Senate Bill No. 22–Senator  Neal

 

Prefiled January 24, 2003

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Referred to  Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Broadens applicability of laws relating to unlawful employment practices. (BDR 53‑132)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to employment; reducing the minimum number of employees that an employer must have to be subject to the provisions prohibiting unlawful employment practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 613.310 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  613.310  As used in NRS 613.310 to 613.435, inclusive, unless

1-3  the context otherwise requires:

1-4  1.  “Disability” means, with respect to a person:

1-5  (a) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one

1-6  or more of the major life activities of the person;

1-7  (b) A record of such an impairment; or

1-8  (c) Being regarded as having such an impairment.

1-9  2.  “Employer” means any person who has [15] five or more

1-10  employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar

1-11  weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, but does not

1-12  include:

1-13      (a) The United States or any corporation wholly owned by the

1-14  United States.

1-15      (b) Any Indian tribe.

1-16      (c) Any private membership club exempt from taxation pursuant

1-17  to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c).

2-1  3.  “Employment agency” means any person regularly

2-2  undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for

2-3  an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for

2-4  an employer, but does not include any agency of the United States.

2-5  4.  “Labor organization” means any organization of any kind, or

2-6  any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which

2-7  employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or

2-8  in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor

2-9  disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or other

2-10  conditions of employment.

2-11      5.  “Person” includes the State of Nevada and any of its

2-12  political subdivisions.

2-13      6.  “Sexual orientation” means having or being perceived as

2-14  having an orientation for heterosexuality, homosexuality or

2-15  bisexuality.

 

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