Senate Bill No. 504–Committee on Finance

 

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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:

 

   Section 1. NRS 209.161 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

 the department.

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

 purposes of appointment and retention.

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

 his institution, including the execution of all policies and the enforcement

 of all regulations of the department pertaining to the custody, care and

 training of offenders under his jurisdiction.

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

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

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

 which are not included in the unclassified service, and which provide

 services for any office, department, board, commission, bureau, agency or

 institution in the executive department of the state government operating

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

 any public money, whether the money is received from the Government of

 the United States or any branch or agency thereof, or from private or any

 other sources.

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

 merit and fitness from eligible lists prepared upon the basis of

 examination, which must be open and competitive, except as otherwise

 provided in this chapter[.] and NRS 209.161.

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

 416.070, a person must not be appointed, transferred, promoted, demoted

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

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

 chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance therewith.

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

 religious opinions or affiliations, race, sex, age or disability.

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

 

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