2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB564 396
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering section 1 as sec. 3 and adding new sections designated sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. NRS 286.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:
286.160 1. The board shall employ an executive officer who serves at the pleasure of the board. The executive officer shall select an operations officer, investment officer, manager of information systems, administrative assistant and administrative analyst whose appointments are effective upon confirmation by the board. The operations officer, investment officer, manager of information systems, administrative assistant and administrative analyst serve at the pleasure of the executive officer.
2. The executive officer, operations officer, investment officer, manager of information systems, administrative assistant and administrative analyst are entitled to annual salaries fixed by the board with the approval of the interim retirement [and benefits] committee of the legislature created pursuant to NRS 218.5373. The salaries of these employees are exempt from the limitations of NRS 281.123.
3. The executive officer must:
(a) Be a graduate of a 4-year college or university with a degree in business administration or public administration or an equivalent degree.
(b) Possess at least 5 years’ experience in a high level administrative or executive capacity, including responsibility for a variety of administrative functions such as retirement, insurance, investment or fiscal operations.
4. The operations officer and the investment officer must each be a graduate of a 4-year college or university with a degree in business administration or public administration or an equivalent degree.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, the executive officer shall not pursue any other business or occupation or perform the duties of any other office of profit during normal office hours unless on leave approved in advance. The executive officer shall not participate in any business enterprise or investment in real or personal property if the system owns or has a direct financial interest in that enterprise or property.
Sec. 2. NRS 286.211 is hereby amended to read as follows:
286.211 1. The board shall, with the advice of the interim retirement [and benefits] committee of the legislature created pursuant to NRS 218.5373:
(a) Adopt regulations for the evaluation of requests for enrollment under the police and firemen’s retirement fund; and
(b) Determine those positions eligible under the early retirement provisions for police officers and firemen.
2. Service in any position which has not been determined by the board to be eligible does not entitle a member to early retirement as a fireman or police officer.”.
Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 and 4 and inserting:
“If a retired member of the program or his dependent is eligible for and elects to be provided coverage for medical or hospital service, or both, by the Health Insurance for”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 9, before “charges” by inserting “eligible”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 11, by deleting “services” and inserting:
“or hospital services, or both,”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 2 as sec. 6 and adding new sections designated sections 4 and 5, following section 1, to read as follows:
“Sec. 4. NRS 287.0424 is hereby amended to read as follows:
287.0424 1. The board shall employ an executive officer who is in the unclassified service of the state and serves at the pleasure of the board. The board may delegate to the executive officer the exercise or discharge of any power, duty or function vested in or imposed upon the board.
2. The executive officer must:
(a) Be a graduate of a 4-year college or university with a degree in business administration or public administration or an equivalent degree, as determined by the board; and
(b) Possess at least 5 years’ experience in a high-level administrative or executive capacity in the field of insurance, management of employees’ benefits or risk management, including, without limitation, responsibility for a variety of administrative functions such as personnel, accounting, data processing or the structuring of insurance programs.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, the executive officer shall not pursue any other business or occupation or perform the duties of any other office of profit during normal office hours unless on leave approved in advance. The executive officer shall not participate in any business enterprise or investment with any vendor or provider to the program.
4. The executive officer is entitled to an annual salary fixed by the board with the approval of the interim [retirement and] benefits committee of the legislature created pursuant to [NRS 218.5373.] section 7 of this act. The salary of the executive officer is exempt from the limitations set forth in NRS 281.123.
Sec. 5. NRS 287.0426 is hereby amended to read as follows:
287.0426 1. The executive officer may appoint a quality control officer, operations officer, accounting officer, information technology systems officer and executive assistant who are in the unclassified service of the state and serve at the pleasure of the executive officer. The appointment and dismissal of the quality control officer are subject to the approval of the board.
2. The quality control officer, operations officer, accounting officer and information technology systems officer must each be a graduate of a 4-year college or university with a degree that is appropriate to their respective responsibilities or possess equivalent experience as determined by the board.
3. The quality control officer, operations officer, accounting officer, information technology systems officer and executive assistant are entitled to annual salaries fixed by the board with the approval of the interim [retirement and] benefits committee of the legislature created pursuant to [NRS 218.5373.] section 7 of this act. The salaries of these employees are exempt from the limitations set forth in NRS 281.123.
4. The executive officer may employ such staff in the classified service of the state as are necessary for the performance of his duties, within limits of legislative appropriations or other available money.”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting line 16 and inserting:
“retired state officers and employees and their dependents must be reduced for those retired state officers and employees and their dependents who are eligible for and have elected to be provided coverage”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 17, by deleting “provided”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 42, by deleting “1” and inserting “3”.
Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting lines 11 and 12 and inserting:
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“The accountant shall report to the board and the interim [retirement and]
benefits committee of the legislature created pursuant to [NRS 218.5373.]section 7 of this act.”.
Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting line 22 and inserting:
“coverage for medical or hospital service, or both, by the Health”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 11 and adding new sections designated sections 7 through 10, following sec. 2, to read as follows:
“Sec. 7. Chapter 218 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. There is hereby created an interim benefits committee of the legislature to review the operation of the public employees’ benefits program and to make recommendations to the board of the public employees’ benefits program, the legislative commission and the legislature. The interim benefits committee consists of six members appointed as follows:
(a) Three members of the senate, one of whom is the chairman of the committee on finance during the preceding session and two of whom are appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
(b) Three members of the assembly, one of whom is the chairman of the committee on ways and means and two of whom are appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
2. The immediate past chairman of the assembly standing committee on ways and means is the chairman of the interim benefits committee for the period ending with the convening of each odd-numbered session of the legislature. The immediate past chairman of the senate standing committee on finance is the chairman of the interim benefits committee during the next legislative interim, and the chairmanship alternates between the houses of the legislature according to this pattern.
3. The interim benefits committee may exercise the powers conferred on it by law only when the legislature is not in regular or special session and shall meet at the call of the chairman.
4. The director of the legislative counsel bureau shall provide a secretary for the interim benefits committee.
5. The members of the interim benefits committee are entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding session, the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided by NRS 218.2207 for each day of attendance at a meeting of the committee and while engaged in the business of the committee. Per diem allowances, compensation and travel expenses of the members of the committee must be paid from the legislative fund.
Sec. 8. NRS 218.5373 is hereby amended to read as follows:
218.5373 1. There is hereby created an interim retirement [and benefits] committee of the legislature to review the operation of the public employees’ retirement system [and the public employees’ benefits program] and to make recommendations to the public employees’ retirement board , [and the board of the public employees’ benefits program,] the legislative commission and the legislature. The interim retirement [and benefits] committee consists of six members appointed as follows:
(a) Three members of the senate, one of whom is the chairman of the committee on finance during the preceding session and two of whom are appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
(b) Three members of the assembly, one of whom is the chairman of the committee on ways and means and two of whom are appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
2. The immediate past chairman of the senate standing committee on finance is the chairman of the interim retirement [and benefits] committee for the period ending with the convening of each odd-numbered session of the legislature. The immediate past chairman of the assembly standing committee on ways and means is the chairman of the interim retirement [and benefits] committee during the next legislative interim, and the chairmanship alternates between the houses of the legislature according to this pattern.
3. The interim retirement [and benefits] committee may exercise the powers conferred on it by law only when the legislature is not in regular or special session and shall meet at the call of the chairman.
4. The director of the legislative counsel bureau shall provide a secretary for the interim retirement [and benefits] committee.
5. The members of the interim retirement [and benefits] committee are entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding session, the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided by NRS 218.2207 for each day of attendance at a meeting of the committee and while engaged in the business of the committee. Per diem allowances, compensation and travel expenses of the members of the committee must be paid from the legislative fund.
Sec. 9. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the board of the public employees’ benefits program created by NRS 287.041 the sum of $100,000 to provide reproductive services for participants in the public employees’ benefits program who reside in northern Nevada and are not entitled to receive those services from the health maintenance organization offered by the program.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.”.
Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting line 40 and inserting:
“Sec. 10. 1. This section and section 9 of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.
2. Sections 1 to 8, inclusive, of this act become effective on January 1, 2002.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 11, following sec. 3, to read as follows:
“Sec. 11. The legislative counsel shall:
1. In preparing the reprint and supplements to the Nevada Revised Statutes, with respect to any section which is not amended by this act or is further amended by another act, appropriately change any references to the interim retirement and benefits committee to the interim retirement committee or the interim benefits committee, as appropriate.
2. In preparing supplements to the Nevada Administrative Code, appropriately change any references to the interim retirement and benefits committee to the interim retirement committee or the interim benefits committee, as appropriate.”.
Amend the title of the bill, eighth line, after “bureau;” by inserting:
“reorganizing the interim retirement and benefits committee of the legislature into the interim retirement committee of the legislature and the interim benefits committee of the legislature; making an appropriation;”.