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 or more of continuous service [are] is

1-7  entitled to receive [$75 semiannually with] a semiannual [increase

1-8  of] payment of $75 plus:

1-9  (a) An annual increase of $25 in the semiannual payment for

1-10  each year of the employee’s ninth through fourteenth years of

1-11  continuous service;

1-12      (b) An annual increase of $50 in the semiannual payment for

1-13  each year of the employee’s fifteenth through twenty-fourth years

1-14  of continuous service; and

1-15      (c) An annual increase of $75 in the semiannual payment for

1-16  each additional year of continuous service after 24 years, up to a

1-17  maximum of 30 years of continuous state service.

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

2-2  employee’s eligibility for additional pay pursuant to subsection 1.

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

2-4  served before the interruption may be counted in determining the

2-5  employee’s subsequent eligibility. This provision does not apply to

2-6  an employee who was employed before July 1, 1981, unless he

2-7  leaves state service after that date.

2-8  4.  As used in this section, “continuous service” means

2-9  uninterrupted service as defined by the Commission.

2-10      Sec. 2.  NRS 284.179 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-11      284.179  The professional employees of the University and

2-12  Community College System of Nevada are not entitled to receive

2-13  the [increases] payments provided in NRS 284.177.

2-14      Sec. 3.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to

2-15  calculations made for payments on or after July 1, 2003.

2-16      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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