SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing appeal of dismissal of juvenile probation officer in certain judicial districts. (BDR 5-676)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to juvenile courts; eliminating the right of juvenile probation officers in certain judicial districts to appeal decisions of the committee for juvenile services regarding dismissal to the board of county commissioners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 62.112 is hereby amended to read as follows:
62.112 1. In a judicial district [which] that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000, the director of juvenile services shall, with the advice and recommendation of the committee for juvenile services, appoint one or more probation officers and [such] other employees [as] who may be required to carry on the work of the department of juvenile services, including probation services and operation of the detention home and other commitment facilities administered or financed by the county. If more than one probation officer is appointed, one of them must be designated as chief probation officer. All probation officers and detention personnel must be appointed from lists of eligible persons established through competitive examinations.
2. Probation officers and employees are subject to dismissal or reduction in position by the director of juvenile services. Probation officers and employees may be reduced in position irrespective of their length of service only for cause after having been given the reasons therefor in writing and being afforded an opportunity to be heard before the director of juvenile services in answer thereto. Probation officers and employees with less than 12 [months'] months of service may be dismissed only for cause after having been given the reasons therefor in writing and being afforded an opportunity to be heard before the director of juvenile services in answer thereto. Probation officers and employees with 12 months or more of service may be dismissed only for cause and are entitled to the hearing [and appeal] procedure contained in NRS 62.113.
3. Whenever the director of juvenile services serves two or more counties, probation officers may be appointed to serve the counties jointly, and the salaries and expenses of the probation officers must be allocated between the counties by the director of juvenile services.
4. The salaries of the probation officers, personnel of the detention home and other employees of the department of juvenile services must be fixed by the director of juvenile services with the advice of the committee for juvenile services, approval of the judge of the juvenile court and consent of the board or boards of county commissioners.
Sec. 2. NRS 62.113 is hereby amended to read as follows:
62.113 In each judicial district [which] that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000, [any] a probation officer or employee of the department of juvenile services, including an employee of [any] a detention home or other commitment facility administered or financed by the county, appointed under the provisions of NRS 62.112, who has been employed in that capacity for 12 months or more and is dismissed from that employment may:
1. Within 15 days after his dismissal, request a written statement from the director of juvenile services specifically setting forth the reasons for the dismissal. Within 15 days after the date of the request he must be furnished that written statement.
2. Within 30 days after receipt of the written statement, request, in writing, a public hearing before the committee for juvenile services. The committee for juvenile services shall adopt rules for the conduct of the hearings.
[3. Appeal the decision of the committee for juvenile services to the board or boards of county commissioners.]
Sec. 3. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to a contract between a probation officer and a director of juvenile services that is executed before October 1, 1997.