment" On Cattle To Pay
For It)
-
SB 225#
(Bill Regulating
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselers And Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Providers)
-
SB 240#
(Bill Allowing Health
Insurers To Offer Health Insurance Policies With High
Deductibles)
-
SB 295# (Bill Providing Civil Penalties For Persons Who
Make False Representations Concerning Motor Vehicle Fuels)
-
SB 300# (Bill To Reduce Control Over Unsatisfactory
Contractors)
-
SB 332#
(Bill Tightening State Controls
Over Real Estate Brokers)
-
SB 333#
(Bill Making Various Changes In
The State Regulation Of Cosmetologists And Cosmetology
Schools)
-
SB 335# (Bill Adjusting The Amount, Length And Thickness
Of Red Tape Used To Regulate The Practice Of Cutting Hair)
-
SB 368# (Bill To
Promote The Professional Development Of Teachers And
School Administrators)
-
SB 396# ("No Tire Left
Behind": Bill Imposing Supervision By State
Environmental Commission Over Solid Waste Management
Operations And Criminalizing Persons Who Try To Get Rid
Of Old Car Batteries, Tires And Motor Oil Without Using
An Approved Facility)
-
SB 434 (Bill Eliminating Performance And Payment
Bonds For Pool And Spa Contractors)
-
SB 444# (Bill Granting
The Gaming Control Board Chairman Absolute And
Unfettered Discretion To Allow Gaming Establishments To
Charge Admission Fees)
-
SB 450#
(Bill Increasing Powers Of Court Protective Orders In
Stalking Cases)
-
SB 458# (Bill Requiring
Hospitals To Provide Timely Emergency Care And To Study
Hospital Emergency Room Procedures)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Bill To
Reduce Universal Energy Charge Loses In 7-13 Vote On Senate Floor
Debate From Senate Daily Journal - Day 74
(See pages 66-68)
_____
Assembly
Assembly Passes 31 Bills;
Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 19 (Bill Prohibiting Gift Certificate Rip-Offs
And Credit Card "Banging")
-
AB 51 (Bill To Permit Enforceable Post-Adoptive
Contact Agreements)
-
AB 113 (Bill Authorizing Veterans To Purchase Up To
2 Additional PERS Years)
-
AB 180 (Bill Revising Provisions Related To Charter
Schools)
-
AB 195
(Bill To
Regulate Internet Sales of Prescription Drugs To Nevada)
-
AB 232 (Bill Changing State Law To Conform To
Provisions Of Federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety
Act; Allows Retired Law Enforcement Officers To Carry
Concealed Weapons)
-
AB 239 (Bill To Allow DMV To Re-examine Drivers
Whose Spouse Or Close Relative Thinks They're Not Safe
To Drive)
-
AB 254
(Bill To Crack Down On Abuses
In Industrial Insurance)
-
AB 259 (Bill Changing Requirements For
Administrative Files Of Police Officers, And Providing
Additional Protection In Disciplinary Hearings)
-
AB 267
(Bill To Prohibit Abuse,
Neglect, Exploitation Or Isolation Of Vulnerable Persons)
-
AB 280
(Bill
Making An Assortment Of Changes To Nevada's System Of Higher
Education)
-
AB 287 (Bill Requiring Contractors On Public Works
Projects To Provide Bona Fide Health Care Plan For
Workers -- Or Face A Misdemeanor)
-
AB 290#
(Bill To Impose
Ethics And Good Business Practices In Common-Interest
Communities)
-
AB 343#
(Bill To Promote
Safety And Cut Back On Sleazy, Unsafe And Exploitive
Practices At Mobile Home Parks)
-
AB 351#
(Bill To
Regulate Displays Of Art In State And Local Parks)
-
AB 363#
(Bill Requiring
Self-Insured Contractors To Submit Monthly Compliance
Affidavits)
-
AB 383#
(Bill Creating Right Of Redemption For Judicial Liens On Community Interests)
-
AB 395#
(Bill To Make Use Of Fake Diplomas A
Gross Misdemeanor)
-
AB 407# (Bill Requiring Judicial Procedure To Determine
Who Owns Livestock Seized By The Government)
-
AB 421#
(Bill To Turn Persons
Convicted Of A Felony DUI Into A Permanent Criminal Class)
-
AB 427# (Bill Changing
Provisions For Licensed Dealers, Manufacturers And
Servicemen In The Mobile Home, Manufactured Home Or
Motor Coach Business)
-
AB 437# (Bill
Tightening Controls Over Manufactured Home Park
Operators)
-
AB 468 (Bill To Increase Arbitration And Streamline
Processing Of Civil Lawsuits)
-
AB 471#
(Bill Allowing
Gaming Control Board To Regulate Use Of Mobile
Communication Devices In Casinos)
-
AB 475#
(Bill Reducing Required Notices Given By General
Improvement Districts And Allowing Trustees To Grant
Themselves Hefty Pay Increases)
-
AB 477# (Bill Allowing Public Officers To Appoint
Deputies For Tasks Unrelated To Official Business)
-
AB 485# ("Must
Be Somebody Special": Bill Allowing Transfer Of Gaming Licenses
In Clark And Washoe Counties Only, Under
Curiously Narrow Conditions With Equally Curious Retroactivity Provisions)
-
AB 492# (Bill Requiring
That The Commission On Economic Development Have
Standards For Overseas Representatives And Supervise
Them)
-
AB 502# (Bill To
Tighten Restrictions On Unemployment Insurance
Contributions By Businesses)
-
AB 504# (Bill To Exempt
Casino Resort Hotels And Others From State Motor Carrier
Laws And Regulations)
-
AB 555# (Bill Changing
Provisions Regulating Medical Professionals)
(# No Counsel Digest of Bill to guide the Legislators or
public.)
__________
April 24, 2005
_____
Public
Citizen Annual Ranking of State Medical Boards -- Nevada
6th Worst State For Disciplining Doctors
__________
Yucca Mountain Update
Inspector
General Finds Deficiencies In Federal Department Of Energy
Records Keeping -- E-Mail, Environmental And Health Records
A Problem
Other DOE
Inspector General's Audit Reports On Nevada Operations
__________
April 25, 2005
_____
From
The Office Of The US Attorney For The Northern District Of
Illinois
New
14-Defendant Chicago Federal Racketeering Indictment
Includes 1986 Murder Of Las Vegas Mafia Supervisor Anthony
Spilotro
__________
From The Federal Elections Commission
Fund-Raising In The Northern Nevada Congressional Race
_____
Dawn Gibbons
_____
Dean Heller
_____
The Federal Elections Commission (FEC)
__________
Question For TNO Readers:
Why Can't Nevada Have A Campaign Contributions Website
With Information And Accessibility Comparable To The FEC
Site? The Legislature's In Session, And Once It
Adjourns, It Won't Meet Again Until 2007. Let Them
Know What You Think Now.
__________
April 26, 2005
_____
Yucca Mountain Update
DOE
Shake-Up
Announcements From The US Department of Energy
Retirement Of Yucca Project
Manager
Resignation Of Director Of
Office Of Nuclear Energy
__________
From The Legislature
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 17 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 84 (Bill Exempting Time-Share Owners From Taxes
On Transient Lodging [Room Tax])
-
SB 111
(Bill Requiring Employers
To Report All Relevant Facts About Unemployment Claims)
-
SB 116 (Bill Providing For Administrative Penalties
Against Government Entities Which Violate "Prevailing
Wages" Law, and Limiting Damage Awards Against Employers
Who Don't Pay Their Employees' Health Insurance To The
Amount Of The Unpaid Premiums)
-
SB 221 (Bill Allowing Home-Schooled Children To
Participate In Interscholastic Activities And Events)
-
SB 226 (Bill To Chisel Workmen's Compensation
Claimants)
-
SB 238
(Bill Allowing
Utilities Companies To Avoid
Public Utilities Commission Notice And Hearing Provisions
For Many Rate Increases)
-
SB 247
(Bill To Impose A
10 Percent Tax On Live Adult Entertainment Facilities
Except Brothels, And Provide A Lower Tax Rate If The
Owner Also Holds A Gaming License)
-
SB 254#
(Bill To Allow
Un-Immunized Children In Auxiliary Service Child Care
Facilities Operated By Businesses, And To Permit Less Toilets)
-
SB 268# (Bill To
Require School District Administrators To Have Some
Classroom Teaching Experience)
-
SB 269#
(Bill To Improve
Enforcement Of Handicap Parking Laws, And Give The
Police The Proceeds Of Citation-Based Fines)
-
SB 288#
(Bill
To Add Alcohol, Natural Gas, Liquefied Gas, Electrical
Power, And Hydrogen To List Of Alternative Fuels)
-
SB 326#
(Bill To Block Ballardini Ranch Park -- Would Prevent
Acquisition Of Open-Space Park Land Through Government Powers Of Eminent
Domain, And Compensate Businesses For "Loss Of Goodwill" If
Their Properties Are Condemned In Eminent Domain
Proceedings)
-
SB 356# (Changing Sales
Tax Calculation For Sales Of Motor Vehicles Where
Another Motor Vehicle Is Used As A Trade-In)
-
SB 358# (Bill Limiting
Value-Added Taxes By Local Governments On
Common-Interest Communities)
-
SB 394# (Bill Making
Extensive Changes In Assessment, Evaluation And
Exemptions Of Taxable Property By Local Governments, And
In The Collection Of Taxes)
-
SB 426# (Bill Making
Many Changes To Public Works Project Laws)
-
SB 459# (Bill Requiring
Teaching Of Financial Responsibility In Public Schools)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 24 Bills And Resolutions; Transmits Them To State
Senate
-
AB 44 (Bill To Allow Nevada Department Of Labor To
Supervise Government Employee Overtime Payments Rather
Than The US Labor Department)
-
AB 59 (Bill To Require Reports Of Facility-Acquired
Infections To The State Health Division)
-
AB 65 (Bill Requiring Persons To Dump Old TVs And
Computer Monitors At Approved Waste Disposal Sites)
-
AB 83 (Bill Clarifying And Changing Rates Of
Overtime Compensation Paid On Public Works Projects)
-
AB 120 (Bill Requiring Physicians And Osteopaths To
Provide Reports On Office-Based Surgery)
-
AB 156 (Bill Requiring "Design Professionals To
Carry "Hold-Harmless" Insurance Protecting Public
Bodies, Or Pay For Their Costs Defending Malpractice
Lawsuits)
-
AB 201 (Bill To Encourage Non-Profit Urban Claim
Jumping Associations)
-
AB 231
(Bill To Force Homeowners
Living Within 1 Mile Of A School To Pay For Sidewalk
Construction And Repair On School Routes)
-
AB 271 (Bill To Provide Palliative Care For
Terminally Ill Hospital Patients If The Federal
Government Provides Matching Funds)
-
AB 320#
(Bill To Provide A State
Sales Tax Holiday For Purchases Of Computers, Clothing
And School Supplies Between Aug. 26-28, 2005)
-
AB 337# (Bill Requiring
Licenses For Services Which Provide Home Care For The
Elderly Or Infirm And Criminal Background Checks For
Their Employees)
-
AB 340#
(Bill Requiring
Payday And Tax Refund Lendors To Have A Special License,
And Subjecting Them To Zoning Requirements)
-
AB 353# (Bill To
Monitor Health Care Costs And Eliminate Required Discounts Or
Reductions For Medicaid Patients)
-
AB 365#
(Bill To Increase Homestead
Exemption From $200,000 To $400,000)
-
AB 392#
(Bill Requiring Nevada Tax
Commission To Adopt Uniform Regulations For The
Assessment Of Property, But Doesn't Allow Property Owners To Sue To Enforce Them
-- There's Also A Pleasantly Worded "Taxpayer Bill Of
Rights" In Section 2)
-
AB 397#
(Bill To Establish Alternative Criteria For Advanced High School Diplomas,
And Removing Requirement That A Student Must Pass A High
School Proficiency Exam To Receive A Diploma)
-
AB
418# (Bill To Allow Clark County To Increase Its Sales
And Use Tax To Hire And Train Additional Police)
-
AB 473# (Bill
Eliminating Add-On Penalties For Failure To Pay Child
Support Where The Payor Is Not At Fault)
-
AB 495# (Bill Creating
More Bureaucracy To Subsidize Purchase Of Prescription
Drugs)
-
AB 518# (Bill
Authorizing School Districts To Provide Minimum
Attendance Requirements For Kindergarten, The First
Grade, And Remedial Education Classes)
-
AB 546# (Bill Repealing
Ethics Provisions Against False Statements And "Dirty
Tricks" In Political Campaigns)
-
AB 550# (Bill Allowing
Use Of Affidavits Instead Of Live Testimony In Grand
Jury Proceedings And Preliminary Examinations Against
Persons Accused Of DUI And Drug Offenses)
-
AJR 5
(Bill To
Make Petitions For Voter Initiatives And Referendums More
Difficult)
-
AJR 8#
(Bill To Require Determination Of Basis For Qualifying Ballot
Initiatives And Referendums At Time Of Filing Petition)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
__________
From Federal And State Transportation Authorities
US And
Nevada Release Final Environmental Impact Statement For
Boulder City Bypass Highway
__________
April 27, 2005
_____
From The Legislature
_____
Assembly
Assembly Passes 56 Bills And
A Resolution; Transmits Them To State Senate
_____
-
AB 15 (Bill To Expand Spending Purposes For Wildlife
Heritage Trust Account To Include Predatory Animal
Control)
-
AB 31 (Bill Making Secret Public Records Of
Recreational Events)
-
AB 32 (Bill Making Secret Public Records Of
"Proprietary" Information Collected By State Agriculture
Department)
-
AB 42 (Bill Providing That A Child In Need Of
Protection Should Be Placed With His Siblings)
-
AB 43 (Bill To Establish Rights Of Children Placed
In Foster Care Homes)
-
AB 66 (Bill Requiring Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
And Wholesalers To Report Payola Benefits Provided To
Physicians -- Or Face A Civil Fine)
-
AB 69 (Bill To Make Non-Union Workers Pay For Union
Services They Request)
-
AB 128 (Bill Requiring The State And County
Treasurers To Provide Property Tax Assessment And
Collection Information On Their Web Sites)
-
AB
142 (Bill To
Make County Assessors' Information On Addresses of Judges, Peace Officers
And Other Government Officials
Secret )
-
AB 158
(Bill To Notify State Employees That
The State Accessed Their State-Furnished Computer,
Unless They're Being Investigated Or The Access Was For
Routine Maintenance)
-
AB 165
(Bill To
Allow For More Planning Commission Continuances)
-
AB 183
(Bill To
Protect "Whistleblowing" Nurses)
-
AB 185
(Bill
Requiring Ballot Initiative Petitions Contain "An
Explanation Of The Effect Of The Petition If Approved By
The Voters")
-
AB 186
(Bill Authorizing Additional Industrial Insurance
Compensation Payments For Permanently And Totally
Disabled Workmen Injured Before Cost-Of-Living-Increase
Law Took Effect in 2004)
-
AB 188
Bill To
Impose Secrecy On Addresses Used To E-Mail State Government
Officials
-
AB
193
(Bill To
Narrow The Legal Definition of "Contractor")
-
AB 202
(Bill For Uniform State School
Anti-Harassment And Anti-Intimidation Procedures)
-
AB 210
(Bill Requiring Contractors And
Subcontractors To File State Demographics Reports)
-
AB 236
(Bill To Promote Use Of
Alternative Energy Sources In Homes)
-
AB 250#
(Bill To License And
Regulate Massage Therapists, Excluding Therapy Students,
Familial Massages And Brothel Therapy)
-
AB 255# (Bill
Increasing Circumstances Under Which DMV Can Close And
Padlock Businesses, And Regulating The Sale Of Dyed
Fuel)
-
AB 257 (Bill To Prevent Financial Institutions From
Making Loans Secured By Social Security Payments)
-
AB 260# (Bill To
Regulate Environmental Health Specialists And Creating A
Bureaucracy For That Purpose)
-
AB 278 (Bill Enlarging The Circumstances Under Which
A Tenant May Terminate A Lease)
-
AB 296# (Bill Requiring
Hospitals To Accept As Payment For Emergency Services
175% Of What Medicare Would Pay For The Same Treatment)
-
AB 312
(Bill To
Inhibit Sleazy Land Swaps By Requiring Public Auctions And
Two Appraisals For State And Local Government Land
Conveyances)
-
AB 314#
(Bill To
Require 90 Days Residence For Eligibility To Elected And
Appointed Positions)
-
AB 322# (Bill Requiring
Hospitals Provide Minimum Amounts Of Community Benefit
Programs And Charity Care)
-
AB 334#
(Bill To Make
Secret Government Collections Of Social Security Numbers
And Certain Other Personal
Information And Requiring State And Private Industry
Notification Of Potential Identity Thefts)
Question For TNO Readers:
Unless Required For Federal Tax Purposes, Why Should
Government And Private Industries Be Permitted To Collect Or
Share "Not For Identification" Social Security Numbers At
All?
