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A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
would
like
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
assembly
committee
on
natural
resources
to
order
members
before
we
begin
a
quick
reminder
to
please
be
sure,
to
meet
your
microphone
when
you're,
not
speaking,
so
that
we
can
minimize
background
noise
with
that.
Will
the
secretary
please
take
the
role.
C
C
A
Here,
thank
you.
Please
mark
vice
chair
cohen
present.
As
she
arrives
with
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
we
can
begin
with
our
agenda.
We
have
one
presentation,
one
bill
hearing
our
first
bill
hearing
on
the
agenda
today
before
we
start
I'll
go
through
a
couple
of
quick
housekeeping
announcements
which
we
always
do
at
the
start
of
our
meetings.
Members
of
the
public
may
provide
testimony
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a
variety
of
ways.
A
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That's
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legislature's
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A
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before,
during
or
up
to
48
hours
after
the
meeting
committee,
exhibits
or
amendments
must
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pm
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so
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hours
in
advance.
Any
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number,
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statement
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A
We
ask
that
public
comments
be
kept
in
two
minutes,
so
all
speakers
can
be
accommodated
and
we
can
get
through
the
agenda
in,
like
fashion
speakers
are
urged
to
avoid
repetition
of
comments
made
by
previous
speakers
and
finally,
a
reminder
that
it's
unlawful
for
any
person
to
knowingly
misrepresent
the
facts
when
testifying
before
a
legislative
committee.
A
Along
with
the
motion
or
second
for
the
clarity
of
the
record,
let's
see
with
that,
we
will
now
go
to
the
first
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
an
overview
by
the
state
department
of
agriculture.
D
Right,
thank
you.
So
much
chairman
watts,
a
member
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
jennifer
odd,
I'm
the
director
for
the
department
of
agriculture-
and
I
am
absolutely
pleased
to
present
to
you
an
overview
of
the
department
today
and
describe
a
little
bit
about
the
work
that
the
men
and
women
of
the
department
do
for
the
state
of
nevada.
D
D
Much
of
our
distribution
activities
is
in
our
food,
insecure
sector
to
assist
food
banks,
food
pantries
and
community
organizations,
and
to
trade
assistance
and
economic
and
workforce
development.
So
we
work
with
farmers,
ranchers
manufacturers
of
food
products
or
fiber
products
to
be
introduced
to
new
buyers
and
over
the
next
couple
of
years,
we're
really
going
to
be
working
in
our
economic
development
and
workforce
development.
D
The
economic
impact
of
agriculture
in
the
state
for
2020
as
4.71
billion
dollars,
the
what
you
would
think
of
as
the
traditional
agriculture
segment
of
ranching
and
farming,
had
an
economic
input
of
787.8
million
dollars,
and
our
food
and
beverage
manufacturing
segment
had
3.925
billion
dollars
of
economic
impact.
That's
slightly
down
from
2019
for
two
reasons.
Of
course,
the
pandemic
did
have
an
effect
on
that.
D
The
agriculture
industry
specifically
did
receive
a
bit
of
federal
assistance,
quite
a
bit
of
federal
assistance,
so
that
the
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
the
agriculture
sector
was
not
as
great.
It
was
felt,
but
that
that
assistance
did
help.
And
then
it
was
also
a
decrease
due
to
trade
policies
that
have
been
made.
It
difficult
over
the
last
couple
of
years
to
form
those
trade
relationships
that
we've
enjoyed
in
the
past
and
so
we're
hoping
over
the
next
several
years
that
those
numbers
will
increase.
D
The
economic
impact
employs
or
the
agriculture
sector
employs
over
18
000
people
in
the
state
for
113.2
million
dollars
worth
of
wages.
D
Oh,
and
actually
before
I
go
on,
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
plug
each
of
you
and
all
of
the
legislature
should
have
received
our
economic
analysis
in
your
inboxes,
so
it
is
full
of
data
about
agriculture
and
all
of
the
impacts
broken
down
by
county
and
also
our
top
trading
countries
and
our
biennial
report.
I
also
followed
up
with
an
email
that
had
electronic
links
to
those.
So
please
look
out
for
those
documents.
They
are
full
of
really
great
information.
D
D
And
I'm
going
to
go
into
a
little
bit
about
each
of
the
divisions
of
the
department
because
of
time
constraints
I'll
only
highlight
some
of
our
programs
not
to
say
that
one
is
more
important
than
the
other.
