CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Gov. Jim Gibbons wants Nevada lawmakers to send him more than the handful of bills he’s received so far – except for a pending proposal to give same-sex domestic partners the rights and benefits that Nevada offers to married couples.

Responding to reporters’ questions, the Republican governor said April 14 that he will veto SB283, the domestic partner measure now under consideration in the state Senate, if it reaches his desk because “I just don’t believe in it.”

SB283 was authored by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, an openly gay state lawmaker who says there’s no fiscal impact because public employers wouldn’t have be required to provide health care benefits to a staffer’s partner. However, a public or private employer could voluntarily provide such benefits.

Gibbons said he hasn’t read another bill by Parks to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation, and wants to review it before commenting. SB207 already has won approval in the state Senate and now is in the state Assembly for final legislative action.

As for other measures, Gibbons said he has received only four bills from lawmakers and there are only 48 days left in the 120-day legislative session.

“Four bills and $125,000 a day this Legislature is costing taxpayers?” Gibbons said, adding, “I would hope that they sense the urgency of the public in getting through with the legislative session within that 120 days,” the governor said.

Gibbons also said legislators shouldn’t hold off on disclosing any tax-raising plans “until the very last second” of the 2009 session. To wait until near the end of the session is “unfair to the public,” he said.

The bills Gibbons has received include AB469, one of the measures needed to enable the state to accept nearly $300 million in federal stimulus funding to help jobless Nevadans. Gibbons said he will sign that measure.