Senate Bill No. 504–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of Department of Administration—Budget Division)

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to employment of wardens by department of prisons. (BDR 16‑1308)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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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 the department of prisons; revising provisions relating to the appointment of wardens by the department of prisons; 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 209.161 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    209.161  1.  The director shall appoint a warden for each institution of

1-3  the department.

1-4    2.  Each warden is in the classified service of the state except for

1-5  purposes of appointment and retention.

1-6    3.  Each warden is responsible to the director for the administration of

1-7  his institution, including the execution of all policies and the enforcement

1-8  of all regulations of the department pertaining to the custody, care and

1-9  training of offenders under his jurisdiction.

1-10    Sec. 2.  NRS 284.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11    284.150  1.  The classified service of the State of Nevada is comprised

1-12  of all positions in the public service now existing or hereafter created

1-13  which are not included in the unclassified service, and which provide

1-14  services for any office, department, board, commission, bureau, agency or

1-15  institution in the executive department of the state government operating

1-16  by authority of the constitution or law and supported in whole or in part by

1-17  any public money, whether the money is received from the Government of

1-18  the United States or any branch or agency thereof, or from private or any

1-19  other sources.

2-1    2.  Appointments in the classified service must be made according to

2-2  merit and fitness from eligible lists prepared upon the basis of examination,

2-3  which must be open and competitive, except as otherwise provided in this

2-4  chapter[.] and NRS 209.161.

2-5    3.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 193.105 , 209.161 and

2-6  416.070, a person must not be appointed, transferred, promoted, demoted

2-7  or discharged as an officer, clerk, employee or laborer in the classified

2-8  service in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed in this

2-9  chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance therewith.

2-10    4.  A person must not be discriminated against on account of his

2-11  religious opinions or affiliations, race, sex, age or disability.

2-12    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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