Assembly Bill No. 14–Assemblyman Hettrick

 

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AN ACT relating to county hospitals; increasing the compensation of members of certain boards of hospital trustees for rural county hospitals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 450.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   450.130  1.  Except in counties where the board of county

 commissioners is the board of hospital trustees, in any county whose

 population is less than 100,000[, a] :

   (a) A hospital trustee is entitled to receive a salary as follows:

   [(a)] (1) The chairman and secretary of the board of hospital trustees

 are entitled to receive [$60] $85 for each [board meeting which] meeting

 of the board or a committee appointed by the board that they attend, not

 to exceed [$120] $510 per month.

   [(b)] (2) The other trustees are entitled to receive [$55] $80 for each

 [board] meeting of the board or a committee appointed by the board that

 they attend, not to exceed [$110] $480 per month.

   (b) In addition to the salary required by paragraph (a), the board of

 hospital trustees may provide to each member of the board the same

 health insurance coverage as the board provides to its employees.

   2.  Except in counties where the board of county commissioners is the

 board of hospital trustees, in any county whose population is 100,000 or

 more, a hospital trustee, subject to the provisions of subsection 3, is

 entitled to receive a salary of $100 per month and the chairman of the

 board of hospital trustees is entitled to receive a salary of $200 per month.

   3.  Before any hospital trustee is entitled to any compensation as

 provided in subsection 2, he must first have devoted a minimum of 1 day

 during the month exclusively to the business and affairs of the hospital,

 exclusive of regular meetings of the board of hospital trustees.

   4.  Any trustee of any county hospital is entitled to receive

 reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal

 expenses incurred as a trustee. An itemized statement of all those expenses

 and money paid out must be made under oath by each of the trustees and

 filed with the secretary. An itemized statement may be allowed only by an

 affirmative vote of all trustees present at a meeting of the board.

   5.  In counties where the county commissioners are the board of

 hospital trustees, they shall serve without compensation, but are allowed

 the per diem allowance and traveling expenses fixed by law.

   Sec. 2.  The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply

 to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the

 provisions of this act.

   Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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