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A
A
And
I
am
here
so
committee
members
this
morning
we're
going
to
start
with
the
work
session,
we're
going
to
process
out
some
of
the
bills
that
we've
heard
over
the
last
couple
meetings
we
like
to
hear
them
and
then
keep
them
moving
as
much
as
possible.
My
plan
is
usually
that
if
there
is
not
an
issue
or
we've
resolved
any
issues
that
the
meeting
after
the
hearing
that
we
try
to
keep
it
moving,
get
it
back
down
to
the
floor
so
that
it
can
get
to
the
other
house.
A
If
it's
possible
some
bills,
we
can
do
that
with
others.
We
have
to
hold
on
to
until
we,
until
it's
the
appropriate
time
to
as
one
of
our
former
fiscal
persons
used
to
say,
throw
it
over
the
fence,
so
we'll
be
work
sessioning
some
bills.
Today,
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
list
right
now,
but
always
just
always.
Keep
in
your
mind.
What
you've
just
recently
heard,
will
probably
be
here.
A
A
A
A
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
The
first
bill
on
the
agenda
is
80
40
as
amended.
This
bill
expands
the
definition
of
operator
and
storage
tank.
The
bill
requires
that,
before
a
storage
tank
is
eligible
for
the
coverage
of
certain
costs
from
the
fund
for
cleanup
of
discharge
and
petroleum.
The
operator
must,
unless
certain
requirements
are
met,
demonstrate
that
the
storage
tank
is
being
monitored
for
a
discharge,
and
a
discharge
has
not
occurred.
C
During
the
the
hearing
that
was
held
on
april
20th,
greg
lovato
from
the
department
of
natural
resources,
the
administrator
of
environmental
protection
had
indicated
that
the
legislation
was
not
expected
to
reduce
the
amounts
that
would
otherwise
have
gone
to
the
highway
fund
or
impact.
The
proposed
maximum
hundred
thousand
dollar
amount
available
to
transfer
to
support
the
cost
of
preparing
the
annual
report
for
greenhouse
gases
and
ab52.
A
A
I
have
a
motion
for
mr
watts,
a
second
from
assemblyman
hafen,
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
motion.
Hearing.
None
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
in
opposition
hearing
no
opposition
passes
unanimously
of
the
members
present.
Mr
watts,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
take
care
of
that
floor
statement.
A
D
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
assembly,
bill
121,
as
amended,
requires
the
secretary
of
state
to
allow
the
effective
absentee
system
for
elections
to
be
used
by
an
elector,
with
a
disability
to
register,
to
vote
and
a
registered
voter
with
a
disability
to
apply
for
and
cast
absent
ballots.
The
measure
requires
the
system
of
approval
electronic
transmissions
to
allow
such
an
elector
or
registered
voter
to
provide
his
or
her
digital
or
electronic
signature
on
any
document
or
other
materials.
C
C
A
A
C
A
A
A
A
C
The
presenter
for
this
bill
was
assemblywoman
nguyen
and
the
attorney
general's
office
provided
testimony
confirming,
on
the
record
that
legislation
would
not
expand
the
scope
of
services
provided
by
the
attorney
general's
office,
but
would
allow
the
office
to
bill
the
office
of
county
council
for
any
attorney.
General
opinions
requested
similar
to
existing
processes
with
county
district
attorneys.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
This
was
one
of
those
bills
that,
when
you
pull
it
into
ways
and
means
you
pull
it
out
of
abundance
of
caution,
because
you
want
to
make
sure
you
have
a
thorough
conversation
of
what
the
fiscal
impact
might
be,
not
knowing
whether
the
policy
committee
really
addressed
it
and
making
sure
that
we
get
on
the
record
where,
where
the
fiscal
impact
will
actually
lie
so
with
that
committee
members,
are
there
any
questions
on
assembly
bill
147
at
this
time,
not
seeing
any
questions.
I
believe
this,
which
was
this.
C
The
secretary
of
state
testified
that
the
fiscal
impact
is
for
enforcement,
not
implementation,
and
that
the
office
would
need
a
part-time
employee
to
address
inquiries
related
to
complaints,
as
well
as
a
part-time
investigator,
to
reach
compliance
or
to
research.
Complaints.
