Some of 1997’s requested bills

Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

--Death penalty for drug traffickers.

--Chemical castration of sex offenders in certain circumstances.

--Increased penalty for domestic violence.

--Increased penalty for pandering juvenile prostitutes.

EDUCATION

--Mandatory attendance of kindergarten.

--Appropriation for the creation of law school at UNLV.

--Program to pay tuition of high school students enrolled in community college.

--Program for financing construction of public schools.

--Authorize formation of charter schools.

--Prohibit sexual relations between pupils and educational personnel.

--Appropriation to finance intramural sports and extracurricular activities for middle schools.

--Allow parents to choose which public school a child attends.

--Establish college savings program.

GAMING

--Limit neighborhood casinos.

--Create a tax-credit program to encourage casinos to provide affordable housing.

GOVERNMENT

--Define public records and designate what is public in the employment records of government workers.

--Create constitutional amendment to allow limited annual legislative sessions.

--Allow state workers to engage in collective bargaining.

--Constitutional amendment for appointment, rather than election of judges.

--Expand the scope of mandatory bargaining for school teachers and local government workers.

--Expand Las Vegas City Council.

HUMAN RESOURCES

--Require minors to notify parents if they seek an abortion.

--Provide full access to health care coverage for residents.

--Require fluoridation of all public water systems.

--Prohibit minors from possessing tobacco products.

--Enact a consumer protection law for those under medical managed care. Also prohibit organizations from instituting "gag rules" on doctors who provide services for HMOs.

MISCELLANEOUS

--Adopt bill of rights for apartment dwellers.

--Establish a no-fault auto insurance system.

--Allow law enforcement officers to stop and cite motorists for not wearing seat belts.

--Prohibit tripping horses for entertainment or sport.

--Create a state veterans home.

--Enact the pet population control act.

--Take Nevada off daylight savings time.

--Require notice to parents of explicit sexual content in certain animated videos available for rent.

--Allow competition for public utilities.

TAXES

--Lift the $3.64-cent limit per $100 of assessed valuation that local governments are allowed to tax.

--Allow fee increase on vehicle registration to pay for public transit programs.

--Provide for exemption to increase taxes on real property for people 62 and older.

--Allow increase in sales tax for management of garbage.

--Limit increase in amount of property taxes imposed on new house to not more than 10 percent per year.

--Equalize property taxes for governments in the Las Vegas Valley.

--Repeal the state's business tax.

--Authorize surcharge on employers if State Industrial Insurance System is declared insolvent.

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