AB 1 — Requires the payment of certain undergraduate fees and expenses of the dependent child of a public employee who is killed in the performance of his or her duties. (BDR 34-69)

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11–Assemblywoman ACarlton SSEMBLYCHAPTER.......... B ILLN O.

1–ASSEMBLYWOMAN CARLTON PREFILED N OVEMBER 15, 2016 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Requires the payment of certain undergraduate fees and expenses of the dependent child of a public employee who is killed in the performance of his or her duties.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

The money in the Account must be invested as the money in other state accounts is - 79th Session (2017) – 2 – invested.

After deducting all applicable charges, all interest and income earned on the money in the Account must be credited to the Account.

(1) Fire prevention or suppression unit organized by a local government and whose principal duty is to control and extinguish fires;

orort and whose principal duty is to control and extinguish (2) Fire-fighting agency.

- *AB1_R1* – 3 – (c) “Local government” means a county, city, unincorporated town or metropolitan police department.

(3) A person certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS if the person is a salaried employee or volunteer of a public agency and is not retained under contract to perform services for the public agency;

orortained under contract to (4) A volunteer attendant as that term is defined in NRS 450B.110.

- 79th Session (2017) – 3 – (e) “Peace officer” means a category I peace officer, category II peace officer or category III peace officer as those terms are defined in NRS 289.460, 289.470 and 289.480, respectively.

(g) “Public employee” means any person who performs public duties for compensation paid by or through the State, a county, city, local government or other political subdivision of the State or an agency(h) thereof.“Public employee who was killed in the performance of his or her duties” includes, without limitation, a public employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of his or her duties.

(h) “Public employee who was killed in the performance of his or her duties” includes, without limitation, a public employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of his or her duties.

If, during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on June 30, 2017, a public employee, as defined in section 1 of this act, was killed in the performance of his or her duties, the dependent child of the public employee is eligible to receive reimbursement for any registration fees, laboratory fees or expenses for required textbooks and course materials assessed - *AB1_R1* – 4 – against or incurred by the dependent child.

As soon as practicable on or after July 1, 2017, and to the extent of money available for this purpose, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shallforshall this reimburse such dependent children for any such fees or expenses.

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