Senate Bill No. 147

Senate Bill No. 147-Committee on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; transferring the duty to submit a list of potential mediators if a local government employer and employee organization do not agree upon a mediator from the labor commissioner to the commissioner appointed by the local government employee-management relations board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved April 26, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 288.190 is hereby amended to read as follows:
288.190 Except in cases to which NRS 288.205 and 288.215 apply:
1. Anytime before July 1, the dispute may be submitted to a mediator, if both parties agree. On or after July 1 but before July 5, either party involved in negotiations may request a mediator. If the parties do not agree upon a mediator, the [labor] commissioner shall submit to the parties a list of seven potential mediators. The parties shall select their mediator from the list by alternately striking one name until the name of only one mediator remains, who will be the mediator to hear the dispute. The employee organization shall strike the first name.
2. If mediation is agreed to or requested pursuant to subsection 1, the mediator must be selected on or before July 15.
3. The mediator shall bring the parties together as soon as possible and, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, attempt to settle the dispute no later than July 31. He may establish the times and dates for meetings and compel the parties to attend but has no power to compel the parties to agree.
4. The local government employer and employee organization each shall pay one-half of the cost of mediation. Each party shall pay its own costs of preparation and presentation of its case in mediation.
5. If the dispute is submitted to a mediator and then submitted to a factfinder, the mediator [must,] shall, before August 15, give to the commissioner of the board a report of the efforts made to settle the dispute.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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