AB 382 — Revises provisions relating to the compensation of certain public safety employees. (BDR 23-291)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 22, 2019) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

requiring the Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration to conduct biennial surveys relating to the compensation of certain classified employees in the Department of Public Safety and in the Department of Corrections and make certain related revisions to the pay plan for such classified employees in certain circumstances;

requiring the inclusion of certain expenditures relating to the compensation of those employees of the Department of Public Safety in the proposed budget for the Executive Department of the State Government;

Existing law requires the Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration to prepare a pay plan for all employeesclassified service is required to be paid at the rates set forth in the classifiedpay service.plan for the class of position in which the employee is employed and when necessary money is available for the payment.

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(NRS 284.175)289.270) UnderExisting existinglaw law,authorizes the swornDirector personnel of the Department of PubSectionCorrections 1 of this bill requires the Administrator to conductdesignate aemployees survey of the salariesDepartment andas otherpeace compensationofficers. paid to:

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(NRS 289.480) salaries and other compensation paid to:

(1) sworn personnel and dispatchof the personnel of the Department of Public Safety who are in the classified service and classified employees of the Department of Corrections who are category III peace officers;

and (2) comparable positions in the law enforcement agencies of the three most populous cities in Nevada and of the two most populous counties in Nevada.

Existingin law requires the ChiefOffice of the BudgetGovernor Divisionto ofinclude thecertain Officeinformation ofin Financethe proposedinance biennial budget for the Executive Department of the State Government.

(NRSed(NRS 353.185) Section 3 of this bill requires the Chief of the Budget Division to set forth in the biennial proposed budget for the Executive Department proposed expenditures for salaries of the sworn personnel and dispatch personnel of the Department of Public Safety who are in the classified service,service whichand areclassified Section 3 requires that the proposed expenditures be based on the rates established in the pay plan after the biennial survey concerning those salaries has been conducted by the Administrator.

Section 4 of this bill requires theeach Department to submit estimates of that information separately to the Chief.

and (b) Classified employees of the Department of Public Safety whose duties involve providing dispatch services and employees who serve in positions with similar duties with the law enforcement agencies of the three most populous incorporated cities in this State and the law enforcement agencies of the two most populous counties in this State.State;

and (c) Classified employees of the Department of Corrections who are category III peace officers and employees who serve in positions with corresponding ranks and similar duties with the law enforcement agencies of the three most populous incorporated - *AB382_R1* – 3 – cities in this State and the law enforcement agencies of the two most populous counties in this State.

(a) Base salary;salary as calculated pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 286.421;

and (d) AnyThe retirementaverage contributionamount, madeif any, paid or contributed solely for the employee by the employer onfor behalfthe cost of thepremiums employeeor contributions for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 286287 of NRS;NRS.

and3. (e) The average amount, if any, paid or contributed solely for the employee by the employer for the cost of premiums or contributions for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 287 of NRS.

-Within *AB382*30 –days 3after –a 3.survey is conducted pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall calculate the rate of compensation for the classified employees regarding whom the survey was conducted as the sum of the following amounts:

Within 30 days after a survey is conducted pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall calculate the rate of compensation for the classified employees of the Department of Public Safety regarding whom the survey was conducted as the sum of the following three amounts:

and (b) The averagedifference between the amount paid by the Department of Public Safety or the retirementDepartment contributionof paidCorrections, as applicable, for the cost of premiums or contributions for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 286287 of NRS for the classified employees of the applicable Department regarding whom the survey was conducted and the average amount paid or contributed by the local law enforcement agencies onfor behalfthe cost of premiums or contributions solely for an employee for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 287 of NRS for the employees of local law enforcement agencies reported in the survey;survey.

and (c) The difference between the amount paid by the Department of Public Safety for the cost of premiums or contributions for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 287 of NRS for the classified employees of the Department regarding whom the survey was conducted and the average amount paid or contributed by the local law enforcement agencies for the cost of premiums or contributions solely for an employee for life, accident or health insurance or benefits, or any combination thereof, pursuant to chapter 287 of NRS for the employees of local law enforcement agencies reported in the survey.

If the rate of compensation for any classified employee of the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Corrections regarding whom the survey was conducted that is calculated pursuant to subsection 3 is different from the rate for that employee in the pay plan prepared pursuant to NRS 284.175 that is in effect, the Administrator shall amend the rates in the pay plan to the rates calculated pursuant to subsection 3.

and - *AB382_R1* – 4 – (b) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature on or before 14 calendar days before the commencement of the next regular legislative session.

As used in this section,section: “sworn personnel” means employees who have the powers of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.270.

(a) “Category III peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.480.

(b) “Sworn personnel” means employees who have the powers of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.270.

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- *AB382* – 5 – (a) Present a complete financial plan for the next 2 fiscal years;

(1) The proposed expenditures for the salaries and other compensation of the classified employees of the Department of Public Safety regarding whom a survey is conducted pursuant to section 1 of this act, which must be calculated at least at the rates set forth in the pay plan prepared pursuant to NRS 284.175, as most recently amended pursuant to section 1 of this act;

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- *AB382_R1* – 7 – (2) The number of privatization contracts proposed for the next 2 fiscal years and the estimated expenditures for the privatization contracts;

- *AB382* – 7 – (d) Estimates of expenditure requirements of the department, institution or agency, together with all anticipated income from fees and all other sources, for the next 2 fiscal years compared with the corresponding figures of the last completed fiscal year and the estimated figures for the current fiscal year.

The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections shall each submit separately as an estimate pursuant to this paragraph the estimated expenditure requirements for the salaries and other compensation of the classified employees of the Departmentapplicable ofDepartment Public Safety regarding whom a survey is conducted pursuant to section 1 of this act at the rates set forth in the pay plan prepared pursuant to NRS 284.175, as most recently amended pursuant to section 1 of this act.

The estimates of expenditure requirements submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must be classified to set forth the data of funds, organizational units, and the character and objects of expenditures by program or budgetary account and by category of expense, and must include a mission statement and measurement indicators in adequate detail to comply with the requirements of - *AB382_R1* – 8 – subparagraph (3) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 353.205.

Agencies, bureaus, commissions and officers of the Legislative Department, the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Judicial Department of the State Government shall submit to - *AB382* – 8 – the Chief for his or her information in preparing the proposed executive budget the budgets which they propose to submit to the Legislature.