Excuse
me
the
fiscal
impact
indicated
it
was
not
necessary
to
implement
the
bill,
but
rather
to
supplement
the
efforts
currently
performed
by
the
office,
and
there
were
zero
individuals
in
support,
opposition
or
neutral
on
this.
A
Bill
so
with
that
committee
members,
we
don't
believe
that
the
fiscal
note
that's
attached
to
this
for
the
personnel
is
absolutely
necessary
to
implement
this
bill.
So
the
chair,
I
believe
this
would
be
a
do
pass.
Also.
It
came
to
us
in
its
original
form.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
the
committee
members
on
this
bill
at
this
time,
not
seeing
any
the
chair
would
accept
a
motion
to
do
pass.
Ab166
I'll,
take
the
motion
from
mr
roberts,
the
second
from
ms
monroe
moreno,
any
questions
or
comments.
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
assembly,
bill
188
as
amended,
abolishes
the
commission
on
special
license
plates
and
transfers
its
duties
and
approval
procedures
to
the
department
of
motor
vehicles.
This
bill
requires
that
the
legislative
auditor
compile
and
submit
certain
reports
for
charitable
organizations
that
receive
certain
fees
to
the
department
of
motor
vehicles
and
directs
the
legislative
council
bureau
for
transmittal
to
the
legislature
or
the
legislative
session,
if
applicable.
A
A
A
A
C
Miss
kaufman,
thank
you,
madam
chair
symbol.
202
as
a
minute
provides
that
a
qualified
organization
that
operates
charitable
lotteries
or
charitable
game
games
offering
prizes
valued
at
less
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually,
must
register
and
pay
a
fee
to
the
nevada
gaming
control
board
once
per
year
prior
to
operating
a
lottery
or
game.
C
The
fee,
which
is
to
be
established
in
regulation
adopted
by
the
nevada
gaming
commission,
must
not
exceed
ten
dollars
per
year.
The
fiscal
note
on
this,
or
the
fiscal
impact
related
to
that
is.
The
gaming
control
board
has
identified
a
loss
of
approximately
eight
thousand
dollars
per
year
in
revenue
as
a
result
of
reduction,
reducing
the
per
application
fee
from
twenty
five
dollars
to
an
annual
fee
of
ten
dollars,
and
this
this
would
impact
the
the
general
fund.
C
A
Thank
you
very
much
committee
members.
If
you
remember,
we
had
gone
to
recognize
the
gaming
control
board
in
the
hearing
on
that
bill,
but
unfortunately
they
were
not
able
to
get
through,
but
I
did
receive
a
message
afterwards
that
there
were
no
serious
concerns
from
the
gaming
control
board.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
put
that
on
the
record.
There
was
some
technology
issues
and
they
volunteered
to
come
back
in,
but
it
was
later
in
the
evening
and
they
they
had
just
sent
me
the
message.
A
So
I
I
believe
the
amount
that's
associated
with
this
bill
is
is
not
significant
enough
to
cause
them
an
issue.
So
with
that
this
is
a
first
reprint,
so
this
would
also
be
a
do
pass
as
amended
any
questions
or
comments
from
the
committee
on
assembly
bill
202,
not
seeing
any
so
with
that,
I
would
accept
a
motion
to
do
pass
as
amended
from
miss
benitez
thompson.
A
A
second
from
miss
miss
haruki,
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
motion.
Seeing
none
all
this
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
in
opposition
hearing
none
passes
unanimously
of
the
members
present
I'll.
Go
ahead
and
hand
this
one
back
to
jerry
yeager
since
he
brought
it
in
and
take
it
back
out
to
the
floor.
A
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
assembly,
bill
452
relates
to
environmental
protection,
requiring
certain
agencies
and
entities
submit
information
to
the
state
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
for
purposes
of
annual
report
that
the
department
is
required
to
prepare
on
greenhouse
gases.
This
bill
author
also
authorizes
money
in
the
account
for
the
management
of
air
quality
to
be
expended
to
pay
for
the
cost
of
preparing
the
annual
report
on
greenhouse
gases
requiring
a
transfer
of
certain
monies
from
the
fund
for
cleaning
up
discharge
of
petroleum
to
the
account
for
management
of
air
quality.
C
With
regards
to
the
fiscal
impact,
existing
law
creates
the
fund
for
cleanup
and
discharge
of
petroleum
and
provides
that
balance
of
the
funds
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
It's
estimated
to
be
at
7.5
million
dollars
or
more.