It's
just
I've
selected,
a
few
that
you
might
be
seeing
bills
about
or
might
have,
questions
about,
so
always
feel
free
to
contact
me
if
you
have
any
questions
about
any
of
our
programs,
but
I'll
start
with
the
animal
industry
division.
D
Our
animal
industry
division
is
responsible
for
animal
disease,
detection
prevention,
food
safety,
livestock
identification,
livestock
theft,
prevention,
commercial
feed,
and
on
down
a
lot
of
the
activities
of
the
animal
industry
and
livestock
industry,
we
have
five
programs
in
the
division.
Our
livestock
inspection
program
is
responsible
for
tracking
the
movement
of
lives
of
livestock
across
nevada
and
between
states
for
health
purposes.
D
D
Our
agriculture
enforcement
programs
prevents
agricultural
products
that
have
not
met
the
requirements
of
plant
or
animal
health
and
livestock
inspection
from
ending
entering
or
exiting
the
state.
Our
agricultural
livestock
enforcement
or
our
agriculture
enforcement
folks
also
assist
law
enforcement
on
matters
and
are
the
subject
matter.
Experts
for
any
agricultural
laws,
our
animal
disease
laboratory
monitors
diseases
that
can
be
transmitted
from
animals
to
humans.
We
call
those
zoonotic
diseases
as
well
as
these
diseases
impacting
safe
transport
of
livestock.
D
Our
food
and
nutrition
division
administers
federal
funds
to
provide
access
to
healthy
food
for
nevada's
children,
seniors
and
food,
insecure
populations,
and
we
have
three
main
segments
of
our
food
and
nutrition
division,
and
the
first
segment
of
that
is
our
child
nutrition
programs.
We
have
several
federally
federally
funded
programs
that
we
administer
in
the
state.
Our
most
well-known
programs
that
that
get
a
lot
of
conversation,
of
course,
is
our
national
school
lunch
and
national
school
breakfast
programs
that
the
department
works
with
all
of
the
schools
across
the
state
to
administer.
D
So
even
though
it
is
the
summer
food
service
program,
it
is
deployed
not
during
summer
time,
because
it
is
a
grab-and-go
program
which
made
it
appropriate
for
the
schools
that
were
doing
distance
learning
or
you
know,
of
course,
being
covered
compliant
and
our
fresh
fruit
and
vegetable
program
increases
availability
of
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
in
elementary
schools.
Our
special
milk
program
provides
milk
to
children
who
don't
participate
in
any
other
federal
program,
and
we
provide
that
milk
through
elementary
schools
and
also
through
child
care,
child
care
centers
as
well.
D
The
other
two
segments
of
the
food
and
nutrition
division
is
our
senior
nutrition
programs
and
the
commodity.
Supplemental
food
program
is
what
you
would
know
as
senior
food
boxes
and
those
boxes
supplement
food,
insecure
senior
diets
with
nutritious
foods
that
are
procured
through
usda
funds
and
our
senior
farmer's
market
nutrition
program
that
provides
low-income
seniors
with
coupon
books
to
use
as
cash
at
nevada
farmers
market
so
that
they
are
able
to
purchase
their
own
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables.
D
We
have
our
community
support
programs.
The
tfap
program,
emergency
food
assistance
program
is
a
program
that
you
have
seen
probably
most
talked
about
during
the
pandemic.
That
would
be
considered
our
food
bank
program
and
that
is
working
with
food
banks
and
food
pantries
to
provide
food
assistance
to
food,
insecure
populations
and
then
also
our
food
distribution
on
indian
reservations,
programs
and
that
provides
monthly
food
boxes
to
individuals
in
11,
tribes,
colonies
and
reservations
across
the
state.
D
D
D
I
bring
that
up
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
bills
on
cbd
this
legislative
session,
and
we
had
quite
a
boom
of
hemp.
Until
about
2020
and
and
2020,
we
have
seen
a
decline
in
hemp
production.
That
is
for
two
reasons.
The
first
is
that
at
the
federal
level
there
has
been
some
regulatory.
D
There's
there's
been
some
unsurety
in
the
in
the
regulatory
area
in
on
the
federal
level.
D
The
final
rules
on
hemp
didn't
come
out
until
this
january,
and
so
it
made
it
difficult
for
those
that
are
wanting
to
plant
or
invest
in
the
hemp
industry
to
have
some
surety
about
their
crop
being
able
to
get
to
market.
