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2013 Legislative Session - Day 2

Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun

The Legislative Building is seen at the end of the first day of the 2013 legislative session Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 in Carson City.

Curbing Internet pornography, allowing guns on school campuses and raising the tax on sheep are but three of than 190 bills ready for introduction on the opening day of the Nevada Legislature on Monday.

The session will focus on tax increases and new programs for education proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval. But there a lot of other issues confronting the 63 lawmakers during their 120-day session.

The opening day of the Legislature is traditionally devoted to such things as swearing in members, introductions of their families and the election of officers.

But legislative lawyers have already prepared a number of bills for consideration.

The first bill, Senate Bill 1, appropriates $18 million to pay for the session. It is expected to be quickly passed by the Senate and Assembly.

Legislators will be paid $146 a day for the first 60 days of the session and will get a $148 per diem for the full 120 days.

There are more than 950 requests for bills.

The state Attorney General’s Office is backing a bill that would prohibit the unauthorized dissemination of an intimate image of a person or a sex act on film, videotape or other recorded image. It would not be a crime if the person consented to the distribution.

Assembly Speaker-designate John Hambrick, R-Las Vegas, is introducing a bill to allow guns on public school or university campuses if the weapon is not in public view or locked in a car.

Another bill has been prepared for the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining to allow an 18-cents-per-head fee on sheep to be raised to $1.50. The request is from the state Department of Agriculture.

Sen. Don Gustafson, R-Sparks, is back with a bill to boost the speed limit from 75 mph to 85 mph on rural interstates. He is also introducing a bill to require the state Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a registry of emergency contact information in case a motorist is involved in a serious accident.

Assemblyman Pat Hickey, R-Reno, wants to allow wineries to operate in Clark County. They are now restricted to rural Nevada.

The Office of Economic Development is proposing a bill to give tax breaks for up to 20 years for drone businesses and those that operate, manufacture or assemble airplane equipment.

Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, wants to exempt home-based businesses with an annual gross income of $60,000 or less from obtaining a state business license.

The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare will sponsor a bill requiring mental health professionals to notify police and potential victims if a patient makes a threat of death or physical harm.

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