Amendment No. 978

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 133 First Reprint (BDR 53-384)

Proposed by: Committee on Commerce and Labor

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 4, by deleting "provides:" and inserting:

"provides, for a specified period:".

Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 6.5, following sec. 6, to read as follows:

"Sec. 6.5. NRS 616A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

616A.230 "Employer" means:

1. The state, and each county, city, school district, and all public and quasi-public corporations therein without regard to the number of persons employed.

2. Every person, firm, voluntary association, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, which has in service any person under a contract of hire.

3. The legal representative of any deceased employer.

4. The Nevada rural housing authority.

5. Except as otherwise provided in section 9 of this act, an owner or principal contractor who establishes and administers a consolidated insurance program pursuant to section 8 of this act, with respect to the employees covered under that consolidated insurance program.".

Amend sec. 13, pages 4 and 5, by deleting lines 41 through 43 on page 4 and line 1 on page 5, and inserting:

"3. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall hire or contract with two persons to serve as the".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting line 3 and inserting:

"project. The primary and alternate coordinators for safety must:".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, line 4, by deleting "commissioner" and inserting "administrator".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting lines 8 through 11 and inserting:

"(1) Board of Certified Safety Professionals; or

(2) Insurance Institute of America; or".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, line 14, by deleting "commissioner" and inserting "administrator".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting lines 18 through 20 and inserting:

"(a) Must not serve as coordinators for safety for another construction".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, line 22, by deleting "(c)" and inserting "(b)".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, line 25, by deleting "(d)" and inserting "(c)".

Amend sec. 13, page 5, by deleting lines 32 through 35 and inserting:

"6. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall ensure that the primary or alternate".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, by deleting lines 4 through 7 and inserting:

"2. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall hire or contract with a person to serve as the".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, line 9, by deleting:

"A person so appointed" and inserting:

"Such a person".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, line 13, by deleting "appointed" and inserting:

"hired or with whom the owner or principal contractor contracts".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, line 27, by deleting "and".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, line 29, by deleting "project." and inserting "project; and".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, between lines 29 and 30, by inserting:

"(e) Hire or contract with such assistant administrators as may be necessary to carry out his responsibilities pursuant to this section.".

Amend sec. 14, page 6, by deleting lines 30 through 34 and inserting:

"4. The owner or principal contractor of the construction project shall ensure that the administrator of claims for industrial insurance for the construction project or an assistant administrator is physically".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 15 and adding:

"Sec. 15. (Deleted by amendment.)".

Amend sec. 16, page 7, by deleting lines 28 through 31 and inserting:

"4. The owner or principal contractor of a construction project shall, unless the contractor or subcontractor has".