Assembly Bill No. 504-Committee on Labor and Management
May 19, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Labor and Management
SUMMARY--Provides for industrial insurance coverage for certain pupils and teachers participating in program to provide pupils with skills to make transition from school to work. (BDR 53-954)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring a school district or community college to insure itself against liability for the industrial injuries and occupational diseases of a teacher who, as part of the program to provide pupils with the skills to make the transition from school to work, works without pay for an employer other than the school system or community college with which the teacher is employed; authorizing industrial insurance coverage for a pupil who works without pay as part of the program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 616A of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Sec. 2 Any teacher who, as part of the program to provide pupils with the skills to make the transition from school to work established pursuant to NRS 388.368, works without pay for an employer other than the school district or community college with which the teacher is employed shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee of the school district or community college with which he is employed at his normal monthly wage, and is entitled to the benefits of those chapters.
Sec. 3 1. A pupil who, as part of the program to provide pupils with the skills to make the transition from school to work established pursuant to NRS 388.368, works without pay for an employer shall be deemed for the purposes of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS to be an employee if:
(a) The employer for whom the pupil works;
(b) The school district or community college the pupil attends; or
(c) Any other person,
pays the premium rate for industrial insurance established by an insurer pursuant to subsection 2.
2. An insurer who provides industrial insurance for such pupils shall, for the purposes of determining and fixing the premium rate for that insurance, place the pupils in a separate class, the premium rates of which must be sufficient to provide an adequate fund for the payment of the proportionate administrative expense and compensation on account of injuries and death of pupils of this class.
3. A pupil who is deemed to be an employee pursuant to subsection 1 shall be deemed to work at the wage of $5 per day and is entitled to the benefits of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.
Sec. 4 NRS 616A.025 is hereby amended to read as follows:
616A.025As used in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 616A.030 to 616A.360, inclusive, and sections 2 and 3 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 5 NRS 616A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:
616A.230"Employer" means:
1. The state, and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations therein without regard to the number of persons employed.
2. Every person, firm, voluntary association, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, which has in service any person under a contract of hire.
3. The legal representative of any deceased employer.
4. The Nevada rural housing authority.
5. Any person who pays the premium established by an insurer pursuant to section 3 of this act for a pupil who, as part of the program to provide pupils with the skills to make the transition from school to work established pursuant to NRS 388.368, works without pay for an employer.
Sec. 6 NRS 617.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:
617.110"Employer" means:
1. The state and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations therein, without regard to the number of persons employed.
2. Every person, firm, voluntary association, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, which has in service any employee under a contract of hire.
3. The legal representative of any deceased employer.
4. The Nevada rural housing authority.
5. Any person who pays the premium established by an insurer pursuant to section 3 of this act for a pupil who, as part of the program to provide pupils with the skills to make the transition from school to work established pursuant to NRS 388.368, works without pay for an employer.
Sec. 7 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 8 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.