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Former Assembly speaker named tax commission chairman

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 | 6:22 p.m.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons has elevated former Assembly Speaker Bob Barengo to be chairman of the Nevada Tax Commission, succeeding Thomas Sheets, who resigned earlier this year.

Barengo, a Democrat, has been a member of the tax commission since 2003 and he practices law in Reno. He served in the Assembly from 1972 to 1982.

The governor has not named a replacement to the commission for Sheets.

The eight-member commission sets policy for the Nevada Department of Taxation.

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