Legislature summary for Thursday, Feb. 11

Friday, Feb. 12, 1999 | 12:17 p.m.

SENATE

Measures Approved

LABORATORIES - SB7, Rawson. Revises qualifications and duties of certain lab personnel. To Assembly.

BARBERS - SB8, Rawson. Increases fee for barbering license and other changes. To Assembly.

INVESTORS - SB20, Judiciary. Enacts laws relating to trusts. To Assembly.

New Measures

VETERANS - SB164, Care. Increases exemptions from property and vehicle taxes for veterans. To Taxation.

NUKES - SB167, Natural Resources. Revises permits to trucks transporting radioactive waste. To Natural Resources.

CONTRACTORS - SB168, Schneider, Assemblywoman Buckley. Bonus to contractors for completing highway construction projects early. To Transportation.

SCHOOLS - SB170, Rawson. Appropriates $11 million to Las Vegas schools to reduce dropout rate. To Finance.

GRAFFITI - SB172, Judiciary. Makes aerosol paint illegal for anyone under 24 years old to possess. To Judiciary.

COURTS - AB24, Judiciary. Allows courts to accept credit cards for payment. To Government Affairs.

ASSEMBLY New Measures

GRAZING - AB198, Carpenter, 7 others. Provides penalty for interfering with herding or grazing of livestock. To Natural Resources.

BOATS - AB199, Beers, 12 others. Requires people who drive boats with 10 horsepower or higher engines to take a safety course. To Natural Resources.

HELMETS - AB201, Gustavson, 22 others. Requires that driver and passenger of a motorcycle wear helmets on the highway. To Transportation.

HI-TECH - AB205, Neighbors and Segerblom. Provides $5 million for construction of hi-tech learning center in Pahrump. To Ways and Means.

TELEMARKETING - AB208, Price, 18 others. Requires prisoner who is telemarketing to let people know he is a prisoner. To Commerce and Labor.

PUBLIC MEETINGS - AB212, Price, 18 others. Excludes appearances by a quorum of a public body from definition of "meeting" when that body is at the meeting of another public body. To Government Affairs.

TEXTBOOKS - AB217, Cegavske, 36 others. Allows public to review textbooks used in public schools. To Education.

HENDERSON COLLEGE - AB220, Perkins, 39 others. Provides $1 million for a needs assessment for a 4-year state college in Henderson. To Education and Ways and Means.