D
D
And
our
final
segment
for
the
plant
industry
division
is
environmental
protection.
Our
environmental
services
program
is
charged
with
protecting
the
environment
and
human
health
from
the
effects
of
pesticide
misuse.
This
program
and
these
employees
monitor
the
waterways
in
nevada
to
make
sure
that
there
is
no
pesticide
runoff
into
our
waterways.
D
They
we
provide
educational
seminars,
we
assist
them
in
going
on
trade
missions
and
making
market
assessments
so
that
they
can
make
the
right
decisions
when
entering
in
and
looking
for
buyers,
and
with
that.
Thank
you
so
much.
That
concludes
my
presentation
and
sherman
watts.
I'm
available
opening
me.
A
Wonderful.
Thank
you
for
that
overview.
Director
ott.
It's
clear
that
your
department
handles
quite
a
bit
and
we
appreciate
you
giving
us
a
quick
overview
that
we
can
also
proceed
through
the
rest
of
our
agenda.
We
do
have
a
couple
of
questions
so
far
and
I
will
start
off
with
assemblywoman
carlton.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
so
mossad
when
you
were
going
at
the
very
beginning
of
your
presentation,
you
were
talking
about
the
food
chain,
the
food
supply,
and
earlier
last
year,
when
the
shutdown
happened,
there
were
some
definite
issues
in
the
food
supply
chain
and
not
only
just
for
families
but
being
a
food
pantry
person.
It
was
very
difficult
to
get
certain
items.
Have
you
guys
done
a
little
analysis
on
on
what
actually
happened?
E
How
did
and
I
can
only
speak
for
southern
nevada?
How
did
southern
nevada
ended
up
in
a
position
to
where
we
could
not
get
the
food
supplies
that
we
needed?
I
actually
had
a
group
bring
in
food
from
california.
For
me,
that's
how
bad
it
was.
So
I'd
like
to
know
if
we're
looking
at
what
happens
so
that
it
doesn't
happen
again.
D
Yes,
absolutely
jennifer
ott
for
the
record.
It
was
a
perfect
storm
really
of
of
food
supply
issues.
You
know
there
were
a
lot
of
issues
on
the
processing
ends
with
you
know:
companies
shutting
down
because
of
covet
outbreaks
which
affected
this
food
supply.
D
The
the
closure
of
restaurants
across
the
united
states
led
food
processing.
D
You
know
manufacturers
had
to
pivot
and
they
can't
pivot
that
quickly,
and
so
when
they
are,
when
we
have
entities
that
are
packaging
for
restaurants
and
we
were
seeing
shortages
in
our
grocery
stores,
you
know
those
packaging
items
do
not
look
the
same,
and
so
it
took
a
while
for
those
companies
to
pivot.
D
There
were
problems
with
transportation
and
there
were
logistical
problems
with
warehouses
having
outbreaks
and
those
kinds
of
items,
and
so
you
know
I
always
liken
the
the
food
system
in
the
united
states
to
this
this
cruise
ship
and
even
if
we
turn
off
or
you
know,
if
we
stop
an
engine
or
two
or
even
if
we
stop
the
whole
engine,
it
it
takes
a
long
time
for
it
to
come
to
a
stop.
D
And
while
it's
coming
to
a
stop
manufacturers,
logistics
groups
are
all
pivoting
to
fill
in
the
need,
and
so
that
was
what
was
happening
over
that
really
two
months
of
a
shortage,
especially
especially
in
grocery
stores.
As
far
as
what
the
department
is
doing,
it's
difficult.
We,
you
know,
we
don't
have
any
regulatory
authority
over
the
supply
chain,
and
so
there's
there's
not
things
that
we
can
do
there.
But
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing
is
shoring
up
and
looking
at
in
the
future.
D
How
can
we
stop
future
impacts
to
nevada's
food
in
the
future?
Nevada
doesn't
have
a
great
processing
industry.
There
are
some
great
companies,
many
of
them
are
in
las
vegas,
but
when
we
have
a
fairly
large
livestock
production
in
the
state,
we
send
most
of
our
livestock
out
of
state
to
be
to
be
processed.
We
have
great
farming
production
in
the
state,
but
much
of
that
is
again
sent
outside
of
the
state
for
processing
and
packaging,
and
so
we
have.
