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ENDNOTES

1Attheendofthe77

thSession,theLasVegasMetroChamberofCommercereleasedareportdetailing

SouthernNevadaslegislativeprioritiesthatformthebasisoftheanalysispresentedhere.

2

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present

arrangements,

roughly

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mineralstaxisreturnedtothecountyfromwhichitwasderived.

3SJR8willneedtopasstheLegislatureagainin2015beforereachingtheballotin2016.

4Inafutureanalysis,theauthorwillexamineindetailhighereducationfundinginNevada.

5NDOTsstructurewascreatedin1957whenNevadawastheleastpopulatedstateinthecountryand

isoverseenbyaboardcomposedofgubernatorialappointeesfromthreegeographicdistricts,aswell

astheGovernor,LieutenantGovernor,AttorneyGeneral,andController. SB322replacestheAttorney

GeneralwithasecondSouthernNevadaappointee. Nevadaistheonlystatewhereelectedpoliticians

overseetransportation

policy.

6BillsthatcreatefiscaldeviationsfromtheGovernorsExecutiveBudgetarerereferredtoeitherthe

SenateFinanceortheAssemblyWaysandMeansCommittees.

7The120daysessionlengthwasimposedbya1998amendmenttotheNevadaConstitutionauthored

byBillRaggio(R Reno);arareinstanceoflegislatorsgivingupakeylegislativeprerogative.

8TheU.S.CensusBureaureportsthatin2010and2011CarsonCitylostpopulation. Incomparison,

between2010and2012ClarkCountyaddedover48,000Nevadansorroughly88%ofthetotal

populationofCarsonCity.

9Seeforinstance,SecondCollegeofSouthernNevadaOfficialResignsAmidFinancialAidScandal,

LasVegasReviewJournal,September19,2013;TMCCPresidentNoLongerFinalistforArizonaJobAfterQuestionsoverPalmDesertFraud.RenoGazetteJournal,February1,2013;andDidCSNTrytoSilenceWhistleblower?LasVegasSun,November18,2011


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