76th (2011) Session
Opinions
View all submitted comments for each bill by the most recent, by votes for, or by votes against.
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| Against | Apr-22-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-19-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-13-2011 | |
| For | Apr-13-2011 | |
| For | Apr-13-2011 | |
| Against | Make believe you're working on your own home & do the job that way. Take pride in your craft & do it right the first time not the second. | Apr-12-2011 |
| Against | Apr-12-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-11-2011 | |
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| For | Apr-11-2011 | |
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| Against | Apr-10-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-10-2011 | |
| Against | This bill is another attempt to create a loop hole for builders and developers so that they do not have to be held accountable for defective construction of residential homes and does not allow reasonable compensation to attorney's for sticking up for homeowners held victim by builders / developers who are no where to be seen or heard from after a home owner spends hard earned money purchasing their home. | Apr-10-2011 |
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| Against | As a Professional Real Estate Person this bill is NOT necessary. Existing laws are sufficient. | Apr-10-2011 |
| Against | Please do not pass this bill - homeowners have suffered enough! Law already in place. | Apr-10-2011 |
| Against | Apr-10-2011 | |
| Against | I have had construction defects in two new homes that I purchased in Las Vegas. I was a plaintiff in both of these cases to recover the costs involved in repairing the homes. No profit was made by me. AB306 would make me a sure victim in any future case of home construction defects. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | again, please do not pass this bill | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | Attorney's fees MUST be part of any award for construction defects. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Please do not pass a bill which does not allow the attorneys to be reimbursed out of the class action proceeds. If the homeowner must pay out of settlement fees, the ultimate receipts of the homeowner will be severely reduced. In addition, the interest attorneys pay in settling these cases will likely be reduced as well. Please do not pass a bill which removes the attorney reimbursement from the constructional defect settlement. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | Powerful builders like D R Horton have already bought judges Bulla and Gonzalez A551662, federal 10-cv-235. The passage of this bill will prove that the builders have also bought the legislators. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | More sneaky politics, why are these bill not put on voting ballots where they would have a better chance for the voting public to express their views as a body, not some closet type voting policy. Politicians are corrupt to the core | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | Vote NO. With this bill the homeowner will not be made whole. | Apr-09-2011 |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-09-2011 | |
| Against | All builders should pay for construction defects and if you vote for this bill poor homeowers would never get money to get them fixed. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Homeowners need protection from faulty workmanship and defectve materials in their homes. Don't give in to the builders. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Apr-08-2011 | |
| Against | My wife and I purchased a home in Summerlin in 1993. We have been involved in two instances of purported defects stemming from reported failures of the builder(s) to allegedly comply with building standards. One has resulted in a decision by the court(s)that the defect must be fixed, but it is still not done. Without the builder(s) being held accountable for the purported defect(s), we, as homeowners, would have to spend thousands of dollars to correct the defect. The second is still pending disposition. Builders should be knowledgeable of current building codes and standards before building, as the average person wanting to purchase a home does not have the technical knowledge to know how and by what standards a home should be built. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | As a victim of construction defects in my house, my options would have been severely restricted has this been law. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | Vote no on SB 306 | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | This legislation is an unfair attack against homeowners and is unnecessary. Builders in Nevada do not require additional legislative measures in support of their operations; homeowners' rights must come first. The right of a homeowner to protect his property supercedes the privilege of operating as a home builder in the state. | Apr-08-2011 |
| Against | This bill should not even be a legitimate consideration - it will strip homeowners of any possible recourse when they unknowingly become the victum of faulty construction to a home they purchased. Builders should be accountable for compliance with building codes and providing a home to buyers that is fault free. | Apr-08-2011 |
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| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
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| For | Put the money where it is needed if there are legitimate defects, in the pockets of the home owners. Without these modifications the system will remain broken and only motivate attorneys to fabricate defects where there aren't any. | Apr-08-2011 |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Apr-08-2011 | |
| For | Apr-07-2011 | |
| For | SB 306 will actually focus the purpose of Chapter 40 on dealing with and repairing construction defects, instead of being used, as it now is, by unscupulous attorneys and their so called experts as a sure fire way to get to huge amounts of insurance coverage carried by responsible and professional builders and contractors providing housing in Nevada. I therefore respectfully request that you see to the passage of SB306 as presented so that our State will at long last have legislation that will protect its residents and their most prized investment-their homes-from being used as a tool and tainted in the process as defective by the unscrupulous attorneys who have relentlessly alleged laundry lists of defects throughout this State since 1995 for the sole purpose of getting their inflated fees and costs simply by making allegations that need not even be proved to assure huge settlements with the insurance carriers. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Apr-07-2011 | |
| Against | Apr-07-2011 | |
| For | We need to put a stop to frivolous law suits and trumped up costs and fee's that the attorneys are allowed to charge for. | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Apr-07-2011 | |
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| For | This is a minimum that needs to happen to this broken Construction Defect Statute! | Apr-07-2011 |
| For | Why is Nevada the only state in America where automatic attorney fees, costs and pre-judgement interest are permitted for this type of legal process. Result is that repair and settlement costs are dramatically inflated my multiples of 3 plus. As a result, construction defect attorneys are incentivized to spend and increase cost so that if only one of the long list of typical allegations is vallid, they are entitled to ALL costs and fees plus interest. Final result is that this fleecing of Nevada's Residential Building Industry is costing NV Jobs. Specifically translated, NV Families. If this statute is not reformed to remove auto attorney fees and costs and interest, and let this process revert back to "American Rule" then there are thousands more Nevada Jobs (Families) about to be severely impacted. Lets be honest, most of them will not find equivalent work or equivalent compensation anytime soon. Result is additional personal bankruptcies, home foreclosures, etc., etc. Inflicting another blow to a state with an already weakened socio-economic structure. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BILL. Thank You. | Apr-07-2011 |
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| For | we are a window manufacturer in Utah and have more windows in the washoe county are than anyone else. We are strongly considering not selling any windows in Nev because of this totally unfair legislative environment which currently exsist in Nev. Our dealers in Nev are in serious financial trouble because of these unscrupulous attorneys who continue to badger construction firms within the state of Nev. They are of very little value to the homeowners they pretend to serve. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | No Comment | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | Only attorney's gain in this type of litagation time to stop them from promoting this action | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | As a builder deeply affected by our poor construction defect laws, I support this important first step toward reform of our Chapter 40 legislation. | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | This law has to change. We have been in hundreds of cases and not one person has asked us for a repair. We do however pay the price of defence of ourselves in insurance premiums which go up at 1000% per year. This current bill is as phony as a 3 dollar bill. Its pay off time to the lawyers. It protects nothing except the right to sue all subcontractors at will because they will get paid. Its the newest cheap black gold, like mold was. Take out the easy money and these companies want nothing to do with | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | Nevada's current Chapter 40 law must change. It is destroying the construciton industry in the state. Our company is paying out 100's of thousands of dollars to defend ourselves against frivolous complaints. | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | I need my job! please pass this so it can keep businesses runing. | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | This needs to be passed if our economy is to begin a recovery. It is time to stop the legal extortion that is ruining our state!! | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | the abuses of the current Chapter 40 statutes are sicking. As a former sub-contractor and now a claims handeler for construction defect cases, i could never go back into bussiness when the econmy truns around without the laws changed | Apr-06-2011 |
| For | Chapter 40 is virtually the only legislation that guarantees attorney's fees for plaintiff attorneys as part of damages. This needs to be corrected. | Apr-06-2011 |
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| For | This needs to pass | Apr-05-2011 |
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| Against | More and more burden on our courts over frivolous class action suits | Apr-05-2011 |
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