Legislature summary for March 8, 1999

Tuesday, March 9, 1999 | 11:30 a.m.

Senate

New measures

NEW CARS: SB331, Mathews. Exempts newer vehicles from emissions control. To Natural Resources.

DECOYS: SB334, Schneider. Allows businesses to hire decoys to assess service. To Commerce and Labor.

SIRENS: SB337, O'Donnell. Prohibits use of siren by emergency vehicle on freeway. To Transportation.

HANDICAPPED PARKING: SB338, Rawson. Requires parking space designated for vehicles with side-loading wheelchair lift. To Transportation.

Assembly

Measure passed

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: AB86, Judiciary. Requires justices of the peace in larger townships to be lawyers. To Senate.

New measures

TAHOE SCHOOLS: AB413, Brower and Gibbons. Creates pilot program for community school boards for public schools within jurisdiction of the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. To Education.

BENEFIT SERVICES: AB416, Ways and Means. Gives $8.3 million to benefit services fund for 1999 expenses. To Ways and Means.

TRIAL: AB417, Ways and Means. Gives $200,000 to Lander County for trial of Kyle Ray and Colby Becker for the murder of Kyle Ray's parents and sister. To Ways and Means.

RECYCLING: AB419, Ohrenschall, eight others. Provides a $1-per-employee tax break to companies that recycle. To Taxation.

IDENTIFICATION: AB420, Ohrenschall, Price, Manendo. Requires only one piece of ID to use a credit card. To Commerce and Labor.

POLICE: AB422, Claborn, Collins. Authorizing a sheriff to collect fees for providing services to certain cities. To Government Affairs.

REGIONAL PLANNING: AB442, Freeman, five others. Requires a local government within a regional plan to conform to the plan. To Government Affairs.

TAXES: AB423, Freeman, four others. Property tax exemption for the Nevada Nature conservancy. To Taxation.

For more informationon pending legislation, call the Nevada Legislative Hotline: (800) 978-2878.