S.B. 344
Senate Bill No. 344–Senators Neal and Amodei
March 17, 2003
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Referred to Committee on Finance
SUMMARY—Increases compensation of officers of Nevada Highway Patrol. (BDR 23‑904)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.
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EXPLANATION
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada Highway Patrol; requiring the Director of the Department of Personnel to calculate the average salaries of certain law enforcement personnel; requiring the proposed budget of the Department of Public Safety to include salaries for officers of the Nevada Highway Patrol which are based on those calculations; making appropriations to increase the salaries of the officers of the Nevada Highway Patrol; 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. Chapter 284 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
1-2 thereto a new section to read as follows:
1-3 1. The Director shall calculate the respective average salaries
1-4 as of July 1 of each even-numbered year of all police officers of
1-5 equivalent rank employed by:
1-6 (a) Law enforcement agencies of cities whose population is
1-7 60,000 or more;
1-8 (b) Law enforcement agencies of counties whose population is
1-9 100,000 or more; and
1-10 (c) Metropolitan police departments formed pursuant to
1-11 chapter 280 of NRS in counties whose population is 100,000 or
1-12 more.
2-1 2. The Director shall forward the figures of the average
2-2 salaries calculated pursuant to this section to the Chief of the
2-3 Budget Division of the Department of Administration and the
2-4 Director of the Department of Public Safety not later than July 15
2-5 of each even-numbered year.
2-6 Sec. 2. Chapter 353 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
2-7 thereto a new section to read as follows:
2-8 1. In preparing the proposed biennial budget for the
2-9 Department of Public Safety, the Director of the Department shall
2-10 set the respective salaries of the officers of the Nevada Highway
2-11 Patrol at amounts which:
2-12 (a) For the first year of the biennium, are equal to or greater
2-13 than the average salary of police officers of equivalent rank as
2-14 calculated by the Director of the Department of Personnel
2-15 pursuant to section 1 of this act; and
2-16 (b) For the second year of the biennium, are equal to the
2-17 respective amounts proposed pursuant to paragraph (a), plus an
2-18 adjustment for inflation, if any. The amounts of the adjustments
2-19 must be determined by multiplying the respective amounts
2-20 established pursuant to paragraph (a) by the percentage of
2-21 increase, if any. The Consumer Price Index published by the
2-22 United States Department of Labor for July preceding each
2-23 biennium must be used to determine the percentage of inflation.
2-24 2. In preparing the proposed executive budget, the Chief shall
2-25 ensure that the salaries of the officers of the Nevada Highway
2-26 Patrol, as included in the proposed budget of the Department of
2-27 Public Safety, are established in accordance with the provisions of
2-28 subsection 1.
2-29 Sec. 3. NRS 353.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2-30 353.150 NRS 353.150 to 353.246, inclusive, and section 2 of
2-31 this act, may be cited as the State Budget Act.
2-32 Sec. 4. 1. The Department of Personnel shall increase the
2-33 level of compensation of all uniformed positions in the Nevada
2-34 Highway Patrol to that of similar positions of the Las Vegas
2-35 Metropolitan Police Department.
2-36 2. There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Fund
2-37 to the State Board of Examiners to increase the level of
2-38 compensation of all uniformed positions in the Nevada Highway
2-39 Patrol pursuant to subsection 1:
2-40 For the Fiscal Year 2003-2004$6,079,736
2-41 For the Fiscal Year 2004-2005$6,192,195
2-42 3. There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to
2-43 the State Board of Examiners to increase the level of compensation
2-44 of all uniformed positions in the Nevada Highway Patrol pursuant to
2-45 subsection 1:
3-1 For the Fiscal Year 2003-2004$107,710
3-2 For the Fiscal Year 2004-2005$110,112
3-3 4. Any balance of the money appropriated by subsections 2 and
3-4 3 for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 does not revert to the fund from
3-5 which it was appropriated, but must be carried forward to the next
3-6 fiscal year.
3-7 5. Any balance of the money appropriated by subsections 2 and
3-8 3 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2005, and
3-9 reverts to the fund from which it was appropriated as soon as all
3-10 payments of money committed have been made.
3-11 Sec. 5. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.
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