-
AB 342#
(Bill Requiring
State Health Division, If It Has Any Spare Money, To
Contract With A Consulting Firm To Analyze "Sentinel
Events," And Making Various Changes In Auditing
Hospitals And Their Reports Of Financial Information)
-
AB 355# (Bill Providing
For Judicial Review Of Government Decisions To Terminate
Housing Assistance)
-
AB 360# (Bill To
Regulate Practitioners Of "Permanent Cosmetics" And Use
Of Laser And Infrared Devices For Cosmetic Purposes)
-
AB 364#
(Bill To Make The
State Industrial Insurance System More Victim-Friendly)
-
AB 369#
(Bill For Court-Ordered
Commitments Of Children For Involuntary Mental Health
Treatment)
-
AB 371#
(Bill Allowing Government
Entities To Employ Investment Counselors And Making It
Easier For County Governments To Seize Real Property For
Taxes)
-
AB 380#
(Bill To Create Additional
Taxes And Bureaucratic Level In District Boards Of Health)
-
AB 384#
(Bill To Regulate Questionable
Lending Practices Of Check-Cashing, Payday Loan,
Deferred Deposit And Title Loan Services)
-
AB 419# (Bill To Protect Whistleblowers, Prohibiting Use
Of State Resources For Election Campaigns, Providing
Increased Civil Penalties For Willful Violations Of Ethics
Law, Making Some Campaign Practices Violations A
Misdemeanor, And Other Reforms)
-
AB 425# (Bill To
Subsidize Certain Types Of Development, Requiring
Applicants For Zoning Changes Hold A Neighborhood
Meeting On The Subject, And Requiring Zoning Regulations
Be Intelligently Applied)
-
AB 426# (Bill
Appropriating $5,000 [Wow!] For Unexpected Litigation
Expenses By The Attorney General's Office And Requiring
That It Be Kept In A Special Account)
-
AB 443# (Bill To Change
Election Day In The Cities Of Carlin, Elko And Wells)
-
AB 452# (Bill Allowing
Ex-Felons Who Have Served Their Sentences To Petition
For Restoration Of Their Civil Rights)
-
AB 454# (Bill
Regulating Home Services Provided To Mentally Retarded
Persons)
-
AB 455# (Bill To Prohibit Candidates Who Don't File
Financial Disclosure Reports From Filing Declaration Of
Candidacy Or Filing Petition For An Initiative Or
Referendum)
-
AB 456# (Bill To Allow Clark County To Transfer
Performing Arts Center To Someone Else; And To Give $3
Million To The Culinary & Hospitality Academy Of Las
Vegas)
-
AB 480# (Bill
Establishing Requirements For School District Group
Insurance Plans In All Counties Except Clark And Washoe)
-
AB 484#
(Bill Providing For Discussions Of Workplace Grievances
Of State And Local Government Employees, And Prohibiting
Certain Unfair Labor Practices)
-
AB 496#
(Bill "Streamlining" Licensing Of Cosmetologists And "Aestheticians," And Permitting Them
To Work Temporarily At Resort Hotels)
-
AB 497# (Bill
To Require Accurate Titles For Public
Referendums And Ballot Initiatives, Requiring Review Of The
Title By The Attorney General, And Providing For
Judicial Review Of His Decision)
-
AB 501#
(Bill Extending Jurisdiction Of State
Contractors Board Over Shifty Contractors And Their Agents)
-
AB 521# (Bill Exempting
Certain Expenditures Of The Fund For A Healthy Nevada
From The Supervision Of The State Interim Finance
Committee)
-
AB 528# (Bill Expanding
Crime Of Threats Against A Public Officer To Include
Revelations Of Factually True Material About Him Or
Others)
-
AB 538# (Bill Rendering
Many Ethics In Government Provisions Void Or
Ineffective)
-
AB 540# (Bill To
Regulate And Certify Crane Operators)
-
AB 552# (Bill
Clarifying Prevailing Wage Provisions In Public Works
Contracts)
-
AB 553# (Bill Imposing
New Fees, Regulations And Requirements On Liquor
Purveyors, And Criminalizing The Possession,
Distribution Or Sale Of Alcohol Vaporizing Devices)
-
AJR 11 (Resolution To Limit Property Taxes Of Senior
Citizens Who Have Owned Their Residence For 10 Years Or
More)
Bill Defeated In Assembly
Floor Vote
-
AB 508# (Bill Imposing
Additional Regulation On Notaries Public)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
_____
Senate
Senate
Suspends Its Rules For The Day; Declares All Bills
Emergency Measures Under State Constitution
Senate
Passes 57 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 21 (Bill Requiring Patient Or Guardian Input In
Treatment Plans For The Mentally Ill Or Retarded)
-
SB 31 (Bill Making Minor Changes To Nevada Silver
Haired Legislative Forum)
-
SB 62 (Retroactive Bill Delineating Responsibilities
of State Engineer's Office Concerning Contested Water
Claims)
-
SB 64 (Bill Permitting Conveyances Of Land As Sole
And Separate Property, Rather Than Community Property)
-
SB 67 (Bill To Hinder Collection Of Debts Owed By
Local Government Experiencing "Severe Financial
Emergency")
-
SB 81 (Bill Prohibiting Looting Or Destruction Of
State Prehistoric And Historic Sites -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
-
SB 98# (Bill Allowing
Per Diem And Travel Expenses For Members Of Task Force
On Prostate Cancer; And Appropriating $50,000 To Pay
Them)
-
SB 109 (Bill Abolishing Mandatory Preference For
Joint Custody Of Child In Divorce Cases)
-
SB 115
(Bill
Allowing Local Governments To Hold Closed Meetings, With
Secret Records, Relating
to "Security" And "Terrorism," With No Provisions To Prevent
Abuse)
-
Debate On SB 115 (Senate Daily Journal - Day 79,
Pages 21-24)
-
SB 123 (Bill Reducing Universal Energy Charge And
Prohibiting State Fund For Energy Assistance And
Conservation From Subsidizing Electrical Or Natural Gas
Appliances)
-
SB 125
(Bill To Impose
Uniform 6 Month Residency Requirement For All
Political Candidates)
-
SB 130 (Bill Allowing State Department Of
Information Technology Director To Permanently Classify
Public Records As Secret)
-
SB 153 (Bill Allowing Common-Interest Associations
To Subsidize Mismanagement)
-
SB 172 (Bill Changing Laws Governing Foreclosure
Sales Of Real Property)
-
SB 184
(Bill To Introduce Very Modest Reforms In
Local Government "Enterprise Fund" Bookkeeping)
-
SB 193
(Bill To Supervise Donations Of
Dead Bodies For Scientific Purposes)
-
SB 212 (Bill Prohibiting Public School Classes From
Starting Earlier Than 7:35 AM)
-
SB 219 (Bill Requiring State Transportation
Department And Local Governments To Permit Operation Of
Up To 120 Foot Long Vehicles On Streets, Highways And
Roads, With Few Exceptions)
-
SB 224 (Bill Making It Easier To Void Public Ballot
Initiatives And Referendums)
-
SB 229#
(Bill Giving Tax
Breaks To Subsidize Southern Nevada Grocery Stores And
Businesses In Other Selected Areas)
-
SB 233 (Bill Permitting Grocery Stores And
Instructional Wine-Making Facilities To Serve Samples)
-
SB 243 (Bill Setting Maximum Operating Periods For
Clark County Taxis)
-
SB 245# (Bill To
Prohibit Commercial Drivers From Driving More Than 15
Hours A Day, Or 70 Hours A Week, With Many Exceptions)
-
SB 252 (Bill To Change Date Of Municipal Elections
In Clark County)
-
SB 262#
(Bill To
Protect And Compensate Owners Of Outdoor Signs Blocked By
Construction Of Noise Barrier Walls)
-
SB 263#
(Bill To
Adopt Uniform Environmental Covenants Act)
-
SB 267#
(Bill Immunizing
Defamatory Statements At Proceedings Held Under Open
Meeting Law, And Allowing Closed Sessions To Consider
Matters Involving Character, Misconduct Allegations Or
Professional Competence)
-
SB 276# (92-Page Bill To Impose Uniform Requirements
On State Agencies Granting Occupational Licenses)
-
SB 286#
(Bill Encouraging Construction Of
A Trade School In Clark County)
-
SB 296#
(Bill To Enlarge Secret Database Of "Central
Registry For The Collection Of Information Concerning
The Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child")
-
SB 323#
(Bill To Authorize Residents Of Privately-Owned
High-Rise Buildings To Depart From Requirements Imposed
By Uniform Common-Interest Ownership Act)
-
SB 325#
(76-Page Bill Imposing Various Bureaucrats And
Bureaucratic Requirements On Common-Interest
Communities)
-
SB 329# (Bill Allowing "No Preference" Votes On Ballots)
-
SB 337# (Bill Providing
Civil Liability For Persons Who Unlawfully Provide
Alcohol To Minors Or Controlled Substances To Anyone)
-
SB 338# (43-Page Bill
Making Numerous Changes To Laws Regarding Business
Associations)
-
SB 343# (31-Page Bill
Making Numerous Changes To Requirements For Mechanics'
And Materialmen's Liens)
-
SB 344# (Bill Creating
New Crime Of Driving Under "Extreme" Influence [.18
Percent BAC] Of Alcohol)
-
SB 365# (Bill Requiring
State Emergency Response Commission To Establish
Statewide Mapping System For Public Buildings If They
Have Enough Money To Do It)
-
SB 384#
(Bill Expanding The Number Of Employees With Peace
Officer Powers In The Nevada Highway Patrol To Include
Anyone Who Is Responsible For Enforcing A Law And Their
Supervisors, Whether Trained Or Not)
-
SB 386# (89-Page
Bill Making Numerous Changes To Election, Voting And Financial Disclosure
Laws)
-
SB 389# (Bill Creating Municipal "Tax Increment Areas" To
Impose Additional Level Of Taxation And Bureaucracy On
Property Owners)
-
SB 397# (Bill To Allow
Department Of Wildlife To Set Up Roadblocks And Check
Stations, Regulating The Use Of Guides, And Making Other
Changes)
-
SB 402# (Bill Requiring
Child Welfare Services To Train Employees About The
Legal Rights Of The Public)
-
SB 411# (24-Page Bill
Making Diverse Changes To Laws Regulating Local
Improvements And Assessments For Them)
-
SB 420# (Bill
Authorizing Secret Hearings By The State Drug Use Review
Board)
-
SB 430
(Bill Eliminating Power Of State Ethics Commission To
Remove Public
Officials From Office For Misconduct)
-
SB 431# (64-Page Bill Making Substantial Changes To Regulation Of
Financial Institutions And Related Businesses)
-
SB 452 (Bill Concentrating Powers Of Department Of
Public Safety Over Criminal Records Information)
-
SB 453# (44-Page Bill
To Make "Various Changes Concerning Business
Entities")
-
SB 457# (Bill To Permit
Swaps Of Liquor Between Retail Liquor Stores)
-
SB 462#
(92-Page Bill Which "Repeals, Reenacts, Reorganizes And
Revises Provisions Relating To Department Of Human
Resources And Department Of Employment, Training And
Rehabilitation")
-
SB 464# (Bill Making
Various Changes In State Financial Administration)
-
SB 473#
(Bill To Establish Police "Pilot Programs" In Counties,
Cities And Other Local Governments To Issue
Traffic Citations Based On Evidence Gathered By "Automated
Enforcement Systems," Including Cameras At Stop Lights)
-
SB 475# (Bill Limiting
3rd-Party Liability Of Private Contractors Who Provide
Unsafe Vehicles To State And Local Governments)
-
SB 477# (Bill
Transferring Powers Of State Legislative Commission To
Director Of Legislative Counsel Bureau)
-
SB 481 (Bill To Give The Civil Air Patrol A Lot Of
Money And Eliminate Restrictions On Spending It)
-
SB 488 (Bill Requiring Local Governments To Conduct
Hearings And Prepare "Business Impact Statements" Before
Adopting Laws And Regulations Affecting Businesses --
But Not The Public)
Three
Bills Defeated In Senate Floor Votes
-
SB 124 (Bill To Require Payment Of A $25 Surcharge
On Traffic Tickets From Offenses Involving Traffic
Accidents, And Distributing The Money To State Trauma
Care Providers)
-
SB 308#
(Bill Authorizing Release Of Any Confidential Criminal
Record To Private Businesses With Their Own Security
Personnel)
-
SB 360 (Bill Eliminating Documentation Requirements
For Ex-Felons To Vote And Shortening Time For Petitions
To Seal Records Of Conviction)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Nevada's
Economy Continues Rapid Job Growth
_____
From The State Department Of Employment, Training &
Rehabilitation
Latest
Economic Statistics
__________
April 1, 2005
Breaking News
March 31, 2005
_____
From The State Legislature
_____
Remarks Of
Rep. Jon Porter To The Nevada State Legislature
_____
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
Assembly
Assembly
Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Senate
-
ACR 5 (Bill Urging Nevada Schools To Participate In
Federally Funded School Breakfast Program)
_____
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 6 Bills
-
AB 16 (Bill Changing Date For
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Departments To Submit Its Budget)
-
AB 50 (Bill Requiring Medical Information In Adoptions)
-
AB 205 (Bill Broadening Powers Of Compensation
Officers In Juvenile Criminal Cases)
-
AB 227 (Bill Prohibiting Notary Publics From Advertising
In Foreign Languages)
-
AB 235 (Bill To Change Ward Boundaries In Certain
Cities)
-
AB 243 (Bill To Broaden Definition Of "Securities
Accounts")
Senate
Senate
Passes 7 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 89 (Bill To Make $261,620 Supplemental
Appropriation To Department of Human Resources For
Unanticipated Shortfall In Money)
-
SB 202 (Bill Revising Method For Calculation Of
Contingent School Days)
-
AB 13* (Bill Diluting Qualifications Of State Welfare
Administrator)
-
AB 96* (Bill Appropriating $10 Million To Restore
Balances In Stale Claims Account, Emergency Account and
Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account)
-
AB 130*
(Bill Transferring Power To Nominate Members Of Nevada
Veterans Service Commission From Adjutant General To The
Executive Director)
-
AB 131*
(Bill Abolishing Joint Meeting Requirements For Northern And Southern
Nevada Advisory Committees On Veterans Cemeteries)
-
AB 135*
(Bill
Increasing
Assessments Against Insurance Companies For Investigation Of
Insurance Fraud)
* Previously Passed By
Nevada State Assembly; If Gov. Guinn Signs Them, They Become
Law.
