Amendment No. 300

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 468 (BDR 23-1286)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 6 through 13 and inserting:

"[After an employee has accumulated 90 working days of sick leave, the amount of additional unused sick leave which he is entitled to carry forward from one year to the next is limited to one-half of the unused sick leave accrued during that year, but the department may by regulation provide for subsequent use of unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward by reason of this limitation in cases where the employee is suffering from a long-term or chronic illness and has used all sick leave otherwise available to him.] Upon the retirement of an employee, his termination through no".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 10 and inserting:

"of 30 days [, exclusive of any unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward,] according to his number of years of public service, except service with a political subdivision of the state, as follows:

(a) For 10 years of service or more but less than 15 years, not more than [$2,500.] $3,000.

(b) For 15 years of service or more but less than 20 years, not more than [$4,000.] $5,000.

(c) For 20 years of service or more but less than 25 years, not more than [$6,000.] $7,000.

(d) For 25 years of service or more, not more than [$8,000.] $10,000.".

Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 27 and 28 and inserting:

"3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, at the end of the biweekly pay period immediately following January 1 and July 1 of each year, an employee who has not used more than 10 hours of".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 34, after "leave." by inserting:

"The provisions of this subsection do not apply to employees who are subject to the provisions of NRS 284.148.".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 2 as sec. 3 and adding a new section designated sec. 2, following section 1, to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. Any unused sick leave accrued by an employee who is in the public service on July 1, 1999, that was not carried forward by the employee because of the limitation set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 284.355, but was placed in a separate account pursuant to NAC 284.546, must be transferred to the account of the employee on July 1, 1999.".

Amend the title of the bill, second line, after "circumstances;" by inserting:

"removing the limitation on the amount of unused sick leave a state employee is entitled to carry forward from year to year; increasing the amount that a retiring employee may be paid for his unused sick leave;".