D
We
have
some
gaps
in
our
supply
chain
that
we
really
need
to
work
on
and
shore
up,
and
so
we
recognize
that
as
a
department
we're
working
on
that
not
only
from
a
regulatory
standpoint,
but
also
from
an
economic
development
standpoint
attracting
businesses
that
might
want
to
come
to
the
state
to
shore
up
some
of
those
gaps.
So
I
hope
I've
addressed
some
of
your
questions.
There.
E
And
thank
you,
mr
sharon.
Yes,
ms,
you
did,
and
I
just
hope
that
maybe
you
can
compare
notes
with
folks
in
your
position
in
other
states
just
to
see
if
they
had
some
of
the
same
issues,
if
there's
just
a
systemic
problem
in
this,
or
was
it
just,
as
you
said,
the
perfect
storm,
but
luckily,
when
those
small
restaurants
closed
and
the
casinos
closed,
food,
pantries
and
food
banks
will
be
forever
grateful
that
they
thought
of
us
and
emptied
out
their
fridges
and
pantries
and
anything
that
was
going
to
expire.
E
They
sent
it
to
us
and
literally
it
was
coming
in
one
door
and
going
out
the
other.
So
it
didn't
not
sit
on
the
shelf
very
long
for
us
to
get
it
out.
So
the
community
in
southern
nevada
really
did
step
up
and
do
an
excellent
job
of
making
sure
that
no
food
went
to
waste.
I
just
could
not
figure
out
being
you
know
so
close
to
california,
the
highway
system
transportation.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation
director
ott.
My
question
has
to
do
with
slide
12
when
it
comes
to
the
senior
nutrition
programs
and
looking
at
the
document
which,
by
the
way,
was
very
helpful
of
the
biennial
report.
B
I
I
know
that
there
was
work
that
that
there
was
outreach
for
many
of
our
seniors,
but
when
I
take
a
look
at
how
many
seniors
being
served,
this
feels
very
low
to
me.
5
450,
seniors
are
are
getting
help.
So
what
does
the
outreach
look
like
for
our
seniors,
especially
due
to
the
pandemic
and
the
sheddings
that
occurred?
What
is
that
outreach,
and
how
is
that
utilized,
and
I
also
want
to
make
sure
it's
noticed-
you
only
have
31
full-time
employees
in
a
very
large
state.
So
I
recognize
that
as
well.
B
So
it
was
just
curious
as
to
how
that
outreach
was
was
handled
during
the
last
year
and
then
also
prior
to
that.
D
Sure
jennifer
ott
for
the
record,
our
senior
programs,
are
something
that,
over
the
next
couple
of
years,
that
we're
really
focusing
on.
We
see
that
we
are
not
meeting
the
need
there.
D
Two
reasons
one
is
frankly:
the
naming
of
the
program
is
pretty
darn,
terrible
and
so
to
we're
looking
at
rebranding
that
and
so
that
you
know
that
a
senior
who
is
interested
in
supplemental
food
knows
to
come
to
the
senior
wellness
program
and
not
the
commodity
supplemental
food
program,
because
nobody
knows
what
that
is
right,
so
we're
working
with
our
federal
partners
to
rebrand
that
and
to
make
it
a
higher
profile
and
more
recognizable.
D
The
second
step
is
that
we
are
administering
all
of
the
dollars
that
we
receive,
and
so
we
need
to
get
more
dollars
into
our
state,
and
so
we
are
working
with
the
usda
on
that
there
is
a
formula
that
is
followed
to
assess.
D
You
know
the
need
in
the
state
and
we're
working
on
how
to
express-
or
you
know,
I'm
not
sure
how
successful
we're
going
to
be
on
revising
the
formula,
but
we
can
certainly
work
with
our
federal
partners
to
tap
in
either
to
other
funds
or
to
better
administer,
or
you
know,
some
other
solution,
and
so
we
are
looking
we're
looking
for
more
more
funding,
we're
looking
for
more
efficient
options,
more
investments
and
technologies
so
that
you
know
funding
doesn't
have
to
go
necessarily
to
old
systems
but
to
actual
distribution.
B
Thank
you,
and-
and
thank
you
for
that
answer.
I
I
completely
agree
that
part
of
it
is
as
as
a
assembly
member
carlton
has
stated
more
than
a
few
times.
