LR44CA Pirsch would change our current yearly legislative session to every other year (odd numbered years) LR5CA Krist keeps the sessions on an annual basis but decreases the number of days for each session.

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LB284 Krist Judiciary Committee - Change provisions relating to unlawful picketing of a funeral from 300 feet to 500ft.

Please Advance LB284. I've been to funeral services of our fallen military heroes and it is tragic what family and friends of the deceased are subjected to by those who protest funerals. Sen Krist's bill protects Freedom of Speech; Right to Peaceful Assembly and dignity at funeral services.

LB105 Schilz Natural Resources Committee - Change restrictions on operation of motorboats and personal watercraft - would provide mandatory boating safety education to prevent the number of accidents and fatalities that occur each year.

A Little-Known Personal Watercraft Danger www.thesafetyreport.com/index.php/2010/09/a-little-known-personal-watercraft-danger  Submitted by Robert L. Parks on September 22, 2010

In 2007, a 21 year-old woman was vacationing at a resort in the Bahamas when she decided to ride on a Jet Ski, the most widely-used personal watercraft. Unfortunately, she slipped off the back of the watercraft and was eviscerated by the high-pressure stream of water that powers the vehicle. She suffered serious permanent injuries to the vagina, anus and rectum.

Through the years, a number of men and women have suffered similar injuries to the groin and abdominal area – one of the least publicized dangers in the recreational boating industry. During the 1980s, a 16 year-old male riding as a passenger in France fell behind the jet nozzle while the watercraft was jumping a wave. He suffered a severe rectal injury that resulted in death. In 1990, the jet stream from a personal watercraft ripped open the vagina of a 17 year-old woman who was riding as a passenger. She survived after receiving prompt medical attention to stop the bleeding.

Because these types of abdominal accidents have received little attention from the media, most owners and operators of personal watercraft are unaware of the risk of death or permanent injury. Certainly, the danger of falling backwards directly into the jet stream never seems to be mentioned when vacationers rent a watercraft at a U.S. or international resort. Instead, the water sports rental company will typically recommend wearing a flotation device, a wet suit or protective clothing – an unlikely option in warm-weather vacation destinations. Then, the rental agent will caution the operator to drive safely and avoid high speeds, tight turns and wave-jumping maneuvers. Shortly thereafter, the operator usually races away from the dock and starts maneuvering the craft without the benefit of training or supervision.

Policy Statement: Personal Watercraft Use by Children and Adolescents. ^{Pediatrics. 2000;105(2):452–453. Reaffirmed June 2010} www.aapublications.org ....According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data, 7% of injuries occurred to children 14 years and younger; 38% of those injured were 15 to 24 years old.^{1 In the National Transportation Safety Board study, 9% of operators involved in PWC incidents were younger than 16 years, and 46% were 16 through 24 years old.2 Finally, in the report by Hamman et al,7 27% of the injured were younger than 17 years, and 61% were 25 years of age or younger. In an even more telling set of statistics, in California, children younger than 18 years accounted for 14% of all boating incidents, 18% of all boating injuries, and 5% of boating fatalities, but 93% of these incidents involved PWC.8 Conversely, PWC in California represented 16% of all registered vessels but accounted for 55% of all boating injuries.2}HYPERLINK \l "B8",8   ^{PWC are the only recreational boats for which the leading cause of death is not drowning; most fatalities result from blunt trauma. When the cause of death is drowning, most victims are not wearing personal flotation devices. The types of nonfatal injury are quite varied. Lacerations represent 30% to 57% of the injuries. There are 3 case reports of significant vaginal laceration while riding a PWC.4-6 Fractures are the next most commonly recorded injury (12% to 26%). The lower extremity is injured more commonly than is the upper extremity. Branche et al1 and Hamman et al7 report a significant incidence of head injury (17% to 29%)....}

^{LB165 Fischer Revenue Committee - Adopt the Nebraska Municipal Telecommunications Service Occupation Tax Act The purpose of LB165 is to phase out the ability of municipalities to impose an occupation tax on telecommunications services by 2018. From the effective date of the act through 2017, the bill limits existing occupation taxes to telecommunications services; equipment will not be taxed. If a municipality wants to increase an existing, or impose a new telecommunications occupation tax before 2018, the issue must be voted on by the people of that municipality.}

^{LB562 Cornett Revenue Committee - Change provisions relating to license and occupation taxes imposed by municipalities. LB 562 is being introduced to limit municipal occupation tax rates for all cities and villages in Nebraska for purposes of regulating intrastate commerce, interstate commerce, and foreign commerce. Imposition of municipal occupation taxes is a matter of statewide concern, not merely a matter of local concern. Therefore, LB 562 is an important bill and its subject matter is appropriate for legislative action.}

LB 562 - Advance LB562. I agree with Sen Cornett that this issue is a statewide concern and should be handled by the legislators.

LB657 Repeals In-state Tuition - Feb 7th Rm 1525 @ 1:30pm - Education Committee

LB 48 Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - March 2nd - Rm 1103 @ 1:30pm - Judiciary  Committee

March 15th Trial date in Omaha for Fremont Illegal Alien Ordinance

TO: gadams@leg.ne.gov; ghoward@leg.ne.gov; bavery@leg.ne.gov; acornett@leg.ne.gov ; khaar@leg.ne.gov; ksullivan@leg.ne.gov; bcouncil@leg.ne.gov; kschilz@leg.ne.gov

Subject: Enter into Record ADVANCE LB148

Dear Education Committee Members:

Please ADVANCE LB 148. There is no reason why taxpayers should have to pay for school lobbyists whose lobbying generally costs the taxpayers even more money.

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TO: dfischer@leg.ne.gov; kcampbell@leg.ne.gov; ghadley@leg.ne.gov; cjanssen@leg.ne.gov; slautenbaugh@leg.ne.gov; llouden@leg.ne.gov adubas@leg.ne.gov; sprice@leg.ne.gov

Subject: Enter into Record ADVANCE LB215

Dear Transportation and Telecommunications Committee Members:

Please ADVANCE LB 215. These changes are excellent and will help protect the confidential information provided by citizens. It may also decrease identity theft, voter fraud and prevent illegal aliens from getting a Driver's License or State I.D.

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