_____
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 8 Bills
-
SB 169 (Bill Authorizing All Counties Except Clark And
Washoe Counties To Use Sales And Use Tax Revenues For Flood
Prevention And Solid Waste Disposal Projects)
-
SB 180
(Bill To Increase Salaries Of Unelected
Members of County Boards Of Tax Equalization)
-
SB 189
(Bill To Protect Motor Vehicle Dealerships From
Manufacturers And Distributors)
-
SB 209 (Bill Protecting Nonprofit Corporations From
Seizures Pursuant To The State Uniform Disposition Of
Unclaimed Property Act)
-
SB 270 (Bill Making It More Difficult For Persons
To Recover Property Seized By The State Administrator Of
Unclaimed Property)
-
SB 271 (Bill
Authorizing The Secretary Of State To Issue Fake Addresses
To Protect Persons From Stalkers, Creditors And Civil
Process)
-
SB 278
(Bill To Prohibit Misrepresentations
Of Qualifications By Safety And Health Managers -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
-
SB 334
(Bill To Permit Pawnbrokers To Charge Usurious
Rates Of Interest)
__________
From The State Attorney General's
Office
Nevada
AG's Racial
Profiling Traffic Stop Data Collection Study
Report (Released Today)
_____
Blockbuster Video Rentals Enters Into Settlement Agreement
With Nevada And 47 Other States Over "No Late Fees"
Advertising
Press Release
(Attorney General's Office)
__________
April 1, 2005
_____
From The US Congress
US
Congressional Subcommittee Releases
E-Mails; Evidence Of Falsified Yucca Mountain Documents
_____
From The State Legislature
(PM Update)
Legislature Passes Hybrid Property Tax Relief Bill After
Another Amendment
"Capping" The Rate Of Increase: Residential Property Tax
Increases Capped At 3% Per Year; Business Property At 8% Or Double The
Rate Of Inflation, Whichever Is Greater
_____
From The Governor's Office
Gov. Guinn
Congratulates Legislature On Passage Of Hybrid Property Tax
Increase Cap; Says He'll Sign It
__________
From The Nation
Back To
Back National Awards For Rep. Jim Gibbons
__________
From The Clark County
Growth Task Force
__________
From The Clark County
School District
Clark
County Education Association Rates Its School District
Principals
_______
From The State Legislature
_____
Compromise Said To Have
Been Reached Late Last Night
State
Assembly And Senate Deadlock Over Hybrid Property Tax
Relief Bill
Assembly Does Not Concur In Senate's Amendments; Legislative
Conference Committee Appointed To Resolve Dispute As
Deadline For Passage Expires
Senate
Twice
Amended AB 489 Passed By Senate After Narrow Defeat Of Tax
Freeze Proposal By Sen. Titus
Debate And Vote Over 1st Amendment Of SB 489
Debate And Vote
(10-11) On Tax Freeze Proposal
Debate And Passage After 2nd Amendment
_____
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
Senate
Passes 3 Other Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 35 (Bill To Increase Tax On Inter-County Water
Transfers And Redesignate Tax As A Fee)
-
SB 192 (Bill Prohibiting The Importation Of
"Alternative Livestock" From Out Of State -- Or Face A Misdemeanor)
-
AB 107
(Bill Making $1,400 Supplemental Appropriation To State
University System)
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 6 Bills
-
SJR 1 (Urges Congress To Take Certain Actions Concerning
Wilderness Areas And Wilderness Study Areas)
-
SB 31 (Bill Altering Rules For Nevada Silver Haired
Legislative Forum)
-
SB 32 (Bill Changing Residency Requirements For
University Of Nevada Students)
-
SB 72 (Bill Raising Value Of Homes On Which Senior
Citizens Can Claim Property Tax Refunds To $120,000)
-
SB 197 (Bill To Establish Advisory Council On State
Program For Fitness And Wellness)
-
SB 257# (Bill Eliminating The Annual Register Of The
State Board Of Accountants And Making Other Changes In
Existing Law)
# No Legislative Digest
for the text of this Bill
__________
Assembly
Assembly
Does Not Concur With Senate Amendments To Hybrid Property
Tax Relief Bill; Matter Now In Hands Of Conference Committee
Assembly
Passes 3 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
ACR 2 (Resolution Requesting State Supreme Court Review
Opening Of Adoption Documents By District Courts)
-
ACR 5 (Resolution Urging Nevada Schools To Participate In
Federally Funded School Breakfast Program)
-
AB 145 (Bill Revising Property Tax Exemption For
Disabled Veterans)
_____
Assembly
Panel Recommends Passage Of 1 Bill
-
AB 178 (Bill Exempting Attorneys From Requirement That
Notaries Public Not Attest To Documents In Which They Have A
Financial Interest)
_________
From The Attorney
General's Office
AG-Administered Funds Now Available To Counter Domestic
Violence
__________
April 2, 2005
_____
From The State Legislature
-- Highlights of Yesterday's Session
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
Legislative Remarks On The Passage Of The Hybrid Property
Tax Relief Bill (AB 489)
Senate
Senate
Passes 8 Bills
-
SB 169
(Bill Authorizing All Counties Except Clark And Washoe
To Apply Sales And Use Tax Revenues For Flood
Prevention And Solid Waste Disposal Projects)
-
SB 180
(Bill To Increase Salaries Of Unelected
Members of County Boards Of Tax Equalization)
-
SB 189
(Bill To Protect Motor Vehicle Dealerships From
Manufacturers And Distributors)
-
SB 209 (Bill Protecting Nonprofit Corporations From
Seizures Pursuant To The State Uniform Disposition Of
Unclaimed Property Act)
-
SB 270 (Bill Making It More Difficult For Persons
To Recover Property Seized By The State Administrator Of
Unclaimed Property)
-
SB 271 (Bill
Authorizing The Secretary Of State To Issue Fake Addresses
To Protect Persons From Stalkers, Creditors And Civil
Process)
-
SB 278
(Bill To Prohibit Misrepresentations
Of Qualifications By Safety And Health Managers -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
-
SB 334
(Bill To Permit Pawnbrokers To Charge Usurious
Rates Of Interest)
Senate
Panel Recommends Passage Of One Bill
-
SB 149 (Bill To Provide Salaries For University
Board Of Regents)
Assembly
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 11 Bills
-
SB 73
(Bill Increasing State Hazardous
Materials Reporting Fee From $500 To Not More Than $15,000)
-
SB 85 (Bill Revising Provisions For Licensing
Dentists)
-
-
AB 20 (Bill Increasing Issue Of State General
Obligation Bonds For Water Systems And Conservation From
$90 Million To $110 Million)
-
AB 60 (Bill To Transfer $527 Million To State
Distributive School Account For Various Purposes)
-
AB 80 (Bill Regulating Well-Diggers And Abandonment
of Wells)
-
AB 108 (Bill Eliminating Pay For School Hearing
Officers And Diluting Their Qualifications)
-
AB 125 (Bill Requiring PUC Approval Of Subdivision
Water And Sewer Systems)
-
AB 167 (Bill To
Permit State To Purchase Wastewater Securities)
-
AB 169 (Bill Requiring Owners To Tell DMV If They
Sell Or Transfer Motor Vehicles)
-
AB 507 (Bill Changing Nevada Statute To Use
"Firefighter" Instead Of "Fireman")
Assembly
Panel Report: "No Recommendation"
-
AB 456 (Bill To Allow Clark County To Transfer
Performing Arts Center To Someone Else; And To Give $3
Million To The Culinary & Hospitality Academy Of Las
Vegas)
__________
April 3, 2005
_____
New From The Nevada Supreme
Court Website
__________
April 4, 2005
_____
Yucca
Mountain Update
From The US Congress
Statement
Of Sen. John Ensign On Newly-Released Yucca Mountain
Documents
Statement
Of Congressional Government Reform Subcommittee
From The Media
Reaction
To Revelations Of Fraud In Yucca Mountain Documents
From The State Attorney
General's Office
__________
US 9th Circuit Court Opinion
Upholds Municipal Ordinance Regulating Erotic Lap-Dancing;
May Give Las Vegas Authorities Some Guidance
__________
April 5, 2005
_____
New Yucca
Mountain Update
From The US Congress
Sen. Reid
and Sen. Ensign Demand Department Of Energy Halt
Yucca Mountain Project
_____
Congressional Government Reform Subcommittee Hearings On
Yucca Mountain Document Scandal Begin Today
_____
Rep.
Gibbons To Demand Answers In Yucca Mountain Document
Falsification Probe
__________
From The Governor's Office
Gov. Guinn
Announces Quadripartite State Agreement For "Frontier Line"
Electric Power Transmission Project
__________
From The Nevada Public
Utilities Commission
Paying The
Futility Bill: Sierra Pacific Wants Another Rate Hike --
This Time For Electricity
Public
Utilities Commission Considering Changes To Consumer Bill Of
Rights, But Isn't Saying What's Involved
"You're The Consumer; You
Figure It Out"
__________
From The State Legislature
-- Highlights of Yesterday's Session
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 6 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 16 (Bill Changing Date For Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department To Submit Its Budget)
-
AB 178 (Bill Exempting Attorneys From Requirement That
Notaries Public Not Attest To Documents In Which They Have A
Financial Interest)
-
AB 205 (Bill To Ease Compensation To Victims Of
Crime Based On Secret Records)
-
AB 227 (Bill Prohibiting Notary Publics From Advertising
In Foreign Languages)
-
AB 243 (Bill To Broaden Definition Of "Securities
Accounts")
-
AB 327 (Bill To Pay Physicians And Staff At County
Hospitals Extra For Treating Indigents)
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 8 Bills
-
AB 106 (Bill Appropriating $862,000 For The
Department Of Conservation And Natural Resources
-
AB 112 (Bill Requiring Owners Of Vessels To Carry 60
Feet Of Rope Attached To A Life Preserver -- Or
Face A Misdemeanor)
-
AB 116 (Bill Preventing Good Hunters From Getting To
Shoot Mule Deer Two Years In A Row)
-
AB 175 (Bill To Appropriate About $15.5 Million For
Mental Health Services In Southern Nevada, And $2.3
Million For Northern Nevada)
-
AB 179 (Bill
Creating More Exceptions To Public Bidding On Purchases)
-
AB 187 (Bill To
Allow Local Government To Ignore Planning Commissions For
"Minor Amendments")
-
AB 346 (One To Watch -- Bill To Allow State Fire Marshal To Train
Firemen How To Start Fires, As Well As How To Put Them Out)
-
AB 470 (Bill To Do Without Corroboration Requirement In
Prosecutions For Inveigling, Enticing Or Taking Away Persons
For Prostitution)
Senate
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 9 Bills
-
AB 94
(Bill For $79,602 Supplemental
Appropriation To Department Of Conservation And Natural
Resources)
-
AB 95
(Bill For $15,104 Supplemental Appropriation
To Department Of Business and Industry For Unanticipated
Shortfall In Money Resulting From Reclassification Of
Positions In Nevada Athletic Commission)
-
SB 23 (Bill Authorizing Disabled Persons To Use
Signature Stamps)
-
SB 33 (Bill Authorizing DMV To Raise Money By
Posting Private Advertisements In DMV Offices)
-
SB 34 (Bill Increasing Driver's License Fees)
-
SB 41 (Bill Revising Dollar Threshold For First And
Second Liens)
-
SB 118 (Bill To Increase Fees For Death Certificates
And Revoke Confidentiality Requirements For Pharmacists
To Release Prescription Information To Coroners)
-
SB 287
(Bill To Criminalize Parents Who Leave
Unattended Children In Cars)
-
SB 449 (Bill Expanding Burglary Statute To Include
Crime Of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses)
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
__________
April 6, 2005
Latest Yucca
Mountain
Updates
From The US Congress
Rep.
Porter Calls For Independent Commission To Probe Falsified
Documents; Reps. Gibbons And Berkley Scorch DOE And USGS
Officials In 3 Hour Q & A Session
_____
Sen. Reid
Renews Demand To Halt Yucca Mountain Project In Statement To
Congressional Subcommittee
_____
Sen.
Ensign's Yucca Mountain Subcommittee Testimony: "We Cannot
Afford To Continue This Project"
Rep.
Gibbons Blasts DOE In Subcommittee Testimony; Joins Call For
Yucca Mountain Halt
Gov. Guinn
Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee On Yucca
Mountain Document Scandal
__________
From The State Legislature
-- Highlights of Yesterday's Session
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 5 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SJR 1 (Urges Congress To Take Certain Actions Concerning
Wilderness Areas And Wilderness Study Areas)
-
SB 72 (Bill Raising Value Of Homes On Which Senior
Citizens Can Claim Property Tax Refunds To $120,000)
-
SB 149 (Bill To Provide Salaries For University
Board Of Regents)
-
SB 197 (Bill To Establish Advisory Council On State
Program For Fitness And Wellness)
-
SB 257# (Bill Eliminating The Annual Register Of The
State Board Of Accountants And Making Other Changes In
Existing Law)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public)
_____
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 2 Bills
-
SCR 3 (Resolution To Create "Service Animal
Recognition Day")
-
SB 301 (Bill Requiring The Director Of Department Of
Human Resources To Plan For, Get, And Allocate Federal
Funds Within His Agency)
____________________
April 7, 2005
_____
From The Governor's Office
Gov. Guinn
Signs Hybrid Property Tax Increase Cap Into Law
__________
More On
Yucca Mountain Problems
National
Academies Of Science Report Warns Nuclear Waste Could Be
Used By Terrorists
Rep.
Porter's Yucca Mountain Interview On E&E TV's On-Point
Program Now Available
__________
From The Congress
Rep.
Gibbons Calls On Federal Government To Live Up To Its
Funding Obligations To Nevada Under The Payment In Lieu Of
Taxes (PILT) Program
__________
From Clark County
Clark
County Commission Votes 5-0 To End Most Sleazy Land Swaps;
Will Rely
On Centralized Auction Process
_____
Clark
County Growth Task Force Report Delivered To County
Commissioners
Appendices To Report
(19.74 MB
Document; DSL Connection Recommended)
__________
From The State Legislature
______
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 2 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
AB 125 (Bill Requiring PUC Approval Of Subdivision
Water And Sewer Systems)
-
SB 85* (Bill Revising Provisions For Licensing
Dentists)
(*
Previously passed by State Senate; if Gov. Guinn signs it it
becomes law.)
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 35 Bills And Resolutions; 2 More
Bills Reported Out Of Committee Without Recommendation
-
AJR 4 (Resolution Telling The Federal Government
That Yucca Mountain Is Unsuitable As A Nuclear Waste
Dump)
-
AJR 6
(Resolution Urging Congress To
Amend Medicare Prescription Drug Act To Provide
Affordable, Easily Understood Coverage For Prescription
Drug Benefits)
-
AJR 12 (Resolution Urging United States Department
Of Transportation To Act Regarding Federal Cargo
Securement Regulations)
-
AB 21 (Bill Tripling The Time For Justice Courts To
Transmit Records On Appeal)
-
AB 26 (Bill Providing For Veterans' Homes)
-
-
AB 33
(Bill To
Encourage
Abuses In Disposition Of State Property, And Provide For
Discretionary No-Bid Contracts To Sell Public Land
Without Public Notice)
(see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 35 (Bill Authorizing Extension Of Child Welfare
Services To Age 22)
-
AB 48 (Bill Appropriating $12 Million For Vocational
Schools)
-
AB 57 (Bill Repealing The Fund For The Institutional
Care Of The Medically Indigent)
-
AB 64
(Bill To Exempt Elected Supervisor
Of Conservation District From Requirement To File
Statement Of Financial Disclosure)
(see
TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 89 (Bill Providing Alternative Places To Register
To Vote)
-
AB 92 ("Someone To Watch Over Me": Bill
Tripling Time To Run Suspended Misdemeanor Sentences)
-
AB 109 (Bill To Appropriate $21 Million Plus For
Public Schools)
-
AB 124
(Bill To Have Nevada
Taxpayers Pay To Help Hollywood Motion Picture Studios Keep Their
Profits Up)
(see TNO
Article "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly")
-
AB 139 (Bill To Increase State Surveillance Of
Medicaid And Children's Health Program Applicants)
-
AB 159 (Bill To Allow Clark County, And No Other
Counties, To Expand
Number Of Members Of County Wildlife Management Advisory
Board To 7)
-
AB 162 (Bill Loosening Sponsor Control Over Charter
Schools; Allowing The State University System To Have
Its Own Charter Schools; And Dropping The Commission On
Professional Standards In Education Requirement For
Issuing Licenses To Teach)
-
AB 166 (Bill Revising Cost Calculations For Offers
Of Judgment In Civil Lawsuits)
-
AB 176 (Bill Taking $500,000 From Fund For A Healthy
Nevada To Provide Dental Services For The Aged)
-
AB 181 (Bill Eliminating State License For Buyers Of
Farm Products Or Livestock)
-
AB 182 (Bill To Allow Students To Take Their Own
Asthma Medicine)
-
AB 184 (Bill Requiring Department Of Education To
Prepare "Parental Involvement Compacts" For Parents To
Sign)
-
AB 186 (Bill Requiring Appointment Of Committee To
Study Industrial Insurance Payments)
-
AB 209 (Bill To Teach English To Pre-Kindergarten
Kids)
-
AB 256 (Bill To Create New And Enhanced Crimes Of
Vehicular Homicide And Homicide By Vessel)
-
AB 276#
(Bill Easing Difficulties In Changing Pharmacists)
-
AB 289 (Bill Requiring Historic Preservation Administrator
To Establish Program To Protect Cultural Resources)
-
AB 295#
(Bill Creating New And Enhanced Crime Of Vehicular
Manslaughter)
-
AB 350#
(Bill Providing Medical Assistance To Working Persons
With Disabilities)
-
AB 372#
(Bill Allowing State Rural Housing Authority To Override
Local Authorities; Make Mortgage Loans And Have State
Bonds Issued To Pay For Them)
-
AB 377#
(Bill To Create Nevada Interscholastic Activities
Association)
-
AB 402#
(Bill To Allow Municipalities To Pledge Projected
Utilities Revenues For Payment Of Bonds And Other
Obligations)
-
AB 421#
(Bill To Turn Persons
Convicted Of A Felony DUI Into A Permanent Criminal Class)
-
AB 445 (Bill Transferring Committee For Testing On
Intoxication From DMV To State Department Of Public
Safety)
Assembly
Panels Report: "No Recommendation"
-
AB 351#
(Bill To
Regulate Or Censor Displays Of Art In State And Local Parks)
-
AB 526#
(Bill To Increase Student-Teacher Ratios In Kindergarten
And Elementary School Classes)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO
story)
_____
Senate
Senate
Passes 5 Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
AB 94* (Bill For $79,602 Supplemental
Appropriation To Department Of Conservation And Natural
Resources)
-
AB 95*
(Bill For $15,104 Supplemental Appropriation
To Department Of Business and Industry For Unanticipated
Shortfall In Money Resulting From Reclassification Of
Positions In Nevada Athletic Commission)
-
SCR 3 (Resolution To Create "Service Animal
Recognition Day")
-
SB 23
(Bill Authorizing Disabled Persons To Use
Signature Stamps
-
SB 33 (Bill Authorizing DMV To Raise Money By
Posting Private Advertisements In DMV Offices)
(* Previously passed by
State Assembly. If Gov. Guinn signs it; it becomes
law.)
