Assembly Bill No. 614–Committee on Ways and Means

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Increases amount of longevity payments to state employees. (BDR 23‑1471)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: No.

                                 Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

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, administered

1-3  by the department is hereby established for employees with 8 years or more

1-4  of continuous state service. [Employees] Except as otherwise provided in

1-5  NRS 284.179, an employee rated standard or better with 8 years of

1-6  continuous service [are] is entitled to receive $75 semiannually with a

1-7  semiannual increase of :

1-8    (a) For employees with at least 9 years of continuous service but less

1-9  than 17 years of continuous service, $25 for each additional year of

1-10  service ;

1-11    (b) For employees with at least 17 years of continuous service but less

1-12  than 24 years of continuous service, $50 for each additional year of

1-13  service; and

1-14    (c) For employees with 24 or more years of continuous service, $75

1-15  for each additional year of service up to a maximum of 30 years of

1-16  continuous state service.

1-17    2.  An interruption in continuous state service terminates the

1-18  employee’s eligibility for additional pay pursuant to subsection 1.

1-19    3.  Except as provided in this subsection, no year served before the

1-20  interruption may be counted in determining the employee’s subsequent

1-21  eligibility. This provision does not apply to an employee who was

1-22  employed before July 1, 1981, unless he leaves state service after that date.

1-23    4.  As used in this section, “continuous service” means uninterrupted

1-24  service as defined by the commission.

2-1    Sec. 2.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to

2-2  calculations made for payments on or after July 1, 2001.

2-3    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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