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).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 284.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 284.180 1. The legislature declares that since uniform salary and

1-13 (a) Eight hours in 1 calendar day;

2-1 (b) Eight hours in any 16-hour period; or

2-2 (c) A 40-hour week.

2-3 4. Firemen who choose and are approved for a 24-hour shift shall be

2-4 deemed to work an average of 56 hours per week and 2,912 hours per year,

2-5 regardless of the actual number of hours worked or on paid leave during

2-6 any biweekly pay period. A fireman so assigned is entitled to receive 1/26

2-7 of his annual salary for each biweekly pay period. In addition, overtime

2-8 must be considered time worked in excess of:

2-9 (a) Twenty-four hours in one scheduled shift; or

2-10 (b) Fifty-three hours average per week during one work period for those

2-11 hours worked or on paid leave.

2-12 The appointing authority shall designate annually the length of the work

2-13 period to be used in determining the work schedules for such firemen. In

2-14 addition to the regular amount paid such a fireman for the deemed average

2-15 of 56 hours per week, he is entitled to payment for the hours which

2-16 comprise the difference between the 56-hour average and the overtime

2-17 threshold of 53 hours average at a rate which will result in the equivalent of

2-18 overtime payment for those hours.

2-19 5. The director, with the approval of the commission, shall adopt

2-20 regulations to carry out the provisions of subsection 4.

2-21 6. For employees who choose and are approved for a variable

2-22 workday, overtime will be considered only after working 40 hours in 1

2-23 week. [For employees

2-24 who choose and are approved for]

2-25 7. Employees who are eligible under the Fair Labor Standards Act of

2-26 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., to work a variable 80-hour work schedule

2-27 within a biweekly pay period [, overtime] and who choose and are

2-28 approved for such a work schedule will be considered eligible for

2-29 overtime only after working 80 hours biweekly.

2-30 [7.] 8. An agency may experiment with innovative work weeks upon

2-31 the approval of the head of the agency and after majority consent of the

2-32 affected employees. The affected employees are eligible for overtime only

2-33 after working 40 hours in the work week.

2-34 [8.] 9. This section does not supersede or conflict with existing

2-35 contracts of employment for employees hired to work 24 hours a day in a

2-36 home setting. Any future classification in which an employee will be

2-37 required to work 24 hours a day in a home setting must be approved in

2-38 advance by the commission.

2-39 [9.] 10. All overtime must be approved in advance by the appointing

2-40 authority or his designee. No officer or employee, other than a director of a

2-41 department or the chairman of a board, commission or similar body, may

2-42 authorize overtime for himself. The chairman of a board, commission or

3-1 similar body must approve in advance all overtime worked by members of

3-2 the board, commission or similar body.

3-3 [10.] 11. The budget division of the department of administration shall

3-4 review all overtime worked by employees of the executive department to

3-5 ensure that overtime is held to a minimum. The budget division shall report

3-6 quarterly to the state board of examiners the amount of overtime worked in

3-7 the quarter within the various agencies of the state.

3-8 Sec. 2. NRS 284.270 and 284.275 are hereby repealed.

3-9 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

3-10 TEXT OF REPEALED SECTIONS

3-11 284.270 Report of promotion by appointing authority. Each

3-15 284.275 Continued employment of employees in classified service