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M r. 0 . A . Thomas, 43 S i e r r a S t r e e t R en o, Nevada Los A n g e le s , Marsh 10 , 1953 c c : M r. C a lv in M. C ozy I n c o n n e c tio n w ith Senate . S i l l 150 amending th e p u b lic u t i l i t y law o f th e S t a t e o f N evad a7 I th in k th e b i l l a s ~ * w h o le i s v e r y d e s ir a b le bu t I w ould l i k e , i f p o s s ib le , t o have th e amendment on page 6 m o d ifie d . As you know, th e Las V egas Land and W ater Company i s n e g o t ia t in g f o r th e s a le o f i t s f a c i l i t i e s t o th e Las V egas V a l l e y W ater D i s t r i c t , and a lth o u g h I do n o t b e l i e v e we would have any d i f f i c u l t y s e c u r in g th e co n se n t o f th e Nevada P u b lic S e r v ic e Commission t o th e t r a n s f e r , X w ould r a t h e r n o t have t o go th rou gh th e Commission i f we can a v o id i t . I would l i k e th e la n gu a ge on page 6 , l i n e s 11 t o 17, amended t o rea d as f o l l o w s ! "A c e r t i f i c a t e o f p u b lic c o n v e n ie n c e is s u e d t o a p u b lic u t i l i t y may be t r a n s fe r r e d t o a p u rch a s er o f a l l th e p u b lic u t i l i t y a s s e t s o f th e u t i l i t y . The p u rch a s er s h a ll f i r s t fu r n is h such e v id e n c e o f i t s c o r p o r a t e c h a r a c t e r and o f i t s fr a n c h is e s o r p e rm its as may be r e q u ir e d by th e Commission, and th e Commission s h a ll have th e power, a f t e r h e a rin g , t o a p p rove o r r e fu s e a p p r o v a l o f th e t r a n s fe r , b u t s h a ll n o t o th e r w is e a l t e r , amend o r a b r id g e th e c e r t i f i c a t e , p r o v id e d h o w ever, t h a t th e co n se n t o f th e Com­m is s io n s h a l l n o t be r e q u ir e d i n c o n n e c tio n w it h such t r a n s f e r b y a p u b lic u t i l i t y t o a w a te r d i s t r i c t o r o t h e r p u b lic a gen cy e x i s t i n g u n der th e la w s o f th e S t a t e o f N e v a d a .” The p r o v is o i s , o f c o u r s e , th e main t h in g but you w i l l n o te X have in s e r t e d in l i n e 12 th e w ords " o f a l l th e p u b lic u t i l i t y a s s e t s o f th e u t i l i t y . The re a s o n f o r t h i s i s t h a t th e Las V egas Land and W ater Company, in a d d it io n t o ow ning c e r t a i n p u b lic f a c i l i t i e s , owns o t h e r a s s e t s w hich a r e n o t i n ­v o lv e d in o u r n e g o t ia t io n w ith th e Las V egas V a l l e y W ater D i s t r i c t . P o s s ib ly th e s u g g e s te d i n s e r t i s n o t m a t e r ia l a s th e w h ole A ct r e l a t e s t o p u b lic u t i l i t i e s b u t i f i t can be in c lu d e d and i f th e p r o v is o can be a d d ed , X th in k th e b i l l w i l l be im proved a s f a r as th e Las V egas Land and W ater Company i s c o n c e rn e d . X have no o b je c t io n t o y o u r t e l l i n g S e n a to r M urray th e rea so n f o r th e amendment and X th in k you can t e l l him t h a t t h i s p ro p o sed t r a n s f e r i s p r o b a b ly th e o n ly one w hich w i l l come up and t h e r e w ould seem t o be no re a s o n f o r th e Commission t o ta k e o v e r th e J u r is d ic t io n o f th e t r a n s f e r o f p u b lic u t i l i t y a s s e t s t o