Senate Bill No. 276–Committee on Finance

 

March 5, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Increases amount of longevity payments to state employees. (BDR 23‑1137)

 

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, to be

1-3  administered by the department , is hereby established for employees with

1-4  8 years or more of continuous state service. [Employees] Except as

1-5  otherwise provided in NRS 284.179, an employee rated standard or better

1-6  with 8 years of continuous state service [are] is entitled to receive [$75]

1-7  $150 semiannually , with a semiannual increase of $25 for each additional

1-8  year of service up to a maximum of 30 years of continuous state service.

1-9    2.  An interruption in continuous state service terminates the

1-10  [employee’s] eligibility of the employee for additional pay pursuant to

1-11  subsection 1.

1-12    3.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no year served

1-13  before the interruption may be counted in determining the [employee’s]

1-14  subsequent eligibility[.] of an employee. This provision does not apply to

1-15  an employee who was employed before July 1, 1981, unless he leaves state

1-16  service after that date.

1-17    4.  As used in this section, “continuous state service” means

1-18  uninterrupted service in state employment as defined by the commission.

1-19    Sec. 2.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply only to

1-20  calculations made for payments on or after October 1, 2001.

 

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