_____
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 16 Bills
-
SB 76 (Bill Modifying Mandatory Juvenile Delinquent
Drug And Alcohol Evaluations For Some 1st Time
Offenders)
-
SB 111
(Bill Requiring Employers
To Report All Relevant Facts About Unemployment Claims)
-
SB 122
(Authorizes Veterans To Purchase
Additional PERS Benefit Years)
-
SB 152
(Bill
Eliminating American Physical Therapy Association
Standards For Licensing Physical Therapists And Imposing
New Fees, Fines And Penalties)
-
SB 165
(Bill Creating Special Bank
Accounts For The State Department Of Agriculture)
-
SB 170
(Bill Authorizing All Counties
Except Clark And Washoe To Impose Additional Sales And
Use Taxes)
-
SB 186
(Bill Allowing Judicial Appeals
From Decisions Of County Boards Of Equalization)
-
SB 194 (Bill To Expand Control Of Nevada Commission
Of Homeland Security Over State And Local Purchases Of Communications Systems)
-
SB 210 (Bill Providing For Taxation And
Privatization Of County Telephone Systems, Eliminating
Existing Public Bidding Requirement If Sold)
-
SB 218 (Bill To Prevent Counties From
Imposing License Taxes And Fees On "Professionals")
-
SB 315# (Bill To Regulate Business Brokers)
-
SB 321#
(Bill Requiring Department Of Taxation To Administer Tax
Exemptions Of Non-Profit Groups)
-
SB 393 (Bill Providing for .5 Percent Discount Of
Taxes Paid Electronically)
-
SB 417#
(Allows Clark County, But No Other Counties, To Regulate
Personal Assistive Mobility Devices)
-
SB 442#
(Bill Requiring Appointment Of Judges Of Equal
Rank To Serve On Judicial Discipline Commission When
Complaint Is Made Against A Municipal Court Judge Or Justice
Of The Peace)
-
SB 483#
(Bill Dropping "Willfulness" Requirement To Impose Joint
And Several Liability On
Officers, Directors And Employees For Unpaid Taxes And
Penalties)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO
story)
__________
Details On
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan
Signed Monday
April 8, 2005
_____
US
Department Of Energy Still Trying To Figure Out What To Do
About Falsified Yucca Mountain Documents
__________
Another
DMV Worker Arrested For Sale Of False Identification
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Senate
Senate
Panels Recommend Passage Of 8 Bills
-
SJR 12 (Resolution Urging US President To Fund Clark
County Sport Shooting Park)
-
SB 57 (Bill Authorizing University Of Nevada Law
School To Establish Rural Nevada Legal Services Corps
And Scavenge Up Some Money To Support It)
-
SB 90 (Bill Appropriating $3.2 Million For
Unanticipated Expenses Of Desert Regional Center And
Rural Clinics)
-
SB 235#
("Revises provisions relating
to procedure for dissolution of hospital districts in
certain smaller counties")
-
SB 261#
(Bill To Put Snowboarders Under Skiing Safety
Provisions)
-
SB 328 (Bill Making Minor Adjustments To State Public
Employees Retirement System [PERS])
-
SB 401#
(Bill Requiring The Department Of Human Resources To Set
Up Contracts With Common Motor Carriers To Transport
Medicare Patients)
-
SB 496#
(Bill Appropriating
$935,000 For The Las Vegas Readiness Center)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO
story)
__________
From Clark County
Avoiding
Disclosures In Disclosure Statements
Clark County
Commissioner Bruce Woodbury Abstains In 28 Licensing Votes
On March 22, But Fails To Explain Why In His Filed
Documents
April 9, 2005
_____
From The State Legislature
Too Busy
To Look Where They're Going?
State
Senate Yesterday Began Passing Bills Without Legislative Counsel
Explanations
See
TNO story in this issue -- Legislative Panels Began
Recommending "Undigested" Bills For Passage On April Fool's
Day
Look For The "#" In TNO's
Legislative Reports To See The Increasing Growth Of This
Practice
NRS 218.249
(Bills and joint
resolutions to include digest; contents of digest; revision
of digest upon adoption of amendment to bill or joint
resolution.)
_____
Assembly
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 17 Bills And A Resolution
-
AJR 3
(Resolution To Abolish The Office Of State Controller)
-
AB 46
(Bill To Extend Life Of The Committee On Youth, Children
And Families, And To Transfer Child Welfare Services In
Clark And Washoe Counties From The State To Those Counties)
-
AB 76
(Bill To Allow For Students Who Are Ill For More Than 10 Days)
-
AB 118
(Bill To Criminalize Tobacco Smoking In Video Arcades)
-
-
AB 127
(Bill To Provide Subsidies From Fund For A Healthy
Nevada To Provide Dental Services And Vision Benefits For The Aged)
-
AB 136
(Bill To Make The Secretary Of State's Office Pay For County And Local
Computer Voting Programs And Paper)
-
AB 170
(Bill To Provide Military Training For Girls And Boys In The State National
Guard ChalleNGe Program [No, it's not a typo])
-
AB 190
(Bill For
New Anti-Peeping Laws, Except For Police)
-
AB 336#
(Bill To Create Parental Involvement
Bureaucracy In The Public Schools)
-
AB 345#
(Bill To Strip The Chairman Of The
Peace Officers' Standards And Training Commission Of His Vote Unless There's
A Tie, And To Add Another Officer From Clark County As Member)
-
AB 368#
(Bill To Authorize Seizure Of Presumed
Abandoned Vehicles By Anyone The Local Law Enforcement Chief Designates)
-
AB 383#
(Bill Creating Right Of Redemption For Judicial Liens On Community Interests)
-
AB 388#
(Bill To Shuffle Names In Vocational Training Bureaucracy)
-
AB 398#
(Bill To Appropriate $189,000 To Hire A Consultant For State Parental
Involvement And Communications Program)
-
AB 486#
(Bill To Require Tobacco Companies To Post Up To $50 Million Bond In Civil
Litigation)
-
AB 505#
(Bill Ending Exemption For Heavy Motor Vehicle Registration Under The Interstate
Highway User Fee Apportionment Act)
-
AB 524#
(Bill Increasing Health Bureaucracy And Setting Aside Up To 30 Percent Of The
Fund For A Healthy Nevada To Subsidize Prescription Drug Purchases)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
_____
Senate
Senate Passes 14 Bills;
Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 41 (Bill Revising Dollar Threshold For First And
Second Liens)
-
SB 76 (Bill Modifying Mandatory Juvenile Delinquent
Drug And Alcohol Evaluations For Some 1st Time
Offenders)
-
SB 118 (Bill To Increase Fees For Death Certificates
And Revoke Confidentiality Requirements For Pharmacists
To Release Prescription Information To Coroners)
-
SB 170
(Bill Authorizing All Counties
Except Clark And Washoe To Impose Additional Sales And
Use Taxes)
-
SB 186
(Bill Allowing Judicial Appeals
By County Assessors From Decisions Of County Boards Of Equalization)
-
SB 194 (Bill To Expand Control Of Nevada Commission
Of Homeland Security Over State And Local Purchases Of Communications Systems)
-
SB 210 (Bill Providing For Taxation And
Privatization Of County Telephone Systems, And Eliminating
Existing Requirement For Public Bidding If Sold)
-
SB 218
(Bill To Prevent Counties From
Imposing License Taxes And Fees On "Professionals")
-
SB 301 (Bill Requiring The Director Of Department Of
Human Resources To Plan For, Get, And Allocate Federal
Funds Within His Agency)
-
SB 321#
(Bill Requiring Department Of Taxation To Administer Tax
Exemptions Of Non-Profit Groups)
-
SB 417#
(Allows Counties To Regulate
Personal Assistive Mobility Devices)
-
SB 442#
(Bill Requiring Appointment Of Judges Of Equal
Rank To Serve On Judicial Discipline Commission When
Complaint Is Made Against A Municipal Court Judge Or Justice
Of The Peace)
-
SB 449 (Bill Expanding Burglary Statute To Include
Crime Of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses)
-
SB 483#
(Bill Dropping "Willfulness" Requirement To Impose Joint
And Several Liability On
Officers, Directors And Employees For Unpaid Taxes And
Penalties)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
Senate Panels Recommend
Passage Of 7 Bills
-
SB 55 (Bill
Allowing Advertising Companies To Sell Used Cars Without A License)
-
SB 60 (Bill To
Impose Additional Restrictions On Youthful Drivers And Make Their Parents Pay
Fines)
-
SB 129 (Bill
Requiring Legislators Employed By The State To Take Unpaid Leave Of Absence
During Legislative Session)
-
SB 175 (Bill
Changing Requirements For Providing Accident Reports And Certificates Of Title
To Motor Vehicles)
-
SB 205#
(Bill Criminalizing The Sale Of Tombstones)
-
SB 251 (Bill
Allowing Exemptions To Front License Plate Requirement On Motor Vehicles)
-
SB 303#
(Bill To Pay And Increase Number Of Nevada Members Of National Conference Of
Commissioners On Uniform State Laws)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
__________
Nevada
Gaming Win For February 2005 Up 3.77 Percent Over Last Year
April 11, 2005
_____
Nevada
Education: Nearly At The Bottom In Per Pupil Spending,
But If You Add In The Money Paid For Construction, Equipment, And
Debt Financing, We're Only Below Average
From The National
Center For Educational Statistics (NCES)
Other NCES Reports On Nevada
_____
Other Recent National
Studies
-
Nevada's
Inefficient Public School System -- High Administrative
Costs; Fifth Worst State In Per Pupil Spending
-
Nevada
49th Smartest State In The Union 2004-2005
For a TNO Reader on this important
subject, scroll down the right-hand column to "Funding
Public Education in Nevada: The Issues"
__________
From The State Legislature
_____
Senate
Senate
Panels Recommend 8 Bills For Passage
-
SB 52
(Bill To Increase County
Bureaucracies And The Fines They Impose)
-
SB 139
(Bill To Audit The Department Of
Transportation And Change Its Board Of Directors)
-
SB 147
(Bill To
Issue $100 Million In General Obligation Bonds For
Grants To Water Systems)
-
SB 302 (Bill
To Eliminate Power Of County Commissions To
Supervise The Acquisition, Purchase, Leasing, Selling Or
Disposition Of County Property By County Fair And Recreation
Boards)
-
SB 354#
(Bill Providing For Increased
Fees, Charges And Perpetual Liens For City Solid
Waste Management Systems)
-
SB 367#
(Bill To Allow Expelled Public
School Students To Study Elsewhere)
-
SB 413# (Bill To Establish Debt Management Commission For
Clark County)
-
SB 424#
(Bill Allowing Cities In Clark And
Washoe County Governments To Abate, Fix, Guard, Wreck Or Blow
Up Abandoned Nuisances)
(# No Counsel Digest of
Bill to guide the Legislators or public.)
(See TNO story)
_____
April 12, 2005
_____
Reform And
The 2005 Legislature
An
Overview Of Some Of The Bills Introduced So Far
March
15, 2005
Breaking News Stories
March 14, 2005
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature
(Unless otherwise noted, all
descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
Assembly
-
AB 200 (Bill To
Criminalize And Sanction Remarks Or Punishment Directed At
Brats In Child Care Centers)
-
AB 201 (Bill To Encourage Non-Profit Urban Claim
Jumping Associations)
-
AB 202 (Bill For Uniform State School
Anti-Harassment And Anti-Intimidation Procedures)
-
AB 203 (Bill To Crack Down On Osteopaths -- No
Criminal Penalties, Though)
-
AB 204 (Bill To Pay For Various State Projects By
Issuing $15+ Million In New State Bonds Plus Interest, Rather Than Pay The Bill
From Existing Surplus Revenues At Hand)
-
AB 205 (Bill To Ease Compensation To Victims Of
Crime Based On Secret Records)
Senate
-
SB 179 (Bill To Increase Salaries In The State
Department of Public Safety)
-
SB 180 (Bill To Increase Salaries Of Unelected
Members of County Boards Of Tax Equalization)
-
SB 181 (Bill To Allow Counties To Impose Additional
Tax Increases On Motor Fuels)
-
SB 182 ("How're You Doing?": Bill To Permit Alcohol
And Drug Counselors To Engage In "Mental Health Counseling" )
-
SB 183 (Bill To Give White Pine County A New
Courthouse)
__________
US House
of Representatives Unanimously Passes Nevada National Forest
Disposal Act
__________
Statement
Of Sen. Reid On Yucca Mtn. Nuclear Waste Dump
__________
Two Former
NYPD Detectives Living In Las Vegas Indicted As Mob "Hit
Men"
Press Release (US Attorney's
office, Eastern District of New York)
__________
March 15, 2005
Senate
Passes Four Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
Assembly
Passes Three Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
__________
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature
(Unless otherwise noted, all
descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
Assembly
-
AB 207 (Bill
Imposing Complex Procedural Changes In Complaints And
Discipline Proceedings Against Law Enforcement Officers)
-
AB 208 (Bill To Crack Down On Physicians And
Osteopaths -- No Criminal Penalties, Though)
Senate
-
SB 184 (Bill To Introduce Very Modest Reforms In
Local Government Bookkeeping)
-
SB 185 (Bill To Hinder Regional Transportation Plans
In Smaller Counties)
-
SB 186 (Bill To Change Existing State And County Tax
Valuation Proceedings)
-
SB 187 (Bill To Increase Compensation To Members of
Advisory Committee On Traumatic Brain Injuries)
-
SB 188 (Bill To Widen Loopholes In State Renewable
Energy System Credits Program)
__________
Sen. Reid
and Cong. Pelosi Form National Security Advisory Group to
Congressional Democrats
__________
Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Gives Sierra Pacific New
Hope In Enron Case
__________
March 16, 2005
State
Internal Audit Reports: Waste, Inefficiency In Public Works
Board, State Medicaid and Child Care Program
Latest Audit Releases
__________
DMV Opens
Website On North Las Vegas Break-In
__________
March 17, 2005
US
Geological Survey Workers Allegedly Falsified Yucca Mtn. Nuclear
Waste Dump Documents
Nevada's Draft
Discovery Order In Yucca Mtn. Nuclear Waste Dump Litigation;
Comments Requested
__________
State
Treasurer Begins Issue Of $760 Million In Re-Funding Bonds
-- Largest Issue In State History
__________
Nevada
Public Utilities Commission Approves Rate Increase For
Nevada Power Co.
