Wednesday, December 04, 2002
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Assembly speaker makes committee assignments

CARSON CITY -- Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins released committee assignments Tuesday for all 42 members of the Legislature's lower house.

Perkins, D-Henderson, named his chairmen for the 2003 Legislature on Monday.

The assignments for each committee start with the chairman followed by the vice chairman, and then all other panel members.

COMMERCE AND LABOR -- Democrats: David Goldwater, Las Vegas; Barbara Buckley, Las Vegas; Morse Arberry, Las Vegas; Chris Giunchigliani, Las Vegas; Sheila Leslie, Reno; John Oceguera, Las Vegas; David Parks, Las Vegas; Perkins. Republicans: Bob Beers, Las Vegas; David Brown, Henderson; Dawn Gibbons, Reno; Josh Griffin, Henderson; Lynn Hettrick, Gardnerville; Ron Knecht, Carson City.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS -- Democrats: Harry Mortenson, Las Vegas; Bob McCleary, North Las Vegas; William Horne, Las Vegas. Republicans: Don Gustavson, Sun Valley; Rod Sherer, Pahrump.

EDUCATION -- Democrats: Wendell Williams, Las Vegas; Horne; Kelvin Atkinson, North Las Vegas; Vonne Chowning, North Las Vegas; Ellen Koivisto, Las Vegas; McCleary; Mark Manendo, Las Vegas. Republicans: Walter Andonov, Henderson; Sharron Angle, Reno; Jason Geddes, Reno; Joe Hardy, R-Boulder City; Garn Mabey, Las Vegas.

ELECTIONS, PROCEDURES AND ETHICS -- Democrats: Giunchigliani; Marcus Conklin, Las Vegas; Bernie Anderson, Sparks; Kathy McClain, Las Vegas; McCleary; Peggy Pierce, Las Vegas. Republicans: Beers; Chad Christensen, Las Vegas; Tom Grady, Yerington; Valerie Weber, Las Vegas.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS -- Democrats: Manendo; Williams; Atkinson; Tom Collins, North Las Vegas; Koivisto; McCleary; Pierce. Republicans: Christensen; Pete Goicoechea, Eureka; Grady; Hardy; Knecht; Weber.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- Democrats: Koivisto; McClain; Horne; Leslie; Pierce; Williams. Republicans: Angle; Hardy; Mabey; Weber.

JUDICIARY -- Democrats: Anderson; Oceguera; Buckley; Jerry Claborn, Las Vegas; Conklin; Horne; Mortenson; Genie Ohrenschall, Las Vegas. Republicans: Angle; Brown; John Carpenter, Elko; Geddes; Gustavson; Mabey; Sherer.

NATURAL RESOURCES -- Democrats: Collins; Claborn; Atkinson; Conklin; McCleary; Mortenson; Ohrenschall. Republicans: Carpenter; Christensen; Geddes; Goicoechea; John Marvel, Battle Mountain.

TAXATION -- Democrats: David Parks, Las Vegas; Goldwater; Anderson; Arberry; McClain; Mortenson; Pierce. Republicans: Gibbons; Grady; Griffin; Hettrick; Marvel.

TRANSPORTATION -- Democrats: Chowning; Ohrenschall; Atkinson; Claborn; Collins; Manendo; Oceguera. Republicans: Carpenter; Goicoechea; Gustavson; Knecht; Sherer.

WAYS AND MEANS -- Democrats: Arberry; Giunchigliani; Chowning; Goldwater; Leslie; McClain; Parks; Perkins. Republicans: Andonov; Beers; Gibbons; Griffin; Hettrick; Marvel.