The
department
of
motor
vehicles
must
transfer
the
balance,
which
exceeds
7.5
million
dollars
to
the
account
established
in
the
highway
fund
for
the
construction
or
recon
construction,
reconstruction
or
improvement
and
maintenance
of
roads.
C
The
money
transfer
to
the
account
for
management
or
quality
may
be
used
only
to
pay
for
the
cost
of
preparing
an
annual
report
for
greenhouse
gases.
Any
remaining
excess
in
the
fund
for
cleaning
up
the
discharge.
Petroleum
must
be
transferred
to
the
account
established
in
the
state
highway
fund
for
construction
reconstruction,
improvement,
maintenance,
public
roads.
This
is
a
budget
implementation
bill
in
the
executive
budget.
C
The
bill
was
presented
by
greg
lovato
who's,
the
division
administrator
of
environmental
protection.
There
were
several
individuals
who
who
testified
and
support
the
nevada
conservation
league
supported
this
as
well
as
clark
county,
the
city
of
las
vegas.
There
was
one
individual
who
testified
in
neutral
and
that
was
mainly
nguyen
from
the
department
of
transportation.
A
D
C
D
F
A
But
this
is
a
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
I'm
remembering
correctly.
This
is
a
fund
that
is
paid
into
for
cleaning
up
discharges
and
there's
never
any
guarantee
that
those
dollars
are
actually
ever
going
to
go
into
that
fund,
because
we
don't
know
what
discharges
are
going
to
be
available.
So
it's
not
just
this
impact
in
general.
A
A
So
I'm
I
I
am
not
as
concerned
about
the
highway
fund
as
I
am
about
the
work
that
will
be
done
encapsulated
in
in
this
bill,
so
we
all
have
to
make
tough
decisions
on
which
way
we
want
to
go,
and
we
have
to
prioritize
air
quality
over
building
a
road
so
and-
and
that's
in
essence
the
viewpoint
that
I
have
on
it
right
now.
We
need
to
be
able
to
measure,
monitor
and
mitigate
the
issues
that
are
going
on
and
we're
not
without
the
dollars
that
will
not
be
able
to
happen.
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
just
for
clarification.
It's
my
understanding
that
this
doesn't
go
to
any
mitigation
and
actually
just
goes
to
yet
another
study.
So
I
too
have
concerns,
because
what
we're
doing
is
taking
it
out
of
the
petroleum
fund,
which
actually
those
funds
really
do,
go
to
mitigation
and
clean
up
clean
that
from
the
petroleum
cleanup
account
which
actually
does
have
some
function
of
actual
cleanup
versus
a
yet
another
air
quality
study
which
isn't
about
mitigation.
E
A
A
A
A
A
A
With
that
committee
members,
we
did
have
three
bills
listed
for
today,
but
assembly
bill
357,
we
will
not
be
addressing.
There
are
still
a
couple
of
issues
that
need
to
have
some
further
conversation
before
we
bring
the
conversation
into
the
committee
room,
so
we
will
not
be
addressing
assembly
bill
357.
A
B
As
introduced.
The
bill
received
received
zero
dollar
fiscal
notes
from
most
state
entities,
with
the
exception
of
the
administration,
administrative
office
of
the
courts
and
the
state
board
of
cosmetology
upon
follow-up
discussion
with
the
administrative
office
of
the
courts,
it
was
determined
that
the
intent
of
the
language
to
capture
state
employees
was
not
clear
for
the
judicial
branch
section
of
this
bill.
The
proposed
amendment
is
developed
by
by
their
staff
is
to
clarify
the
section
of
the
bill.
B
D
A
D
Sorry
there
that
should
be
better.
I
had
the
wrong
setting.
I
apologize.
I
will
start
over
john
mccormick
for
the
record.
Upon
initially
reviewing
this
bill,
we
read
requiring
the
judicial
branch
of
state
the
judicial
branch,
as
indicated
to
require
that
the
aoc
would
collect
the
contemplated
complaints
from
all
the
courts
in
the
state.
A
B
A
Just
have
a
conversation
with
them,
so
they
understand
where
you're
going.
They
may
have
misunderstood
the
intent
to
begin
with,
so
please
make
sure
it's
clear
so
that
they
understand
what
their
responsibilities
are,
but
that
that
is
not
general
fund
dollars
and
it
is
actually
less
than
the
two
thousand
dollar
threshold
that
would
have
had
it
pulled
into
ways
and
means
so
not
a
problem
there.