__________
Senate
Passes Four Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
Assembly
Passes One Bill; Transmits It To State Senate
__________
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature
(Unless otherwise noted, all
descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
Senate
Assembly
-
AB 209 (Bill To Teach English To Pre-Kindergarten
Kids)
-
AB 210 (Bill Requiring Contractors And
Subcontractors To File State Demographics Reports)
-
AB 211 (Bill To License Traffickers In Human Body
Parts)
-
AB 212 (Bill To Create Cervical Cancer Task Force)
-
AB 213 (Bill Requiring Law Enforcement Officers Who
Resign Within Two Years Of Receiving Training To Reimburse The State)
-
AB 214 (Bill To Make Dental Malpractice Lawsuits
More Difficult)
-
AB 215 (Bill To Expand Loopholes In Required
Financial Disclosures By Sellers Of Real Property)
__________
March 18, 2005
Nevada's Inefficient Public School System -- High
Administrative Costs; Fifth Worst State In Per Pupil
Spending
__________
Nevada
Attorney General Calls For Justice Department Investigation
Of Alleged Yucca Mtn. Data Falsification
__________
Assembly
Passes 4 Bills; Transmits Them To The State Senate
-
AB 96
(Appropriation to Restore
Balances In Stale Claims Account, Emergency Account and
Reserve For Statutory Contingency Account)
-
AB 107 (Supplemental Appropriation
To University And Community College System of Nevada For
Matching Money For 2004-2005 NDSL Program)
-
AB 135
(Increases Assessments
Against Insurance Companies For Investigation Of Insurance
Fraud)
-
AB 137
(Revises provisions
governing insurance payments in settlement of certain
third-party liability claims)
Senate
Passes Three Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
AB 34
(Bill Increasing Recovery
Amount From Negligent Contractors)
-
ACR 7
(Sparks Centennial
Commemoration)
-
SB 141
(Increases Penalties For
Hit-And-Run Drivers)
__________
Public
Growing Restless Over Legislative Inaction On Property Tax
Relief
What California Did:
What Colorado Did:
What Nevadans Are Doing:
What The Legislature Is
Doing About Property Tax Relief:
Nevada
State Senate Standing Committee On Taxation
Nevada State Assembly
Standing Committee On Growth And Infrastructure
__________
Legislature Congratulates The City Of Sparks On Its
Centennial
__________
Senate
Passes Two Bills; Transmits Them To The State Assembly
AB 29 Signed By Senate And Assembly
AB 29
(Limiting Responsibilities Of State Buildings &
Grounds Division)
Assembly
Passes Three Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted, all
descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
Assembly
-
AB 216 (Bill To
Mandate Rent Reductions For Senior Citizens Living In Mobile
Home Parks)
-
AB 217 (Bill To Teach Self-Defense In Public
Schools)
-
AB 219 (Bill To Create Nevada Council For Prevention
Of Domestic Violence)
-
AB 221 (Bill To Require Alcohol Awareness Training
For Bars And Liquor Stores -- But Not Casinos, Liquor Wholesalers Or Private
Clubs)
-
AB 222 (Bill To Change Audit Requirements For School
Districts From Every Year To Every Now And Then, If The Legislature Appropriates
The Money)
-
AB 224 (Bill To Prohibit Mercury-Based Immunizations
Unless There's An Actual Or Potential Bioterrorism Incident Or Public Health
Emergency)
-
AB 226 (Bill To Impose Term Limits On The State
Board Of Wildlife Commissioners)
Senate
-
SB 190 (Bill To Expedite Proceedings And Impose
Larger Fines Against Landlords In Eviction Actions)
-
SB 191 (Bill To Expand Shield Law Provisions In
Lawsuits Against "Design Professionals" For Construction Defects)
-
SB 192 (Bill Prohibiting The Importation Of
"Alternative Livestock" From Out Of State -- Or Face A Misdemeanor)
-
SB 193
(Bill To Require Licensing For Traffickers In Human Parts)
-
SB 194 (Bill To Expand Control Of Nevada Commission
Of Homeland Security Over State And Local Purchases Of Communications Systems)
-
SB 195 (Bill To Increase The Number Of District
Judges In Clark County)
-
SB 196 (Bill To Free Southern Nevada Water Authority
(SNWA) And Truckee Meadows Waters Authority (TMWA) From The Minimal Supervision
That They Have Now [See TNO
Article In This Issue])
Bills To
Revise Provisions Of The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) In
Nevada
Bill To
Adopt The Uniform Partnership Act
__________
State Sen.
Dina Titus Gets A Website
__________
March 19, 2005
Property
Tax Relief: Why Is It Taking The Nevada Legislature
So Long To Re-Invent The Wheel?
What Minnesota Did
What Minnesota Is Doing
(For what California and
Colorado did, see Breaking News for March 18, 2005)
__________
March 20, 2005
More Documents On Nevada's Tax Problems:
Will A "Quick Fix" Work?
Past
Statements Of Some Nevada Leaders On Taxes And Taxation
2002
Governor's Task Force On Tax Policy In Nevada
NPRI Essay
Nevada Department of Taxation
Publications (Sorry, no direct hyperlink available; click on
Nevada Department of Taxation
link;
then click on "Publications" on the navigation bar at the
top of the page)
__________
March 22, 2005
50 Million
Visitors To Nevada In 2004
__________
Other
People's Money: Luxor
Nightclub Disc Jockey Sentenced To Prison; Fine On Federal
Identity Theft And Tax Evasion Charges
Press Release
(US Attorney, District Of Nevada)
__________
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
174 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 120 In Assembly; 54 In Senate
Tax Relief
Proposals Come Out Into The Sunlight
-
SJR 5
(Bill
Providing For A Grab-Bag Of 20 Proposed Changes To The State
Constitution Regarding Election Days, Taxes, Expenditures,
Refunds, School Funding And Diverse Other Subjects)
-
SJR 6
(Bill
Providing For Another Grab-Bag Of 10 Proposed Changes To The
State Constitution Regarding Tax Reform)
-
SJR 7
(Bill To
Change The State Constitution And Tax System With Many
Exemptions And Exceptions [Consumer Warning: 9/10ths
Of This Bill Has Nothing To Do With Its Misleading Title])
__________
More New Retro
Bills
-
AJR 5
(Bill To
Make Petitions For Voter Initiatives And Referendums More
Difficult)
-
AJR 7
(Bill To
Repeal Term Limits For Elected Officials)
-
SJR 8
(Bill To
Hamper Voter Initiatives And Referendums)
-
SB 222
(Another Bill To
Make Petitions For Voter Initiatives And Referendums More
Difficult)
-
SB 228
(Bill To Require Secretary Of
State To Use Representatives Of Two Major Political Parties
To "Explain" All Initiatives, Referendums And Ballot
Questions To Voters)
__________
Bills Which Have No
Legislative Counsel's Digest Explanation, Requiring Close
Scrutiny By The Public
-
SB 217
"Revises exemption to Nevada
Administrative Procedure Act"
-
SB 225
"Making various changes
relating to industrial insurance"
-
SB 229
"Creates certain tax
incentives for economic development"
-
SB 235
"Revises provisions relating
to procedure for dissolution of hospital districts in
certain smaller counties"
-
SB 240
"Requires health insurers to
provide policies of health insurance which have high
deductibles with health savings account"
-
SB 241
"Provides for school choice,
revises provisions governing appointment of Superintendent
of Public Instruction and authorizes certain local
governments to veto decisions of boards of trustees of
school districts"
-
AB 235
"Revises provisions governing
changes to boundaries of wards established in certain
cities"
-
AB 245
"Makes various changes to
provisions governing taxes on transfer of real property"
-
AB 247
"Revises provisions governing
management of water resources in certain counties"
-
AB 249
"Makes various changes
relating to vehicles"
-
AB 250"Provides for licensing and
regulation of massage therapists"
-
AB 253
"Makes various changes
concerning provisions governing water"
-
AB 261
"Revises provisions
concerning negligence and causation in relation to certain
acts of unrestrained riding within or upon motor vehicle"
-
AB 263
"Requires licensed
veterinarian to obtain informed consent from owner of animal
under certain circumstances"
-
AB 268
"Requires Legislative Auditor
to report willful noncompliance with applicable laws or
regulations"
-
AB 274
"Makes various changes
concerning sex offenders and offenders convicted of crimes
against children"
-
AB 281
"Makes various changes
concerning damages awarded in civil actions"
-
AB 282
"Makes various changes
concerning guardianship"
-
AB 285
"Abolishes Transportation
Services Authority and transfers its duties and
responsibilities to various governmental entities"
-
AB 290
"Makes various changes to
provisions relating to common-interest communities"
-
AB 295
"Creates crime of vehicular
manslaughter"
-
AB 304
"Revises provisions relating
to certain public contracts"
-
AB 306
"Provides for consolidation
of certain local governments and services"
-
AB 315
"Enacts provisions relating
to event recording devices in motor vehicles"
-
AB 317
"Provides for imposition of
tax on live entertainment provided by all houses of
prostitution"
-
AB 320
"Proposes to authorize
Legislature to prescribe temporary exemptions from sales and
use taxes to provide for sales tax holidays"
-
AB 321
"Provides for Nevada Report
to Taxpayers on status of state finances"
-
AB 324
"Makes various changes
concerning damages awarded in civil actions"
-
AB 328
"Revises provisions
concerning salaries of state officers and employees"
-
AB 331
"Revises provisions governing
juvenile justice"
-
AB 329 "Makes various changes
concerning authority of State Engineer to grant applications
for water rights"
-
AB 332
"Provides for creation of
Washoe County Water District"
-
AB 334
"Provides for protection of
social security numbers and certain other personal
information"
-
AB 335
"Makes various changes
regarding education and makes appropriations"
-
AB 340
"Revises provisions relating
to certain short-term, high interest loans"
-
AB 341
"Exempts persons who assess
property in connection with eminent domain proceeding from
provisions governing real estate appraisers"
-
AB 342
"Makes various changes
concerning reporting of sentinel events by certain medical
facilities, audits of hospitals and reporting of financial
information by hospitals"
-
AB 343
"Revises provisions relating
to manufactured housing"
-
AB 344
"Makes various changes
relating to homestead exemption"
__________
Other New Bills
-
SB 214
Bill To Create Commission To
Track Quality Of Education In Public Schools
-
SB 216 Bill To Transfer Water
Planning From Conservation And Natural Resources Dept. To
State Engineer
-
SB 218 Bill To Prevent Counties From
Imposing License Taxes And Fees On Professionals
-
SB 220 Bill To Complicate Voting By
Public Official With Conflict Of Interest
-
SB 227 Bill Requiring The Secretary
Of State To Prepare Supplemental Voter Guides And Scrounge
For Non-Government Funds To Pay For Them
-
SB 231 Bill To Allow Physicians And
Osteopaths To Write Prescriptions Without State Board Of
Pharmacy Controls
-
SB 234 Bill To Require Candidates
For Supreme Court Justice, District Judge Or Justice Of The
Peace To Have Practiced Law In Nevada For 5-10 Years
-
SB 238 Bill Allowing Utilities
Companies To Submit "Guesstimates" Instead Of Facts To
Public Utilities Commission
-
SB 244 Bill To Reform Nevada's Open
Meeting Law
-
SB 247 Bill To Restrict Live
Entertainment Tax To Adult Entertainment
-
AB 231 Bill To Force Homeowners
Living Within 1 Mile Of A School To Pay For Sidewalk
Construction And Repair
-
AB 233 Bill Increasing Powers Of
Nevada Homeland Security Commission And Requiring Security
Checks For Copying Documents
-
AB 236 Bill To Promote Use Of
Alternative Energy Sources In Homes
-
AB 237 Bill To Permit Urban Justice
Courts To Issue Domestic Violence Protection Orders
-
AB 241 Bill Providing For Assessor's
Abatement Of Property Tax For Owner-Occupied Single-Family
Residences If Severe Economic Hardship Exists
-
AB 244 Bill To Give Counties Larger
Share Of Minerals Extraction Tax
-
AB 246 Bill To Prohibit Substantial
Government Burdens On Religion
-
AB 251 Bill To Subsidize
"Disadvantaged Businesses" With Public Contracts
-
AB 252 Bill To Limit Ratio Of
Administrators To Teachers In Public Schools
-
AB 254 Bill To Crack Down On Abuses
In Industrial Insurance
-
AB 264 Bill Requiring Notice To
Consumers of RFID Tags
-
AB 265 Bill To Reform Permit Process
For Drilling And Operating Domestic Wells
-
AB 266
Bill To Require Separate
Administration Of Certain State Separate Funds, With
Proceeds Going To Schools
-
AB 267 Bill To Prohibit Abuse,
Neglect, Exploitation Or Isolation Of Vulnerable Persons
-
AB 269 Bill To
Require Written Voter Identification
-
AB 275 Bill To
Prohibit State Public Works Board From Supervising Local
Government Construction Practices On Certain Projects
-
AB 279 Bill To
Establish Public Trade Schools
-
AB 280 Bill
Making An Assortment Of Changes To Nevada's System Of Higher
Education
-
AB 294 Bill To
Require Construct Of Vocational-Technical High School In
Clark County
-
AB 312 Bill To
Inhibit Sleazy Land Swaps
-
AB 314 Bill To
Require 6 Months Residence For Eligibility To Elected And
Appointed Positions And Prohibiting Ex-Felons From Holding
Public Office
-
AB 323 Bill For
Audit And Investigation Of Rate Setting Practices Of Truckee
Meadows Water Authority By Bureau Of Consumer Protection
(See
TNO
Article In This Issue)
-
AB 330 Bill
Revising Formula For Calculating Limits On State
Expenditures
__________
Other Legislative Actions
Senate
Passes Two Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 164
(Bill To Conceal Personal
Information In Paternity Cases)
-
AB 55
(Bill Requiring Bonds,
Formerly Posted By Justices Of The Peace, To Be Posted By
Counties Instead, In An Increased Amount)
March 23, 2005
In The Valley Of The
Blind, The One-Eyed Man Is King
Legislature No Longer Printing
Explanations For Scores Of New Bills -- Dropping Legislative
Counsel's Digest Makes
Every New Legislative Proposal A Booby Trap For The Unsuspecting Public
-
NRS 218.249
(Bills and joint
resolutions to include digest; contents of digest; revision
of digest upon adoption of amendment to bill or joint
resolution.)