Our
seniors
are
incredibly
caring
and
they
think
somebody
else
needs
it,
and
so
they
they
don't
always
take
it
themselves,
and
so
we
gotta
do
a
better
job
of
messaging
that,
but
with
that,
do
we?
What
is
the
outreach
for
our
minority
communities,
especially
our
second
language
communities?
D
Sure
jennifer
ought
for
the
record.
I
am
not
aware
of
of
somebody
on
our
stuff,
but
again
we
are,
you
know
we
administer
the
funds.
We
work
with
our
partners
that
are
doing
the
work
on
the
ground
for
the
actual
distribution,
and
so
I
I
can
certainly
look
through
our
partners.
You
know
the
food
banks,
food
pantries,
senior
centers,
to
check
for
for
language
barriers
or
focus
on
stuff.
I'm
happy
to
look
into
that.
A
Thank
you
so
much
anderson.
I
have
a
brief
question
and
falls
in
line
with
the
theme
that
I've
been
asking
in
many
committees,
and
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
explain,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
livestock
plant
industry
division.
Have
you
seen
impacts
from
climate
change
on
the
department's
work
and
if
so,
what
are
some
of
the
impacts
that
you've
seen
and
what
are
the
department's
plans
to
adapt
and
mitigate
to
those
changes?.
D
I
think
I
admitted
myself
properly
jennifer
ott
for
the
record
in
two
areas,
the
first
being,
of
course,
drought
in
a
drought
year,
it's
incredibly
difficult
for
our
producers
and
for
our
well,
both
on
the
plant
side
and
on
the
livestock
side
to
operate.
D
D
If
a
livestock
producer
knows
that
there's
going
to
be
water,
that's
going
to
run
dry
rather
on
the
land
or
you
know
what
they
have
is
water
rights
available
to
them.
They
have
to
make
decisions
about
that.
So
water
is
incredibly
important.
We
do
have
a
drought
position
because
of
the
the
effect
of
the
pandemic
on
general
fund
we
have
had
you
know
we,
we
have
very
few
general
funded
positions
at
the
department.
D
Most
of
our
positions
are
federally
funded,
and
so
we
did
have
to
cut
back
on
some
of
our
drought
positions.
It
was
just
sort
of
the
reality
of
the
situation,
so
that's
one
area.
The
second,
of
course,
is
wildfire.
I
know
everybody
mentions
it.
Everybody
talks
about
it.
I
want
to
talk
about
it
just
on
the
perspective
of
the
livestock.
D
D
D
You
know
the
land
is
not
able
to
be
grazed
after
the
wildfire,
which
creates
other
problems,
and
so
that
is
detrimental
in
an
environmental
impact,
and
I
would
just
say
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
we're
really
looking
forward
to
and
really
working
on
with
our
partners
in
the
state
is
a
meaningful
measurement
when
it
comes
to
environmental
conditions,
meaningful
measurement
of
air
quality,
and
you
know,
and
having
a
standardized
way,
that
we're
measuring
whether
it's
carbon
capture
or
air
quality,
or
you
know
any
of
those.
D
I
think
that
it's
really
important
for
the
agriculture
industry
to
have
that
meaningful
measurement
and
making
sure
that
we're
using
there's
so
many
different
studies
out
there
and
and
and
it's
really
important
that
we're
using
all
of
the
same
language
and
and
same
measurements.
So.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I've
got
a
real
like
question.
It
said
the
plant
industry
division
on
page
seven,
which
is
mostly
the
hemp,
wasn't
a
lot
of
that
destroyed
by
early
frost.
That
did
a
lot
of
damage
to
that
and
then
my
my
main
question
is:
you
know,
based
on
the
kuvad
19,
with
the
employment
base,
if
you
notice
any
of
the
other
suppliers
like
plants
like
lettuce,
onions
and
any
of
these
has
been
impacted
by
this,
it
might
have
a
effect
on
the
steak.
D
Thank
you,
jennifer
ott,
for
the
record
for
the
hemp.
There
was
some
frost
in
some
areas,
and
so
that
did
have
an
effect,
I
would
say
probably
the
biggest
effect
of
the
hemp
industry.
Was
the
cbd
prices
it
just
wasn't
it
wasn't
an
industry
that
made
it
profitable
for
growers
to
be
in
over
the
years.