So
with
that
committee
members
does
anyone
have
any
questions
for
miss
peters
at
this
time.
A
Seeing
none
thank
you,
miss
peters,
good
job,
getting
everyone
together
to
have
a
nice
clear
record.
So
with
that
this
is
the
public
hearing
on
assembly
bill
365..
We
will
open
it
up
for
support
opposition
and
neutral
so
with
that
broadcast
services.
Please,
if
you
could
go
to
the
phone
lines
for
anyone
in
support
of
assembly,
bill
365.
F
F
A
B
Available,
thank
you,
chair
and
committee
good
morning,
bailey
bortlein
for
the
record,
representing
the
nevada
coalition
of
legal
service
providers.
Ab404
before
you
is
a
bill
relating
to
domestic
violence
protection
orders,
it
does
two
things.
The
first
piece
is
related
to
jurisdiction
of
where
you
can
file
for
a
protection
order
to
fix
some
issues
where
we've
had
applicants
unable
to
clearly
file
in
the
jurisdiction,
that's
most
appropriate
for
them.
So
add
some
language
that
will
help
with
that
and
then
section
three
is
the
one
that
has
a
fiscal
note
on
it.
B
Section
three
provides
statutory
authority
for
when
a
victim
of
domestic
violence
feels
that
it
would
be
a
safety
threat.
They
need
to
withhold
their
address
when
applying
for
the
protection
order,
so
that
that
address
that
is
confidential
is
not
then
served
upon
the
opposing
party
and
that
making
the
situation
more
dangerous.
B
So
this
is
a
problem
that
the
domestic
violence
and
legal
community
has
been
struggling
with
for
a
long
time
of
what
the
best
way
to
do.
That
is
what
you
see
before
you
reflects
what
has
been
created
in
practice
out
of
necessity
in
a
statewide
form.
That
is
being
used,
so
the
amendment
before
you
on
nellis
makes
a
very
small
clarifying
change
to
changing
any
appropriate
law
enforcement
agency
to
any
authorized
criminal
justice
agency
and
with
that
language
change.
A
B
A
A
Not
seeing
any
do
you
have
any
other
presenters
for
today?
No
all
right!
So
with
that
committee
members,
we
will
have
to
get
the
amendment
put
into
a
the
appropriate
form
and
be
brought
back
to
the
committee
for
just
discussion,
and
then
we
would
move
forward
from
there
so
that
that
would
be
a
future
conversation.
But
thank
you
for
putting
that
on
the
record
and
we'll
make
it's
always
good.
If
we
have
something
in
writing
that
saying
from
that
agency,
if
this
amendment
is
adopted,
then
we
would
do
this
that
way.
A
F
B
Okay-
my
apologies
about
that
good
morning,
chair
carlton
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
name.
My
name
is
serena
evans
spell
s-e-r-e-n-a
evie
ans
and
I'm
the
policy
specialist
for
the
nevada
coalition
to
end
domestic
and
sexual
violence.
Just
going
to
keep
it
brief
and
say
that
this
policy
is
long
overdue
and
is
necessary
to
make
sure
that
victim
survivors
are
safe
throughout
our
state
and
it's
time
that
nevada
shows
that
their
safety
is
paramount.
So
we
urge
your
support
and
passage
of
ab404.
F
B
F
F
F
A
Thank
you
very
much
broadcast
services.
So
with
that,
I
don't
believe
we
need
any
closing
comments
on
this
particular
piece
of
legislation,
so
we'll
close
the
hearing
on
ab404,
we
will
work
on
the
amendment
and
the
following
statement
and
bring
it
back
to
the
committee
at
the
appropriate
time.
So
with
that
committee
members
oops
wrong
pile
of
holders
there
we
go
okay,
so
with
that
we
have
addressed
the
bills
that
we
were
going
to
accomplish
today
and
a
work
session
need
to
keep
things
moving
so
that
they
get
to
the
floor.
A
F
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much
broadcast
services.
We
appreciate
all
of
your
assistance
and
hanging
tough
with
us
in
these
evening
meetings
and
extra
friday
morning
meetings,
so
committee
members
have
a
nice
weekend,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
chair
of
commerce
for
a
moment
who
needs
to
make
an
announcement.