Assembly Bill No. 392–Assemblyman Arberry

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Government
Affairs and Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Increases amount of longevity payments to state employees. (BDR 23‑964)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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 state employees; increasing the amount of longevity payments to state employees; 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 284.177 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  284.177  1.  A Plan to Encourage Continuity of Service,

1-3  administered by the Department is hereby established for employees

1-4  with 8 years or more of continuous state service. [Employees]

1-5  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.179, an employee rated

1-6  standard or better with 8 years of continuous service [are] is entitled

1-7  to receive $75 semiannually with a semiannual increase of :

1-8  (a) For employees with at least 9 years of continuous service

1-9  but less than 17 years of continuous service, $25 for each

1-10  additional year of service ;

1-11      (b) For employees with at least 17 years of continuous service

1-12  but less than 24 years of continuous service, $50 for each

1-13  additional year of service; and

1-14      (c) For employees with 24 or more years of continuous service,

1-15  $75 for each additional year of service up to a maximum of 30

1-16  years of continuous state service.

1-17      2.  An interruption in continuous state service terminates the

1-18  employee’s eligibility for additional pay pursuant to subsection 1.

2-1  3.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no year

2-2  served before the interruption may be counted in determining the

2-3  employee’s subsequent eligibility. This provision does not apply to

2-4  an employee who was employed before July 1, 1981, unless he

2-5  leaves state service after that date.

2-6  4.  As used in this section, “continuous service” means

2-7  uninterrupted service as defined by the Commission.

2-8  Sec. 2.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to

2-9  calculations made for payments on or after July 1, 2003.

2-10      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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