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Senators lose shot at session

Friday, July 12, 2002 | 9:46 a.m.

Two lawmakers who weren't expected to take part in the special session of the Legislature thought for a brief time Thursday that they might be going.

But the Legislative Counsel Bureau ruled unconstitutional a request by Gov. Kenny Guinn and Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, to allow the Legislature to amend a state law governing who can participate in a special session.

State Sens. Mark James, R-Las Vegas, and Jon Porter, R-Henderson, both moved out of their districts after the Legislature adjourned in 2001. By law, a legislator must resign his or her post if he or she moves out of the district.

But Lorne Malkiewich, director of the LCB, said his staff's review of laws found no way to simply amend the law to allow James and Porter to participate.

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