Senate Bill No. 113–Committee on Finance

February 4, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Increases amount of longevity payments to state employees. (BDR 23-872)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

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, to be

1-3 administered by the department , is hereby established for employees with 8

1-4 years or more of continuous state service. [Employees] Except as

1-5 otherwise provided in NRS 284.179, an employee rated standard or better

1-6 with 8 years of continuous service [are] is entitled to receive [$75] $150

1-7 semiannually with a semiannual increase of $25 for each additional year of

1-8 service up to a maximum of 30 years of continuous state service.

1-9 2. An interruption in continuous state service terminates the

1-10 [employee’s] eligibility of the employee for additional pay pursuant to

1-11 subsection 1.

1-12 3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no year served

1-13 before the interruption may be counted in determining the [employee’s

1-14 subsequent eligibility.] subsequent eligibility of an employee. This

1-15 provision does not apply to an employee who was employed before July 1,

1-16 1981, unless he leaves state service after that date.

2-1 4. As used in this section, "continuous service" means uninterrupted

2-2 service as defined by the commission.

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

2-4 calculations made for payments on or after October 1, 1999.

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