-
2005
Legislature Bill Information (Practice Began March 21st -- Check Texts Of New Bills,
Starting With SB 217 and AB 235 To See The Omissions -- A
Few Have Digests; Most Don't)
__________
Message Of
US Senator John Ensign To The Nevada State Legislature
__________
The Nevada
State Assembly Meets In The Old Capitol
Proclamation Of The State Assembly
Remarks Of
Nevada State Archivist Guy Rocha
__________
Senate
Passes Six Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
-
SB 82
(Revising Comstock Historic
District Commission)
-
SB 94
(Appropriations To
Contingency Fund)
-
SB 97
(Security Enhancements For
Attorney General, Capitol Building And Supreme Court
Offices)
-
SB 119
(Revising Privileges Of
Medical Review Committees)
-
SB 174
(Changes To Chiropractic
Laws)
-
AB 23
(Background Checks For Peace
Officer Training)
Assembly
Passes Four Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
-
-
AB 141
(Increases Balance Of
District Fire Emergency Fund)
-
AB 164
(Increasing Terms Of Sparks
Municipal Court Judges)
-
SB 114
(Hiring Preferences In
Public Work Contracts)
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
39 New
Bills Introduced: 18 In Assembly; 21 In Senate
Assembly
-
AB 348
(Bill
Criminalizing Possession Of Any Device That Can Interfere
With A Traffic Light, And Authorizing Warrantless Seizures
Of Such Devices)
-
AB 349
(Bill
Appropriating $5 Million For The Division of Water Resources
To Improve Information Technology And Administration)
-
AB 351
(Bill To
Regulate Displays Of Art In State And Local Parks)
-
AB 353
(Bill To
Monitor Health Care Costs And Require Discounts Or
Reductions For Medicaid Patients)
-
AB 356
(Bill To
Substantially Re-Write Nevada's Law Regulating Contractors (NRS
Chapter 338)
-
AB 357
(A Bill For
Licensing Manufacturers, Distributors And Sellers Of
Equipment "Associated" With A Gaming Device)
-
AB
358
(Bill To
Vastly Expand The Powers Of "Peace Officers" Beyond
Present
Statutory Limits And Hinder Internal Investigations Of Their
Conduct)
-
AB 359
(Bill For
The Indefinite Detention Of Contemptuous Children)
-
AB 361
(Bill To
Endow Unelected Chiefs Of State Agencies, Divisions And
Departments With Broad Powers Of Patronage)
Senate
-
-
SB 253
Bill To
Give The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy $900,000
To Build Full Time Kindergarten And Grade School Facility
-
SB 254
Bill To
Allow Un-Immunized Children In Health Club Child Care
Facilities, And To Permit Less Toilets
-
SB 255
Bill To
Create Another Exception To State Financial Regulation Of
Banks
-
SB 259
Bill To
Postpone Payment Of Increases In Property Taxes For
Landowners, Including Corporations, On The Grounds Of
Hardship
-
SB 262
Bill To
Protect And Compensate Owners Of Outdoor Signs
-
SB 263
Bill To
Adopt The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
-
SB 264
Bill To
Subsidize Construction Of Industrial Parks In Mining
Communities
-
SB 265
Bill To
Provide Travel Allowance For Legislators When The
Legislature Isn't In Session
-
SB 267
Bill To
Reform Open Meeting Law
-
SB 269
Bill
Allowing The State To Seize People's Money It Deems Abandoned
-
SB 271
Bill
Authorizing The Secretary Of State To Issue Fake Addresses
To Protect Persons From Stalkers, Creditors And Civil
Process
-
SB 272
Bill
Making Minor Adjustments To Law (NRS 202.340) Which
Permits Police Agencies To Seize And Dispose Of Weapons Of
Arrested Persons Whether They're Convicted Or Not, And
Whether The Property Had Anything To Do With The Charged
Crime
__________
March 24, 2005
(Updated to include the
most important new Legislative bills introduced yesterday)
__________
From The US Congress
Rep.
Porter To Probe Allegations Of Falsified Documents In Yucca
Mtn. Nuclear Waste Dump Studies
__________
From The Nevada Supreme Court
Negligence Or Coincidence?
New Nevada Supreme Court Decision Gives Some Guidelines In Medical Malpractice
Case
Improper Evidence Of Prior
Bad Acts Not Fatal To Conviction For Lewdness With A Minor
Under Age Of 14
Supreme Court Rejects
Criticism From Prosecutors In Murder Case
__________
From The Office Of The Governor
Gov. Guinn Appoints Susan
Gray To Administer Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC)
__________
From The National Media
"Nice.
So How's The Weather In Kansas?"
Nevada
Most Dangerous State In The US In 2005,
According To National Ranking Firm -- Also Most Dangerous In
1996, 1997, 1999 and 2004
Nevada 47th
Most Healthy State In 2005
Nevada
49th Smartest State In The Union For 2004-2005
Rank
Ratings Courtesy Of:
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From The State Legislature
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
31 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 18 In Assembly; 13 In Senate -- 3 Of The
Bills Have An
NRS 218.249
Explanation; 27 Don't
Assembly
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ACR 8
(Bill For A Study Of The Long-Term
Financial Stability Of The Nevada Public Employees
Retirement System [PERS])
-
AB 363
(Bill Requiring
Self-Insured Contractors To Submit Monthly Compliance
Affidavits)
-
AB 364
(Bill To Make The
State Industrial Insurance System More Victim-Friendly)
-
AB 365
(Bill To Increase Homestead
Exemption From $200,000 To $400,000)
-
AB 366
(Bill To Make People On
Parole Or Probation Pay A Fee To Train Parole And Probation
Officers)
-
AB 367
(Bill Requiring Unspent
School Appropriations To Be Paid To Schools Instead Of
Reverting To The State General Fund)
-
AB 369
(Bill For Court-Ordered
Commitments Of Children For Involuntary Mental Health
Treatment)
-
AB 370
(Bill To Change The
Definitions Of "Contractor" And "Construction Manager")
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AB 371
(Bill Allowing Government
Entities To Employ Investment Counselors And Making It
Easier For County Governments To Seize Real Property For
Taxes)
-
AB 372
(Bill To Expand The Powers Of
The State Rural Housing Authority)
-
AB 373
(Bill To Require A Pay Raise For
School Speech Pathologists)
-
AB 375
(Bill To Increase Powers Of State
Labor Commissioner Over Public Works Contracts)
-
AB 378
(Bill To Fine And/Or Require Community
Service From Runaway Children)
-
AB 380
(Bill To Create Additional
Bureaucratic Level In District Boards Of Health)
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AJR 8
(Bill To Require Determination Of
Basis For Qualifying Ballot Initiatives And Referendums At
Time Of Filing Petition)
Senate
-
SB 274
(Bill To Restrict Powers Of
State Fire Marshal In Cities And Larger Counties)
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SB 275
(Bill To Add "Prevention Specialists"
To The List Of Various Mental Health Counselors And
Requiring State Certifications For All Of Them)
-
SB 276
(Bill To Impose Uniform Requirements
On State Agencies Granting Occupational Licenses)
-
SB 277
(Bill Prohibiting Cities And Counties
From Imposing Franchise Fees On Public Utilities)
-
SB 278
(Bill To Prohibit Misrepresentations
Of Qualifications By Safety And Health Managers -- Or Face A
Misdemeanor)
-
SB 279
(Bill To Allow Law Enforcement Chiefs
To Avoid Present Training Requirements When Certifying Peace
Officers)
-
SB 280
(Bill To Prolong Detention Of Persons
Suspected Of Being Mentally Ill)
-
SB 283
(Bill To Create State Committee For
The Economic Diversification Of Nevada)
-
SB 284
(Bill To Increase Financial Support
Levels For Schools By Including Kindergarten Students, And
Making Diverse Other Changes)
-
SB 286
(Bill Requiring Construction Of A
Trade School In Clark County And Requiring The State
Education Department To Drum Up Business For It)
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Senate
Passes 4 Bills; Each On 21-0 Vote; Transmits Them To
State Assembly
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SB 73
(Increases State Hazardous
Materials Reporting Fee From $500 To Not More Than $15,000)
-
SB 92
(Supplemental Appropriation
For Department Of Public Safety)
-
SB 108
(Supplemental Appropriation
For Department Of Education For Unanticipated Expenses)
-
AB 138
(Bill To Permit Wider
Recreational Vehicles On Nevada Highways)
Assembly
Passes 2 Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
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AJR 11
(From 72nd Session -- Bill
To Reduce The Number of Elected University Of Nevada Regents
To 3 And Let The Governor Appoint 6)
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AJR 13
(From 72nd Session -- Bill
To Permit The State Legislature To Call Its Own Special
Sessions)
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March 25, 2005
State
Taxable Sales Up 9.4 Percent
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Nevada
Ranked 48th Best State For Physically Fit Kids By Child
Magazine -- No Phys Ed Requirement In School; Low YMCA
Program Participation
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From The State Legislature
State Lottery
Bill "Lost" (Killed) In Senate Standing Committee On The
Judiciary
Assembly
Assembly
Passes 3 Bills On 42-0 Vote; Transmits Them To State Senate
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AB 94
(Bill Making Supplemental
Appropriation To Department Of Conservation And Natural
Resources)
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AB 95
(Bill For Supplemental Appropriation
To Department Of Business and Industry For Unanticipated
Shortfall In Money Resulting From Reclassification Of
Positions In Nevada Athletic Commission)
-
AB 220
(Bill To Clarify State Regulation Of
Alternative Fuels)
Senate
Senate
Passes 1 Bill On 21-0 Vote; Transmits It To State Assembly
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SB 155
(Bill Requiring Hospitals To Tell
Patients About State Bureau For Hospital Patients)
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Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
104 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 48 In Assembly; 61 In Senate
Assembly
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AJR 9
(Bill Requiring Forfeiture
Of Office By State And Judicial Officers Who Commit Three Or
More Breaches Of Ethical Duty)
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ACR 10 (Bill For Legislative Commission To Study
Adequacy Of School Finance In Nevada)
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AB 382
(Bill To Expand Nevada's Criminal
Genetic Marker Database To Include All Felons, Children And
Others)
-
AB 384
(Bill To Regulate Check-Cashing,
Payday Loan, Deferred Deposit And Title Loan Services, With
15 Exceptions)
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AB 385
(Bill To Promote Energy Efficient
Construction And "Green Building" Practices)
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AB 387
(Bill To Provide Partial Abatement Of
Taxes To Employers Who Contribute To Employee Health Savings
Accounts)
-
AB 389
(Bill To Create "Abandoned Property
Trust Fund" To Hold Money Confiscated By The State As
"Abandoned," And Give $7.6 Million Of It To The Millennium
Scholarship Fund)
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AB 390
(Bill Increasing Minimum Distance
Between Gaming Establishments And The Rest Of The
Population)
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AB 391
(Bill To Give All Elementary School
Teachers $500 Each [$5.645 Million] To Reimburse
Presumed Purchases Of Classroom Supplies)
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AB 392
(Bill Requiring Nevada Tax Commission
To Adopt Uniform Regulations For The Assessment Of Property
And Allowing Property Owners To Sue To Enforce Them)
-
AB 393
(Bill To Allow Counties To Sell Tax
Liens)
-
AB 394
(Bill To Create The City Of Sierra
Hills In Douglas County)
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AB 395
(Bill To Make Use Of Fake Diplomas A
Gross Misdemeanor)
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AB 396 (Bill To Assess Attorneys Fees Where Case Is
Frivolous Or Attorney Abuses Rules Of Procedure)
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AB 397 (Bill To Establish Alternative Criteria For
Receipt Of Advanced High School Diplomas, Removing
Requirement That A Student Must Pass A High School
Proficiency Exam To Receive A Diploma, And Imposing State
Regulation On Home-Schooled Children)
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AB 399 (Bill To Require Teaching Flag Etiquette In
Public Schools)
-
AB 400 (Bill To Require State Administrative Division To
Prepare Ten-Year Strategic Plan For "Operations And
Activities")
-
AB 402 (Bill To Allow Municipalities To Pledge Projected
Utilities Revenues For Payment Of Bonds And Other
Obligations)
-
AB 403
(Bill To Change The High
School Proficiency Exam)
-
AB 405
(Bill To Construct $19
Million Transportation Technology Center Building At CCSN)
-
AB 406 (Bill To Require Legislative Audit Of Las Vegas
Monorail Company)
-
AB 407 (Bill Requiring Judicial Procedure To Determine
Who Owns Livestock Seized By The Government)
-
AB 408 (Bill To Enhance Powers And Financing Of State
School Police)
-
AB 411 (Bill To Require Safety Restraints On School
Buses)
-
AB 414 (Bill To Create Transitional Housing Task Force
For The Homeless)
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AB 415 (Bill Requiring Name Of Legislator Who Introduced
A Bill Be Disclosed)
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AB 416 (Bill To Transfer State Advisory Board On
Automotive Affairs To The DMV, And Requiring Study Of
Business Practices Of Garages, Automobile Wreckers And Body
Shops)
-
AB 417
(Bill To Allow Pets To Be
Buried With Or Near Their Deceased Owners)
-
AB
418 (Bill To Allow Clark County To Increase Its Sales
And Use Tax To Hire And Train Additional Police)
-
AB 419 (Bill To Protect Whistleblowers, Prohibiting Use
Of State Resources For Election Campaigns, Providing
Increased Civil Penalties For Willful Violations Of Ethics
Law, And Other Reforms)
-
AB 421
(Bill To Turn Persons
Convicted Of A Felony DUI Into A Permanent Criminal Class)
-
AB 422
(Bill To Give School
Trustees A Hefty Pay Raise)
Senate
-
SCR 12
(Bill To Study Feasibility
Of Allowing Tribal Police Officers To Participate In the
State Public Employees' Retirement System [PERS])
-
SCR 13 (Bill To Study Effects Of Long-Term Health Care
In Nevada)
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SJR 11
(Bill To Prevent Any Court Other Than
The Supreme Court From Ordering A Tax Levy Or Increase)
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SB 287
(Bill To Criminalize Parents Who Leave
Unattended Children In Cars)
-
SB 288
(Bill
To Add Alcohol, Natural Gas, Liquefied Gas, Hydrogen and
Coal Oils To List Of Alternative Fuels)
-
SB 292 (Bill To Allow Larger Counties To Establish Their
Own School Construction Programs With No Supervision By The
State Public Works Board)
-
SB 293 (Bill To Establish State Weed Control
Coordinator)
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SB 294 (Bill For State Grants To Pay Conservation
District Administrative Costs)
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SB 295 (Bill Providing Civil Penalties For Persons Who
Make False Representations Concerning Motor Vehicle Fuels)
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SB 296 (Bill To Add More People And Events To Database
Of "Central Registry For The Collection Of Information
Concerning The Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child")
-
SB 297 (Bill To Abolish Committee For Protection Of
Children And Provide Grant Money To Subsidize Additional
Bureaucratic Layer For Family Resource Centers And Public
Welfare Services)
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SB 299 (Bill To Prevent Gaming Control Board From Acting
Against Sleazy Casino Advertising)
-
SB 300 (Bill To Reduce Control Over Unsatisfactory
Contractors)
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SB 302 (Bill Eliminating Power Of County Commissions To
Supervise The Acquisition, Purchase, Leasing, Selling Or
Disposition Of County Property By County Fair And Recreation
Boards)
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SB 304 (Bill To Create State Identity Theft Passports)
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SB 305 (Bill To Limit Percentage Of Administrators In
School Districts)
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SB 306 (Bill To Create Tourism Districts, And To Permit
Pledges Of County And Municipal Sales And Use Tax Revenues
To Support Them)
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SB 307 (Bill To Require Counties To Assess Small
Unscheduled Air Cargo And Transport Services For Tax
Purposes)
-
SB 308 (Bill Authorizing Release Of Any Confidential
Criminal Record To Hotel And Motel Operators)
-
SB 309 (Bill Criminalizing Operation Of Mini-Motorcycles
On Nevada Highways And Many Streets And Roads)
-
SB 310 (Bill To Mandate Additional Penalties For Motorists
Who Injure Pedestrians)
-
SB 311 (Bill To Increase Legislative
Per Diem
Payments And To Allow Payment Of Even More Under
"Extraordinary Circumstances")
-
SB 312 (Bill To Give All State Department Of Wildlife
Law Enforcement Officers A Pay Raise)
-
SB 313 (Bill To Prevent Fat People From Suing
Restaurants And Food Manufacturers Based On Weight Gains)
-
SB 315 (Bill To Regulate Business Brokers)
-
SB 316 (Bill To Limit Liability Of Persons Providing
Free Services)
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SB 317 (Bill To Make Medical Malpractice Cases More
Difficult)
-
SB 318 (Bill To Create Special Funding Account For State
Parks)
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SB 319 (Bill Loosening Rules On Disclosures Required By
Real Estate Brokers)
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SB 320 (Bill To Create Legislative Committee On Water
Resources)
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SB 322 (Bill To Require Regional Transportation
Commissions To Minimize Inconveniences To The Public)
-
SB 323 (Bill To Force Local Governments To Authorize
Pre-Sales And Leases Of Interests In Privately-Owned High-Rise
Buildings Before Construction Even Starts)
-
SB 324 (Bill To Permit GCB Expedited Evaluations Of
Gaming Device If Gaming Manufacturers Pay Extra Fast-Service
Fee)
-
SB 325 (Bill Requiring Hands-Off Approach To Xeriscaping
Projects)
-
SB 326 (Bill To Restrict Government Powers Of Eminent
Domain)
-
SB 328 (Bill Making Minor Adjustments To State Public
Employees Retirement System [PERS])
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SB 329 (Bill Allowing "No Preference" Votes On Ballots)
-
SB 331 (Bill To Make State Attorney General Chairman Of
State Advisory Commission On Sentencing)
-
SB 332
(Bill To Keep Out-Of-State Real Estate
Brokers From Having To Take State-Mandated Proficiency Exam)
-
SB 333
(Bill Allowing An All-Cosmetician
State Board Of Cosmetology)
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SB 334 (Bill To Permit Pawnbrokers To Charge Usurious
Rates Of Interest)
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SB 335 (Bill Adjusting The Amount, Length And Thickness
Of Red Tape Used To Regulate The Practice Of Cutting Hair)
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SB 341
(Bill To Watch Sex Offenders Very, Very Closely)
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March 27, 2005
9th
Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Theft Conviction Of Lander County
Sheriff
March 26, 2005
Nevada's
First Tax Cap
Nevada Constitution's 69 Year-Old Tax Cap: Enacted In 1936 During
The Great Depression, But
Not Enforced, Clarified Or Strengthened Since The Sales Tax
Initiative Of 1956
Article 10, Sec. 2.