I
think
that
even
in
2019,
at
the
end
of
2019
folks
have
been
holding
on
to
their
crop,
hoping
for
for
bigger
prices,
and
so
that
has
been
a
problem
in
some
areas.
D
There
were
frost
absolutely
to
your
second
question.
C
You
know,
are
we
seeing
a
shortage
in
crops?
You
know
like
like?
We
have
onions
growers,
we
have
carrots
lettuce,
some
of
these
other
products
based
on
the
coved.
You
know
in
the
short
of
employment
are,
did
we
see
any
kind
of
effect
that
might
create
a
problem
coming
up.
D
Apologies,
yes,
jennifer
ought,
for
the
record
not
too
much
to
be
honest
with
you.
The
producers
in
the
state
have
been
incredibly
responsive
and
you
know
have
done
a
great
job
in
responding
to
any
coveted
outbreaks
on
staff,
and
so
there
hasn't
been
too
much
of
effect
of
growers.
The
the
larger
growers
the
department
was
able
with
some
cares
funds
state
allocation
of
cares.
D
Funds
was
able
to
provide
ppe
and
other
preventative
measures
to
our
farmers
and
ranchers
through
our
cares
programs,
and
so
that
that
helped
and
was
able
to
assist
in
that
way,
but
have
been
incredibly
responsible
and
and
responsive
to
to
social,
distancing
and
mask
wearing
and
other
food
safety
precautions.
And
you
know
these
are
folks,
especially
our
larger
growers
are
folks
that
are
very
aware
of
food
safety
measures
and
food
safety
precautions,
and
so
they
didn't
have
to
step
up
much.
D
A
A
A
That's
following
the
meeting.
Anyone
joining
the
meeting
on
camera
is
either
a
committee
member
staff
bill
sponsor
or
presenter.
Currently,
no
one
else
is
joining
these
meetings
on
video
and
we,
the
committee,
may
change
this
policy
at
some
point,
but
this
is
how
we're
connecting
our
business
to
currently
to
ensure
fairness
and
equal
representation
for
all.
So
with
that,
we'll
have
the
administrator
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourself
and
present
assembly
bill
75.
F
A
F
A
F
F
These
updates
are
intended
to
align
nevada's
weights
and
measures,
laws
with
the
uniform
laws
and
regulations
established
by
the
national
conference
on
weights
and
measures
and
published
by
the
u.s
department
of
commerce,
national
institute
of
standards
and
technologies,
office
of
weights
and
measures,
better
known
as
missed
owm
sections.
Two
through
four
of
this
build
add
definitions
for
certain
physical
standards
used
in
the
installation,
adjustment,
repair
or
calibration
of
weighing
and
measuring
devices
and
establishes
applicable
uses
of
those
standards.
F
The
addition
of
this
presumption
will
assist
the
agency
in
enforcing
the
requirements
that
any
standard
used
in
the
installation,
adjustment,
repair
or
calibration
of
commercial
weighing
and
measuring
equipment
must
be
certified
by
a
laboratory
that
has
been
qualified
by
nist
owm
sections.
6,
7
and
8
make
conforming
changes
to
nrs,
581.001,
581.065
and
581.067
to
include
the
words
and
terms
newly
established
in
sections
2
and
3
of
this
bill.
F
F
F
F
The
addition
of
the
term
commercial
will
assist
the
agency
in
enforcing
the
requirement
that
any
weighing
or
measuring
device
being
used
for
a
commercial
purpose
must
be
licensed
by
the
state
sealer
of
consumer
equitability,
as
commercial
weighing
equipment
weighing
and
measuring
equipment.
Excuse
me,
section.
A
E
E
One
of
my
concerns
on
section
four:
you
you
refer
to
the
handbook
number
44,
the
2020
edition
and
whenever
I
see
a
specific
date
written
into
a
law,
I
am
worried
that
it
becomes
antiquated
when
the
next
edition
comes
out,
and
so
I'm
wondering
why
you
actually
refer
to
that
as
opposed
to
the
latest
edition,
because
that's
typically
where
we
have
gone
with
some
of
this
in
the
past,
where
we
don't,
we
don't
tag
it.
So
you
don't
have
to
come
back
each
every
couple
sessions
whenever
these
books
come
out.
F
For
the
record
cadence
matijevic
through
you,
mr
chairman,
to
assemblywoman
titus,
I
I
appreciate
the
question.
