Assembly Bill No. 392–Assemblyman Arberry

 

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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:

 

    Section 1. NRS 284.177 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    284.177  1.  A Plan to Encourage Continuity of Service,

administered by the Department is hereby established for employees

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

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.179, an employee rated

standard or better with 8 years or more of continuous service [are] is

entitled to receive [$75 semiannually with] a semiannual [increase

of] payment of $75 plus:

    (a) An annual increase of $25 in the semiannual payment for

each year of the employee’s ninth through fourteenth years of

continuous service;

    (b) An annual increase of $50 in the semiannual payment for

each year of the employee’s fifteenth through twenty-fourth years

of continuous service; and

    (c) An annual increase of $75 in the semiannual payment for

each additional year of continuous service after 24 years, up to a

maximum of 30 years of continuous state service.

    2.  An interruption in continuous state service terminates the

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

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

served before the interruption may be counted in determining the

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

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

leaves state service after that date.

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

uninterrupted service as defined by the Commission.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 284.179 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    284.179  The professional employees of the University and

Community College System of Nevada are not entitled to receive

the [increases] payments provided in NRS 284.177.

    Sec. 3.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to

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

    Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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