"Total tax levy for public purposes
limited. The total tax levy for all public purposes
including levies for bonds, within the state, or any
subdivision thereof, shall not exceed five cents on one
dollar of assessed valuation."
Pre-2003 Tax Increase
Override Study:
-
Wealthiest Nevadans Paid 2 % Of Income In State And
Local Taxes
-
Middle
Income Nevadans Paid 6.3%
-
Poorest
Nevadans Paid 8.3%
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From The State Legislature
Assembly
No New
Bills Passed In State Assembly
Senate
Senate
Passes One Bill On 21-0 Vote
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AB 204
(Bill To Pay For Various State Projects By
Issuing $15+ Million In New State Bonds Plus Interest, Rather Than Pay The Bill
From Existing Surplus Revenues At Hand)
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature -- Highlights Of The Proposed Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
-- o0o --
54 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 32 In Assembly; 22 In Senate
Assembly
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ACR 12
(Bill Recognizing March 25
As Greek Independence Day In Nevada)
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ACR 13
(Bill Recognizing
Contributions Of The Hellenic Macedonian People)
-
AJR 10 (Bill To Shorten Residency Requirement For Voting
From 6 Months To 30 Days)
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AJR 11 (Bill To Amend Constitution To Freeze Property
Taxes For Senior Citizens)
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March 28, 2005
Nevada's
Economy Most Vibrant In The Nation
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March 29, 2005
From The Federal
Government
US 9th
Circuit Court Of Appeals Holds Las Vegas Car Dealership
Liable Under Federal And State "Lemon" Laws;
Upholds Refund Order
Milicevic v. Fletcher Jones
Newly-Released US Census Bureau Survey On Nevada
Nevada 2002: Economic Census
US
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Schedules Full
Committee Hearing April 7 On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste
Dump
Hearing Schedule
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From The Nevada Supreme Court
Court
Funding Commission Report Released -- Finding: A "collection
of funding sources that is seemingly random and neither
rational nor consistent;" Report Calls For Reform
Court
Funding Commission Report (Part
1;
Part 2)
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From The State Legislature
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Legislative Compromise Property Tax Relief Bill Presented To
Public
AB 489
(Bill Providing Partial
Abatements And Increases Of Ad Valorem Taxes For Single Family Residences, But Not Other Property)
Is The
Bill Constitutional?
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Assembly
Assembly
Passes One Bill
-
AB 219
(Bill To Create Nevada Council For The
Prevention Of Domestic Violence)
Senate
Senate
Passes Two Bills
-
SB 93
(Bill Making Supplemental
Appropriation To DMV For Unanticipated Costs Related To
Electronic Payments)
-
SB 120
(Bill Transferring Clark County Trauma
Treatment Program Responsibilities From State To County)
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Senate Panels Recommend
Passage Of 7 Bills
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AB 13
(Bill Diluting The Job Requirements For State Welfare
Administrator)
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AB 96
($7
Million Appropriation
to Restore Balances In Stale Claims Account, Emergency
Account and Reserve For Statutory Contingency Account)
-
AB 130
(Bill Transferring Power To Nominate Members Of Nevada
Veterans Service Commission From Adjutant General To The
Executive Director)
-
AB 131
(Bill Abolishing Joint Meeting Requirements For Northern And Southern
Nevada Advisory Committees On Veterans Cemeteries)
-
AB 135
(Bill
Increasing
Assessments Against Insurance Companies For Investigation Of
Insurance Fraud)
-
SB 89
($521,620 Supplemental Appropriation To Department Of Human Resources
For Unanticipated Shortfall)
-
SB 202
(Bill Providing Various Methods Of Scheduling Contingent
School Days)
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature
-- o0o --
68 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 54 In Assembly; 14 In Senate
Highlights Of The Proposed
Laws
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
Assembly
Appropriation Bills
-
AB 457
($1.275 Million To Urban Chamber Of
Commerce)
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AB 459 ($4 Million For Construction Of Hospital And
Adult Care Facility In Henderson)
-
AB 460 ($600,000 To Clark County Public Education
Foundation)
-
AB 461 ($10 Million To Department Of Education For
Enhanced Performance Pay And Teacher Recruiting)
-
AB 481 ($5 Million For Reconstruction Of Portion Of V&T
RR Line Between Virginia City And Carson City)
Other
Bills
-
AB 455 (Bill To Prohibit Candidates Who Don't File
Financial Disclosure Reports From Filing Declaration Of
Candidacy Or Filing Petition For An Initiative Or
Referendum)
-
AB 458 (Bill Authorizing Issue Of $16.8 Million In
General Improvement Bonds For Lake Tahoe Environmental
Improvement Program)
-
AB 462 (Bill To Give Big Pay Raises To Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary Of State,
Treasurer And State Controller)
-
AB 464 (Bill To Tighten Up Tobacco Tax Collection
Methods)
-
AB 465 (Bill To Create A New Crime: Use Of Drugs Within
1000 Feet Of Minors)
-
AB 469 (Bill To Make Bail Forfeitures More Easy)
-
AB 470 (Bill To Do Without Corroboration Requirement In
Prosecutions For Inveigling, Enticing Or Taking Away Persons
For Prostitution)
-
AB 471 (Bill Allowing GCB To Regulate Use Of Mobile
Communications Devices In Casinos)
-
AB 472 (Bill Allowing Child Sex Offender To Be Deemed An
Adult)
-
AB 475 (Bill Reducing Required Notices Given By General
Improvement Districts And Allowing Trustees To Double Their
Salaries)
-
AB 476 (Bill To Fine Public Officers Who Don't Do Their
Jobs -- No Criminal Penalties, Though)
-
AB 477 (Bill Allowing Public Officers To Appoint
Deputies For Tasks Unrelated To Official Business)
-
AB 482
(Bill
Allowing Counties To Require Recording Marriage Licenses
With County Clerk And Payment Of Fee)
-
AB 484 (Bill Making It Illegal For Public Employees To
Go On Strike Against State And Local Governments)
-
AB 485 (Bill Allowing Transfer Of Gaming Licenses Under
Curiously Narrow Conditions With Retroactivity Provisions)
-
AB 487 (Bill To Allow Cities In Clark County To Annex
And De-Annex Developable Property Under Curiously Narrow
Conditions)
-
AB 494 (Bill To Increase Fuel Taxes)
-
AB 495 (Bill Creating More Bureaucracy To Subsidize
Purchase Of Prescription Drugs)
-
AB 496 (Bill Regulating Licensing Of Cosmetologists,
Massage Therapists And "Aestheticians," And Permitting Them
To Work Temporarily At Resort Hotels)
-
AB 497 (Another Bill To Hinder Public Petitions For
Referendums And Ballot Initiatives)
-
AB 498 (Bill Extending Life Of Legislative Committee For
Local Government Taxes And Finance From 2005 To 2011)
-
AB 499 (Bill Making Extensive Changes To Election Laws)
-
AB 500 (Bill Making Changes To Election And Financial
Disclosure Laws And Requiring County Websites To Contain
Financial Disclosure Information On Candidates And Public
Officers)
-
AB 501
(Bill Extending Jurisdiction Of State
Contractors Board Over Shifty Contractors And Their Agents)
-
AB 507 (Bill Changing Nevada Statute To Use The Word
"Firefighter" Instead Of "Fireman")
Senate
Appropriation Bills
-
SB 370 ($20 Million To Nevada Cancer Institute)
-
SB 371 ($500,000 To Office Of The Military)
-
SB 372 ($2.2 Million For Construction Of Juvenile Detention Facility In
Ely)
-
SB 373 ($200,000 To Western Folklife Center)
-
SB 374 ($200,000 To Nevada Commission On Sports)
-
SB 375 ($350,000 To University Of Nevada Pediatric Dental Residency
Program)
-
SB 376 ($900,000 For Construction For Andre Agassi College
Preparatory Academy Kindergarten)
Other
Bills
-
SB 377
(Bill To Take $7 Million From
The State Distributive School Account And Give It To County
Governments)
-
SB 380 (Bill Requiring Background Checks And
Fingerprinting For People Who Want To Look At
Non-Confidential Nevada Homeland Security Documents)
-
SB 381
(Bill To Regulate Commercial Coaches)
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March 30, 2005
From The State Legislature
Over
1000 Bills Now Under Consideration By The Legislature
Legislative Deadline For Introduction Of Most New Bills
Expired Yesterday
__________
(Unless otherwise noted,
all descriptions of bills are TNO captions)
Assembly
Hybrid
Property Tax Relief Bill Amended, Then Passed By Assembly In 41-1 Vote;
Measure Would Slow Rate Of Tax Increases For Some
Remarks
About AB 489 On Assembly Floor
Crime
Measure Also Passed In Assembly
-
SB 86 (Bill To Allow Out-Of-State Counseling For
Criminal Offenses)
Assembly
Panels Recommend Passage Of 3 Bills
-
ACR 5 (Bill Urging Nevada Schools To Participate In
Federally Funded School Breakfast Program)
-
AB 145 (Bill Revising Property Tax Exemption For
Disabled Veterans)
-
AB 404 (Bill Revising Landlord-Tenant Provisions For
Operations With 4 Or Less Dwelling Units)
Senate
Senate Panels Recommend
Passage Of 3 Bills
-
AB 107
(Bill Making $1,400 Supplemental Appropriation To State
University System)
-
SB 35 (Bill To Increase Tax On Inter-County Water
Transfers And Redesignate Tax As A Fee)
-
SB 192 (Bill Prohibiting The Importation Of
"Alternative Livestock" From Out Of State -- Or Face A Misdemeanor)
Brand New Bills From The
State Legislature
-- o0o --
163 New
Bills Introduced Yesterday: 49 In Assembly; 114 In Senate
Legislative Counsel Bureau Working Diligently To Turn Out
Requested Bills; Nearly All Bills Still
"Undigested"
Senate
-
SB 385 (Bill To Reform Financial Disclosure For
Candidates and Public Officers)
-
SB 386 (Bill To Reform Election And Financial Disclosure
Laws)
-
SB 387 (Bill Excluding Use Of Income Capitalization
Method In Assessments Of Real Property)
-
SB 389 (Bill Creating Municipal "Tax Increment Areas" To
Impose Additional Level Of Taxation And Bureaucracy On
Property Owners)
-
SB 391 (Bill Changing Taxation of Financial
Institutions)
-
SB 392 (Bill Changing Taxation of Businesses)
-
SB 394 (Bill Changing Assessment, Evaluation And
Exemptions Of Taxable Property And Giving A Pay Raise To
County Boards Of Equalization)
-
SB 404 (Bill To Create Committee On Educational
Excellence)
-
SB 408 (Bill To Exempt Virgin Valley Water District From
Taxes)
-
SB 413 (Bill To Establish Debt Management Commission For
Clark County)
-
SB 414 (Bill To Create State Economic Resource
Investment Fund)
-
SB 416 (Bill Tightening Up On Open Meeting Law
Violations)
-
SB 419 (Bill To Give County Officials Pay Raises)
-
SB 425 (Bill To Create Washoe County Road Maintenance
District To Impose Additional Taxes And Unelected
Bureaucracy On Property Owners)
-
SB 427 (Bill To Require Liberal Construction Of County
Government Powers Instead Of Present Rule Of Strict
Construction)
-
SB 429 (Bill Permitting Government Entities To Use
Public Money And Resources For Informational Propaganda On
Ballot Issues)
-
SB 430 (Bill Providing For Summary Removal Of Public
Officers)
-
SB 431 (Bill Making Substantial Changes To Regulation Of
Financial Institutions And Related Businesses)
-
SB 433 (Bill To Reform Mortgage Lending Operations)
-
SB 435 (Bill To Increase Security Of Personal
Information Held By Businesses)
-
SB 441 (Bill To Issue $53.2 Million In State General
Obligation Bonds For Lake Tahoe Environmental Programs)
-
SB 442 (Bill Requiring Appointment Of Judges Of Equal
Rank To Serve On Judicial Discipline Commission When
Complaint Is Made Against A Municipal Court Judge Or Justice
Of The Peace)
-
SB 447 (Bill Allowing Large Condominiums And Time Share
Enterprises To Qualify As "Resort Hotels" For Gaming
Purposes)
-
SB 450 (Bill Increasing Powers Of Court
Protective Orders In Stalking Cases)
-
SB 452 (Bill Concentrating Powers Of Department Of
Public Safety Over Criminal Records Information)
-
SB 456 (Bill Increasing Penalties For Inflicting
Involuntary Servitude)
-
SB 462 (Bill To Substantially Change State Welfare
Division, Division of Child And Family Services, And
Division Of Health Care Financing)
-
SB 463 (Bill Allowing State Board Of Finance To Issue
Securities And Pledge Proceeds Based On Anticipated
Unclaimed Property Revenues)
-
SB
465 (Bill To Expand Open Meeting Law)
-
SB 466 (Bill Restricting Power Of Local Governments To
Convey Or Sell Water Rights)
-
SB 467 (Bill Changing Public Works Contract Laws)
-
SB 473 (Bill To Allow Police Unlimited Ability To Gather
Evidence With Photographic, Video Or Digital Equipment For
Traffic Citations
-
SB 478 (Bill Inhibiting The Collection Of Signatures For
Ballot Initiatives And Referendums)
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From The Public
Citizens'
Group Protests Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed New
Secrecy Regulations -- Would Cover Up Incompetence And
Unsafe Conditions, They Say
|
March 1, 2005
Nevada
Casinos Haul In Nearly $1 Billion In Jan. 2005; Up 3.94
Percent Over Jan. 2004
__________
Rep.
Gibbons Helps Secure $16 Million In Road Funding For Nevada
__________
Rep.