I
will
say
that
we
adopt
missed
handbook,
44
and
other
handbooks
through
by
reference
in
nevada,
administrative
code,
chapter
581
and
in
those
adoptions.
F
There
is
reference
that
it
would
be
that,
as
there
are
newer
versions
of
those
handbooks
published
that
they
that
they
essentially
become
automatically
adopted
by
reference,
unless
the
board
of
agriculture
would
take
action
within
60
days
of
the
publication
date,
so
that
language
does
exist
within
our
regulations.
That
allows
for
future
publications
to
be
updated,
and
perhaps
that's
something
that
your
legal
counsel
may
be
better
able
frankly,
to
address
than
I
as
to
how
this
specific
citation
would
would
continue
on
as
it
relates
to
how
we
adopt
those
campaigns.
E
I
would
thank
you,
chair
watts,
alan
ambron,
for
the
record,
so
in
this
specific
situation
that
default
to
where
it
would
be
updated
to
the
most
recent
example
would
not
occur,
and
that
is
because
the
statutes
supersede
regulations
in
this
specific
situation.
The
statute
is
specifically
referencing
a
2020
edition.
So
if
we
wanted
to
update
the
handbook
for
this
specific
situation,
we
would
have
to
come
in
and
do
an
amendment
to
that
statute.
E
C
A
E
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
administrator,
going
to
section
eight
d.
E
On
the
dating
of
packaged
foods,
you
you
mentioned
that
this.
This
is
generally
done
by.
I
think
student,
health
and
human
services
do
before
we
remove.
That
is
that
is
that
the
case
now,
and
we
know
that
in
nevada
that's
happening.
F
For
the
record,
cadence
matijevic
through
you,
mr
chairman,
to
the
vice
chair,
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman.
F
Yes,
in
back
in
2019,
when
the
national
conference
on
weights
and
measures
which
nevada
is
a
member
of
was
contemplating
removing
this
from
the
handbook,
I
did
reach
out
to
health
and
food
safety
regulators,
both
at
the
state
department
of
health
and
human
services,
and
also
at
county
health
and
human
services,
health
districts
to
inquire
with
them.
F
If
they
had
concerns
about
this,
this
particular
authority
being
removed
from
the
statute,
essentially,
were
they
relying
on
on
this
authority
that
exists
for
the
department
of
agriculture
to
help
assist
them
with
their
regulations
and
the
feedback
that
we
received
from
them
at
the
time
was
no
really.
None
of
those
agencies
are
relying
on
that
that
they
felt
like
within
their
own
statutes
that
give
them
their
authorities
and
their
duties
that
they
had
what
they
needed
to
be
able
to
enforce.
F
Regulations
for
for
open,
dating
of
packaged
food
and
much
of
that
guidance
is
actually
set
by
the
fda,
and
so
many
of
them
follow
that
and,
as
we
were
developing
this
this
bill,
when
when
the
bdr
was
published,
I
reached
out
to
them
once
again
just
to
be
sure
that
nothing
had
changed
in
the
time
since
2019
and
now
and
didn't
did
not
hear
anything
from
them
that
they
were
concerned
about
removal
of
this.
This
provision.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I've
got
one
in
it.
It
pertains
to
the
seal
and
what
we're
doing
one
of
the
question
I've
got
is:
are
you
going
to
be
changing
the
standards
on
how
you
do
gas
stations
and
and
the
pumps
and
the
measurements
on
the
pumps,
and
is
that
being
done
now.
F
The
standards
for
those
devices
are
all
included
within
this.
The
national
institute
of
standards
and
technology
nist
handbook
44,
which
we
adopt
by
reference
in
nevada
administrative
code.
That
handbook
is,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
updated
from
time
to
time.
Nevada
takes
part
in
the
updates
to
that
handbook.
We
vote
on
proposals
to
amend
that
handbook
and
if
those
provisions
are
contrary
to
what
we
think
are
best
for
commercial
practices
in
our.
A
F
Then
we
have
the
opportunity
to
bring
that
forward
to
the
board
of
agriculture
and
adopt
something
different,
but
there
isn't
currently
anything
in
this
bill
that
would
affect
our
our
practices
and
procedures
with
respect
to
inspecting
validating
the
accuracy
and
stealing
accurate,
weighing
and
measuring
devices
in
the
state.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Maybe
at
a
later
date
we
can
we
can
discuss.
