2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                     A AB122 R1 1029

Amendment No. 1029

 

 

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. Chapter 281 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

     1.  Any public officer or employee of the state or any agency thereof, or of a political subdivision or an agency of a political subdivision, who is an emergency communications technician must be relieved from his duties, upon the request of the division of emergency management of the department of motor vehicles and public safety or a local organization for emergency management and the approval of his employer, to assist the division or local organization for emergency management during a disaster or emergency that occurs in this state, California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah or Arizona, without loss of his regular compensation for a period of not more than 15 working days in any calendar year. No such absence may be a part of the annual vacation of the public officer or employee which is provided for by law.

     2.  As used in this section:

     (a) “Disaster” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0335.

     (b) “Emergency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0345.

     (c) “Emergency communications technician” means a person who is:

          (1) Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as an amateur radio operator; and

          (2) A member of:

               (I) The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service or a successor organization sponsored by the agency of the Federal Government for emergency management; or

               (II) The Amateur Radio Emergency Service or a successor organization sponsored by the American Radio Relay League or its successor.

     (d) “Local organization for emergency management” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.036.”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting line 15 and inserting:

     “(b) For his unused”.

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 21 and 22.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 5 and adding a new section designated sec. 4, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 4.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 284.3621, if a state employee to whom NRS 284.355 applies transferred between July 1, 1998, and July 1, 2001, any amount of his unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward to an account for catastrophic leave established pursuant to NRS 284.3621, the employee may, before January 1, 2002, request his appointing authority to transfer to his account for his unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward an amount of his unused sick leave that he is entitled to carry forward pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 284.355 that is equal to the amount of his unused sick leave that he transferred to an account for catastrophic leave during that period, less any unused sick leave returned to the employee from an account for catastrophic leave pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 284.3621. Upon receipt of such a request, the appointing authority of the employee shall cause the transfer of such sick leave before July 1, 2002.”.

     Amend the title of the bill, first line, by deleting “state employees;” and inserting:

“public employees; authorizing a leave of absence for certain public officers and employees to assist the division of emergency management of the department of motor vehicles and public safety or a local organization for emergency management during a disaster or emergency;”.