Porter Testifies Before House Energy Subcommittee; Opposes
Yucca Mtn. Nuclear Waste Dump
__________
Nevada
Supreme Court Allows Attorneys' Fees To Landowner Who Won Condemnation Lawsuit
Against Power Company
__________
State
Senator Titus Promises To Reveal Secret Legislative Tax
Deliberations
__________
Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 10, 2005
-- o0o --
Bill
Requiring Chiropractors To Have Malpractice Insurance -- Or
Face A Misdemeanor
Bill To
Kill The Premium Tax On Annuities
Bill To
Increase Fees In Civil Court Cases
Bill To
Narrow The Legal Definition of "Contractor"
A Bill To
Squeeze Plaintiffs In Eminent Domain Cases -- Interest On
Difference Between Mandatory Bond And Judgment Compounded Annually
Bill To
Regulate Internet Sales of Prescription Drugs To Nevada
Bill To
Ban Department Stores From Controlling Thrift Companies -- Or
Face A Misdemeanor
Bill
Mandating Local Ward Elections For Each North Las Vegas City
Council Seat
Bill To
Spend $72 Million On Nevada Full-Day Kindergartens
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City of
Reno Annexes 7000 Acres In Cold Springs Valley
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New Find
On Reno's "Trickiest Little Website"
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Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 9, 2005
-- o0o --
SB 168 Bill To
Prevent Sharp And Unethical Practices In Physical Therapy
Clinics
SB 170 Bill For
Sales And Use Tax Increases In Rural Counties
SB 171 Bill To
Dilute Public Utilities Commission
SB 173 Bill To
Increase Homestead Exemption
AB 183 Bill To
Protect "Whistleblowing" Nurses
SB 185 Bill To
Make Ballot Initiative Petitions More Difficult
AB 187 Bill To
Allow Local Government To Ignore Planning Commissions For
"Minor Amendments"
AB 188 Bill To
Impose Secrecy On Addresses Used To E-Mail State Government
Officials
AB 190 Bill For
New Anti-Peeping Laws, Except For Police
AB 191 Bill To
Turn Laws On Electioneering Near Polling Places Into A Crazy
Quilt
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Legislative News
March 9, 2005
State
Legislature Honors Desert Research Institute Paleoecologist
Donald K. Grayson, Recipient of Nevada Medal
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Sarah
Winnemucca Statue Dedicated In US Congress
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New TNO
Story On Nevada's "Skindustry"
__________
American
Society Of Civil Engineers Gives US Infrastructure "D"
Grade; Nevada Defects Reviewed
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Nevada
Loses Bid For Federal Money To Fight Yucca Mtn. Nuclear
Waste Dump
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Washoe
County Commissioners Support Cession Of Land To Lyon County
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Legislative News
March 8, 2005
State
Senators Deny Charges That They're A Bunch Of Cunctators
Senate
Passes Two Bills; Transmits Them To State Assembly
Assembly
Passes Three Bills; Transmits Them To State Senate
AB 6 (Banning Death Penalty For
Minors;
see
the "Good" section of TNO's "The
Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"
feature for a comment on this bill)
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Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 8, 2005
-- o0o --
AB 179 Bill
Creating More Exceptions To Public Bidding On Purchases
Bill To
Authorize Sales And Use Tax Holiday
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Southern
Nevada Floods Receive Federal Disaster Designation
__________
Tale Of
Two Cities: San Diego
Corruption Trial Of Former Clark County Commissioner Lance
Malone Set For May 3, 2005
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Legislative News
March 7, 2005
State
Senate Unanimously Passes 10 Bills; Transmits Them To State
Assembly
State
Assembly Passes 3 Bills; Sends Them To Senate
AJR 2 (State Lottery Bill)
Assembly Debate On
State Lottery Bill
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US Supreme
Court Strikes Down IRS Secrecy Policy
__________
Gov. Guinn
Says Readjusted Economic Statistics Show Exceptional Job
Growth
__________
What Does
Nevada's Lt. Governor Do? "Nevada
Report" Webpage Hasn't Been Updated For More Than Three
Years: Last Entry Looks Forward To 2002
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FBI
Details Fraud, Kickback And Money Laundering Charges Against
Las Vegas Diagnostic Lab
__________
The 18
Most Dangerous Hazardous Chemical Storage Sites in Nevada
__________
Western
Shoshone Nation Files Lawsuit To Block Yucca Mountain
Nuclear Waste Dump
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Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 4, 2005
-- o0o --
Bill To
Increase The Terms Of Office Of Sparks Municipal Court
Judges
Bill To
Allow For More Planning Commission Continuances
AB 167 Bill To
Permit State To Purchase Wastewater Securities
Bill To
Give State Board of Education Discretionary Powers To Grant
Or Deny Applications For Charter Schools
Bill To
Relieve Taxicab Companies From Responsibility For Safety
Violations And To Permit Subcontractors To Corner The Market
On Cab Leases
Bill
Appropriating $300,000 For The UNLV Women's Research
Institute For No Specified Purpose
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SEC
Suspends Stock Trading In Shares Of Las Vegas-Based CMKM
Diamonds, Inc.
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Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 3, 2005
-- o0o --
Bill To Create
$10 Million Nevada Economic Development
Fund Administered By Lieutenant Governor
Bill To
Drop Requirement That Students In College Correspondence
Courses Prove Immunity From Communicable Disease
Bill To
Require Public Notice And Hearing Before Letting
Construction Or Repair Contracts On State Property
Bill To
Create Nevada War On Terrorism Medal
Bill To Transform Acts Of
Criminal Theft By Public Officials Into "Ethics Violations"
Two Bills
To Change Nevada's Charter School System
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Washoe
County Selling Off Water Rights At Auction
__________
Washoe
County Commission's Self-Congratulatory 2005 Report
County Announcements
(Sorry; no direct hyperlink available; click on 2005 Report
To The Community)
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Sarah
Winnemucca Goes To Congress
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Address of
Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Becker To The Nevada
Legislature
__________
Presentation Of Tobacco Smoking And Marijuana Initiative
Petitions In State Assembly
__________
A Bill To
Tip Off State Employees That They're Being Investigated For
Misusing State Computers
__________
New
Legislative Audit
__________
Reports:
Nuclear Waste Treatment and Storage Plans Need More Study
Before Yucca Mtn. Shipments Start
__________
Cato
Institute Report Card Gives Gov. Guinn "D" Grade For Fiscal
Policy: "One Of The Worst"
__________
Brand New
Bills From the State Legislature
March 1, 2005
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"You
Better Be Right": Bill To Criminalize "False
Or Fraudulent Complaints" Against Any Government Employee
Proposed New Taxes
Bill To
Require Issuing $10 Million In General Obligation Bonds For
Grants To Water Systems
Bill
Making Cable TV Customers Pay Higher Prices
To Fund State And Homeland Security Communications
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Bill To
Chisel Recipients of State Millenium Scholarships
Bill To
Increase Punishment For Gross Misdemeanors
Bill To
Increase Size of North Las Vegas City Council
Bill To
Get Rid Of The Motorcycle Helmet Law -- For Some
Bill To
Require Intelligible And Informative Reports From School
Districts
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Feds
Allocate $8.4 Million For Nevada Homeland Security
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Reid,
Ensign Applaud Nomination Of Sandoval To Federal Bench
__________
US Supreme
Court Bans Death Penalty For Criminals Under 18 As "Cruel
and Unusual Punishment"
__________
Nevada
Legislative Bill To Ban Executions Of Persons Under 18 Gets
Sudden Credibility
Up To $2
Billion Price Tag To Pump Water From Lincoln County To Las
Vegas, Says Southern Nevada Water Authority
State
Assembly Passes Minimum Wage Increase
State
Senate Resolution Recognizes February As Black History Month
National
Governors' Conference Report: Nevada Grade School
Performance
Below US Average
February 15, 2005
National
Governors' Conference Report on High Schools Says Nevada
Graduation Rate
Below US Average
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Address Of
Congressman Jim Gibbons To Nevada Legislature
__________
Sen.
Coffin Withdraws Bill To Limit Public's Right To Recall
Politicians From Office
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The Legislature:
Brand New Bills
-- o0o --
Bill To
Create A State Lottery
Enterprise
Bill To
Eliminate The Office Of State Controller
Bill To
Allow Even Wider Recreational Vehicles On Nevada Roads
Bill To
Make DMV And Assessors' Information On Addresses of Public
Officers Secret
Bill To Give North Las Vegas
$10 Million More Than They're Getting Now
Bill To
Allow State To Ignore Property Tax Cap To Repay State Debts Or
Fund State Operating Expenses
Bill To
Increase Possibilities of Chiseling Taxpayers Who Have
Overpaid
Bill
Requiring Additional Financial Disclosure From Candidates
And Elected Officials: No Teeth, But It's A Start
__________
Nevada's
Population Growth
Outpacing Nation
__________
Double
Digit Increases in State Tax Collections
__________
The Legislature:
Brand New Bills
-- o0o --
Bill
Requiring Lobbyists To Tip Off Legislators In Advance If
They're Going To Be Named In Expense Reports
Bill For
Secret Licensing and Regulation Of Emergency Medical Service
Providers
Bill To
Impose Uniform One Year Residency Requirement For All
Political Candidates
Bill
Permitting Electronic Traffic Citations
Bill To
Prohibit Smoking In Video Arcades
Bill
To Keep Mobile Home Park Operators From Having To Tell The
PUC How Much They Charge Renters For Utilities
Bill
Making Stun Gun Use A Felony If Not In Self-Defense --
Except For Police
Bill
Criminalizing Video Recordings In Theaters
Bill
Requiring Schools To Crack Down On Bullies
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Federal
Grant Awards To Benefit State and Community Parks
__________
US Senator
Harry Reid Addresses Nevada State Legislature
__________
A Look At
The Reno ReTRAC Train Trench
Project
-- o0o --
Reno Redevelopment Agency
What TNO
Found in the "Sewer Service" section of the
City of Reno
Business Page, Feb. 24, 2005
__________
Nye County
Audit Finds Violations of Law; Lack of Internal Controls
__________
President
Bush's Snow Disaster Declaration Expanded To Cover Jan. 6-10
__________
New Study:
Nevada To Lose $432 Million By 2010 In Federal Budget Cuts
__________
Objections
Increase To Planned $2 Billion Power Plant At Gerlach
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The Legislature
-- o0o --
State
Senators Raggio and Nolan Defend Doubling Legislative
Salaries
__________
Another
Backwards
Bill -- Would Make Public Ballot Initiative Process More
Difficult
__________
Bill For Local Governments To Hold Closed Meetings Relating
to Security And Terrorism
__________
State
Senate Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Las Vegas
__________
The Spending Starts
Legislative
Bills Providing Supplemental Appropriations For
"Unanticipated Operating Expenses" In 2004-2005
____
More
Appropriations Bills
____
Twenty-One
More Appropriation Bills
____
TNO
Articles On Lack Of State Financial Accountability
__________
A
Backwards Bill: Legislative Proposal To Limit Public's Right
To Recall
Politicians From Office
__________
Express
Yourself: E-Mail The Legislators
__________
President
Bush Issues Emergency Disaster Declaration For Nevada's New
Year Snow Storms
__________
Nevada
Ethics Law Reform: Why Not Start Here?
__________
Gov. Guinn
Appoints 27 To State Boards, Commissions
__________
Harrah's
To Finalize Acquisition of Caesars
__________
A Tale of
Two Cities: The San Diego Side Of Las Vegas
Corruption Proceedings
__________
Source Documents:
Tax
Problems Resulting From The 2003 Legislative Session
(Sorry, no direct
hyperlink available, so click on the following topics on the
Taxation site)
OVERVIEW OF 2003 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - Compliance and
Assessment Standards
NEW
TAXES AND CHANGES TO EXISTING TAXES
WHY
ARE WE USING AN OUT OF STATE BANK?
For more
information see "The 2003 Tax Override" section in far right
column
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Just For Our Editor:
State
Senate Celebrates E Clampus Vitus Day
__________
Federal Trade Commission
Approves Merger of Mega-Casino
Holding Companies
__________
Truckee
Meadows Water Authority Passes Another Rate Hike
TMWA
Doesn't Want To Answer To Public Utilities Commission
_________
Democracy in Action:
Washoe
County Commission Doesn't Want To Hear Much From Public
Washoe
Officials Not Really Interested In Your E-Mails Either
__________
Tribal
Casinos Net $18.5 Billion in 2004, Topping Nevada's $10.6
Billion Net
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Nevada
Senate Votes to Amend Constitution; Double Lawmakers'
Salaries
__________
Public
Interest Research Group Report Warns Against Nuclear
Waste Hazards; Urges Renewable Energy Use
__________
DOE
Replies To Yucca Hazards Critique
__________
State
Senate Vote 21-0: Keep BLM Land Sales Revenues In Nevada
__________
New TNO
Guide
__________
Nevada
Progressive Leadership Alliance (PLAN) Legislative Agenda
For 2005
__________
Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Developments:
National
Commission On Energy Policy Calls For Renewed
"Cram-Down" Effort; Interim Above-Ground Nuclear Waste
Storage
__________
February 1, 2005
Breaking News Stories
Nevada
Secretary of State Proposes Changes in Ballot Initiatives
Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Waste Developments
Nevada
Congressmen: Keep BLM Land Sales Revenues In Nevada
Nevada
Casinos Raked in Record $10.6 Billion In 2004
Tripartite
Water Agreement in Southern Nevada
Nevada's
Electronic Voting System: A Model For The Nation?
Nevada
District Judges Facing Massive Increases In Caseload
New Nevada
Taxpayers Association Report
BLM
Auction: 13,000 Acres Of Lincoln County Land Nets $47.5
Million
Watch Or
Listen: The Legislature Live In Daily Session
The
Legislature and Property Tax Relief
Motor
Tourism and Nevada's Highways -- The Report Card:
Safety: D; Funding: D; Congestion: D+
Identity Theft: Las Vegas
Is Now #3 Top Problem
Area In US
High-Tech
Chip Tracking Coming To Nevada Gambling Tables
Gov. Guinn
Names Sen. Reid's Daughter-In-Law To Education Post
Caesar's Las
Vegas Attorney Named To Gaming Panel
Hundreds
of Thousands of Federal Education Dollars Left Unspent in
Nevada
Attorney
General Consumer Warnings
Reno Gets
A New Police Chief
The
Legislature in Action
Gov.
Guinn's Proposed 2005-2007 Budget
January 15, 2005
Breaking News Stories
Moncrief
Ousted By Voters In Recall Election
Gov.
Guinn's Plans For Nevada In 2005-2007
US Supreme Court Denies
Review of Nevada Supreme Court Decision Overriding 2/3
Majority Requirement for Tax Increases
New Nevada
Policy Research Institute Study
Also From
NPRI
City of
Henderson Campaign Finance Disclosure Reports Now Available
Gov.
Guinn's Latest Press Release
Anything
Goes? -- Las Vegas Stripper Code of Conduct Challenged as
Unconstitutional
Moncrief
Recall Election: Campaign Finance Disclosure Statements
Las
Vegas FBI Arrests "Crazy Horse Too" Strip Club
Manager On Racketeering Charges;
Two Others Also Arrested
2003: Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, "Crazy Horse Too" and the
Nevada Commission on Ethics
New 2005
Campaign Contributions & Expenses Reports
Governor
Guinn's Latest Judicial Appointments
Education
in Nevada: A Two-Year, $646 Million Proposal For The
State Legislature
State
Controller's 2005 Nevada Financial Report
SEC Takes Out Las
Vegas-Based "dot.com" Execs
January 1, 2005
Heller Asks
For Special Counsel To Advise On Release Of Moncrief
Letters; Then Immediately Releases Them Anyway: Secretary of
State Denies Trying To Scuttle Moncrief Prosecution
LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT RESULTS RELEASED
University
of Nevada Reno Let $8.2 Million in No-Bid Retrofit Contracts
-- Some Deals Violated State Constitution and State Law:
Went On for Years; Similar Violations Found at UNLV
More Abuses
Found in Misspent University "Host Accounts"
Transportation Services Authority Audit Shows Safety
Inspections Not Performed on Taxicabs; Taxi Meters Not
Inspected and Sealed; Safety Inspections on Limousines and
Buses Deficient
State Ethics
Commission: Las Vegas Mayor Misused Official Position to
Secure or Grant Unwarranted Privileges or Advantages for his
Son; Goodman Cleared on Other Misconduct Charges
Nevada
Utilities Kept Dealing With Enron After Learning Of Fraud
and Financial Instability -- Shareholders May Be Out $300
Million Plus Interest
Deceptive
And Unfair Trade Practices Alleged Against Nevada Power
Company
December 15, 2004
Read 'em
and weep: The full transcripts of the Kathy Augustine impeachment trial
Governor appoints gaming
lobbyist Greg Ferraro to Judicial Discipline
Commission
Moncrief recall election set for Jan. 25, 2005
Merry Christmas; you're fired -- Attorney General
Sandoval sacks State Consumer Advocate Tim Hay
without a word of thanks, or even a mention in his press
release
Nevada Supreme Court decision on
deceptive and unfair trade practices alleged against Nevada
Power Company
Nevada Supreme Court decision on
judge's discipline for ethics violations
Nevada Supreme Court decision on
candidate financial disclosure
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