You
know
how
often
they
do
this
and
and
where
they're
going
in
the
future.
Thank
you
thank.
A
You
assemblyman
allison.
I
have
one
quick
question
so
understanding
that
a
lot
of
these
terms
for
the
standards
are
being
updated.
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
elaborate
briefly
on
the
changes
in
section
seven,
so
I
see
that
in
section
eight
we're
adding
field
reference
standards
and
transfer
standards
in
addition
to
these
primary
and
secondary
standards
and
in
section
seven
we're
taking
out
the
word
physical
and
then
using
the
field,
reference
standards
and
transformation.
F
For
the
record,
cadence
patio,
thank
you
for
the
question,
mr
chairman,
and
I
will
do
my
best
to
be
brief.
So
if,
as
I
said
at
the
beginning
of
my
presentation,
the
addition
of
the
terms
field,
reference
standards
and
transfer
standards
are
are
terms
that
have
been
newly
developed
and
included.
Essentially
in
the
terminology.
That's
that's
being
used
in
the
metrology
industry
and
the
metro.
F
A
primary
standard
frankly,
is
something
that
the
state
of
nevada's
primary
standards
are
issued
to
us
by
the
u.s
department
of
commerce
and
they
were
issued
to
us
in
1972,
and
we
use
them
to
calibrate
our
secondary
standards,
which
we
use
in
our
laboratories
to
compare
the
physical
artifacts
and
all
of
these
are
physical
artifacts
that
are
then
used
out
in
the
field,
and
so
within
the
metrology,
industry
or
science.
They
did
they've
developed
additional
terms
to
more
robustly.
F
I
guess
flesh
out
the
full
inventory
of
types
of
standards
that
are
used
in
what
they're
used
for,
and
so
this
is
us
nevada,
updating
our
definition
and
terminology
to
include
those
newly
defined
terms
that
are
being
used
in
the
handbooks
and
used
in
the
industry,
and
so
really
we're
not
leaving
anything
out
by
the
addition
of
these
terms,
we're
not
meaning
to
take
anything
away
from
what
is
currently
being
used.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you
for
the
clarification
administrator
mateovich,
not
being
an
expert
in
metrology.
The
clarification
is
welcome.
As
the
members
of
the
committee
weigh
this
bill.
Does
anyone
el
do
any
other
members
have
questions
okay,
hearing
none!
I
will
now
open
up
testimony
on
assembly
bill
75
again
in
order
to
provide
testimony.
You
must
register
online
on
the
legislative
website
where
you'll
receive
a
phone
number
meeting
id
and
instructions
to
join
the
meeting.
A
For
those
who
wish
to
testify,
please
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
limit
your
testimony
to
two
minutes,
we'll
be
timing,
each
speaker
to
make
sure
everyone's
giving
up
with
that.
We
will
begin
testimony
in
support
of
assembly
bill
75
staff
from
broadcast
production
services.
Are
there
any
callers
in
the
queue
here?
The
public
line
is
open
and
working,
but
there
are
no
callers
at
this
time.
A
A
Jared
there
are
no
callers
in
the
neutral
position
at
this
time
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much
broadcast
production
services
for
assisting
us
with
that
with
that,
unless
there
are
any
closing
remarks
from
the
department.
F
A
A
Thank
you,
and
hopefully
we
can
work
out
to
ensure
that
these
standards
and
the
books
that
are
being
referenced
continue
to
be
updated
moving
forward.
So
with
that,
I
will
close
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
75,
and
we
will
now
move
on
to
the
last
item
on
our
agenda
today,
which
is
public
comment
as
a
reminder
to
provide
public
comment.
You
must
register
online
on
the
legislative
websites
where
you
will
receive
the
information
to
participate
and,
as
with
testimony,
we
will
be
limiting
any
public
comments
to
two
minutes.
A
A
Time
all
right,
we're
gonna,
wait
just
one
minute
to
see
if
there's
anybody
that
would
like
to
participate
but
was
on
a.
A
A
All
right
do
we
have
anybody
in
the
cube
bps
chair,
there
are
still
no
callers
in
the
one
well,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
assistance
in
helping
us
to
make
these
virtual
meetings
work
and
with
that.
That
concludes
our
meeting
for
today,
we'll
meet
again
on
wednesday
february
17th
at
4
p.m.
Where
we'll
continue
to
hear
bills,
and
with
that
this
meeting
is.