Senate Bill No. 502–Committee on Finance

 

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AN ACT relating to state job training office; eliminating the office; 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 380A.041 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   380A.041  1.  The governor shall appoint to the council:

   (a) A representative of public libraries;

   (b) A trustee of a legally established library or library system;

   (c) A representative of school libraries;

   (d) A representative of academic libraries;

   (e) A representative of special libraries or institutional libraries;

   (f) A representative of persons with disabilities;

   (g) A representative of the public who uses these libraries;

   (h) A representative of recognized state labor organizations;

   (i) A representative of private sector employers;

   (j) A representative of private literacy organizations, voluntary literacy organizations or community-based literacy organizations; and

   (k) A classroom teacher who has demonstrated outstanding results in teaching children or adults to read.

   2.  The director of the following state agencies or their designees shall serve as ex officio members of the council:

   (a) The department of cultural affairs;

   (b) The department of education;

   (c) The [state job training office;] department of employment, training and rehabilitation;

   (d) The department of human resources;

   (e) The commission on economic development; and

   (f) The department of prisons.

   3.  Officers of state government whose agencies provide funding for literacy services may be designated by the governor or the chairman of the council to serve whenever matters within the jurisdiction of the agency are considered by the council.

   4.  The governor shall ensure that there is appropriate representation on the council of urban and rural areas of the state, women, persons with disabilities , and racial and ethnic minorities.

   5.  A person may not serve as a member of the council for more than two consecutive terms.

   Sec. 2. NRS 19.033 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   19.033  1.  In each county, on the commencement of any action for

 divorce in the district court, the county clerk shall charge and collect, in

 addition to other fees required by law, a fee of $20. The fee must be paid

 by the party commencing the action.

   2.  On or before the first Monday of each month, the county clerk shall

 pay over to the county treasurer an amount equal to all fees collected by

 him pursuant to subsection 1, and the county treasurer shall place that

 amount to the credit of the state general fund. Quarterly, the county

treasurer shall remit all money so collected to the state treasurer, who shall

place the money in an account in the state general fund for use by [the

 director of the state job training office or, if the office is abolished by

 executive order,] the director of the department of employment, training

 and rehabilitation to administer the provisions of NRS 388.605 to 388.655,

 inclusive.

   3.  The board of county commissioners of any county may impose by

 ordinance an additional filing fee of not more than $6 to be paid by the

 defendant in an action for divorce, annulment or separate maintenance. In

 a county where this fee has been imposed:

   (a) On the appearance of a defendant in the action in the district court,

 the county clerk, in addition to any other fees provided by law, shall

 charge and collect from the defendant the prescribed fee to be paid upon

 the filing of the first paper in the action by the defendant.

   (b) On or before the fifth day of each month, the county clerk shall

 account for and pay to the county treasurer all fees collected during the

 preceding month pursuant to paragraph (a).

   Sec. 3.  NRS 388.605 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   388.605  As used in NRS 388.605 to 388.655, inclusive, unless the

 context otherwise requires:

   1.  “Board” means the board for the education and counseling of

 displaced homemakers.

   2.  “Director” means [the director of the state job training office or, if

 the office is abolished by executive order,] the director of the department

 of employment, training and rehabilitation.

   3.  “Displaced homemaker” means any person who:

   (a) Is not gainfully employed or has less than full-time or adequate

 employment;

   (b) Has worked at home for a substantial number of years providing

 household services to members of his family without compensation;

   (c) Has difficulty in securing employment adequate for economic

 independence; and

   (d) Has been dependent:

     (1) On the income of another member of his family , but is no longer

 supported by that income;

     (2) Upon public assistance , but is no longer eligible; or

     (3) On another member of his family for the management of his

 personal finances , but that person is no longer available to provide that

 assistance.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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