Senate Bill No. 57–Senator Carlton

Prefiled January 29, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations

SUMMARY—Requires employers to grant leave for legislators to attend certain meetings during legislative interim. (BDR 17‑157)

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.

Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

AN ACT relating to legislators; prohibiting a private contract of employment that provides for a loss of job seniority for a legislator because of the legislator’s attendance at certain meetings, conferences and seminars during the legislative interim; requiring public and private employers to grant leave for employees who are legislators to attend certain meetings, conferences and seminars during the legislative interim; 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 218.044 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 218.044 1. [On and after April 8, 1967, no] No contract of

1-3 employment wherein a private individual, corporation, association or

1-4 partnership is the employer is lawful or enforceable in this state which

1-5 works a loss of job seniority of any person by reason of his absence from

1-6 his regular duties or place of employment while attending a regular or

1-7 special session of the legislature of this state as a member thereof [.] or

1-8 while attending a meeting, conference, seminar or gathering for which

1-9 leave is required pursuant to subsection 3.

1-10 2. The presence in a general contract between employer and employees

1-11 or their representative of any provision which violates subsection 1 does

1-12 not affect the validity of any other and separable provision.

1-13 3. A public or private employer who employs a person who is a

1-14 member of the legislature shall grant leave to the employee, with or

1-15 without pay at the discretion of the employer, for the employee’s

1-16 attendance during the legislative interim at a:

1-17 (a) Meeting of the legislative commission of which the employee is a

1-18 member or a subcommittee of the legislative commission of which the

1-19 employee is a member;

2-1 (b) Meeting of the interim finance committee of which the employee is

2-2 a member or other legislative committee or subcommittee created by

2-3 statute of which the employee is a member;

2-4 (c) Meeting of an interim committee which conducts a study or

2-5 investigation pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 218.682 of which the

2-6 employee is a member or any other committee established by the

2-7 legislature which conducts an interim legislative study of which the

2-8 employee is a member;

2-9 (d) Meeting of a committee, other than a legislative committee, if the

2-10 employee is a member of the committee in his official capacity as a

2-11 legislator;

2-12 (e) Conference, meeting, seminar or gathering of a delegation or

2-13 committee established pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 218.682 of which

2-14 the employee is a member; or

2-15 (f) Conference, meeting, seminar or gathering at which the legislator

2-16 officially represents the State of Nevada or its legislature.

2-17 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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