Las Vegas NowNevada lawmakers advance many bills as session end nears
Associated Press - May 19, 2009 6:35 PM ET
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - With less than two weeks left in the 2009 legislative session, Nevada lawmakers voted Tuesday for bills dealing with foreclosures, energy conservation, medical ethics and elections.
The Senate unanimously voted for Gov. Jim Gibbons proposal to make Nevada energy-independent by making the state an energy exporter instead of an energy importer. SB395, routed to the Assembly, would abate property taxes of renewable energy producers for 10 years.
The Assembly passed SB339, requiring Nevada's Colorado River Commission to conduct a feasibility study to explore the use of hydrokinetic power from the Hoover Dam. The goal of the bill is to look into the widest range of renewable energy technologies possible.
Also passed by the Assembly was SB8, which would have changed the process for appointment to medical boards, but was amended to require that board members read and understand ethical standards.
The Assembly also approved SB162, which would move the date of Nevada's mid-August primary elections to early June; and for SB128, which requires that a foreclosure sale must be recorded with the county recorder in a timely manner, to help keep track of the owner of a foreclosed home.
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