Existing law authorizes the Governor, within the limits of available money, to employ such staff for the Office of the Governor as he or she deems necessary. (NRS 223.085) Section 8 of this bill provides that the staff and employees of the Office of the Governor include: (1) executive staff; (2) administrative and clerical staff; (3) outreach and communications staff; (4) research and analytical staff; and (5) any other persons the Governor determines are necessary to effectively fulfill the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Office of the Governor. Section 8 also: (1) revises the duties of the Chief Information Officer, who is appointed by the Governor; and (2) provides for the appointment by the Governor of a Chief Innovation Officer and prescribes his or her duties. Section 141.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Governor for salaries for the staff and employees of the Office of the Governor.
Existing law creates the Office of Economic Development within the Office of the Governor, consisting of the Division of Economic Development and the Nevada Film Office. (NRS 231.043)
Existing law sets forth various Departments of this State. (Chapter 232 of NRS) Section 19 of this bill creates the Office of Nevada Boards, Commissions and Councils Standards in the Department of Business and Industry. Section 20 of this bill prescribes the duties and responsibilities of the Office with respect to regulatory bodies and other entities. Section 19 requires the Director of the Department to appoint a Deputy Director of the Office.
Existing law creates the Division of Enterprise Information Technology Services and requires the Director of the Department of Administration to appoint an Administrator of the Division. (NRS 242.080, 242.090) Sections 59, 60 and 146 of this bill eliminate the Division and the Administrator and sections 56-64 of this bill transfer the powers and duties of the Division to the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor and the powers and duties of the Administrator to the Chief Information Officer. Sections 23-27 of this bill make conforming changes.
Existing law creates the Personnel Commission within the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration, which has various powers and duties relating to the Personnel System. (NRS 284.030-284.065) Sections 70 and 71 of this bill amend the name of the System and Commission to be the Human Resources System and Human Resources Commission. Sections 68, 69, 72-74, 76, 77 and 83 of this bill make conforming changes to replace the term “personnel” with “human resources” throughout the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes relating to the System. Sections 75 and 76 of this bill rename the Personnel Operating Fund to be the Human Resources Operating Fund. (NRS 284.110)
Section 66 of this bill provides that the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto relating to the System do not create or confer upon any state employee a contractual right to employment.
Section 67 of this bill requires the Administrator to develop and implement: (1) an audit function to review each appointing authority's processes and compliance with applicable policies, procedures and provisions of law relating to human resources; (2) a centralized job announcement system that streamlines employment recruiting for all appointing authorities; and (3) a centralized employment system that includes, without limitation, a platform that all applicants may use to apply for state employment.
Existing law provides that the classified service of the State is comprised of all positions in the public service now existing or hereafter created which are, in relevant part, filled according to merit and fitness from eligible lists prepared upon the basis of examination, which must, with certain exceptions, be open and competitive. (NRS 284.150) Existing law further: (1) requires the Personnel Commission to adopt regulations for open competitive examinations to test the relative fitness of applicants for classified positions; and (2) sets forth certain requirements for competitive examinations and preparing lists of eligible persons for positions in the classified service. (NRS 284.205-284.260) Sections 79 and 91 of this bill provide instead that positions in the classified service are, with certain exceptions, filled from the eligible pool of persons prepared upon the basis of the evaluation of persons by an appointing authority. Sections 84-100, 102, 103 and 146 eliminate existing provisions relating to competitive examination and the preparation of eligible lists of persons for positions in the classified service.
Existing law provides that appointments in the unclassified service of the State may be made from appropriate registers of persons maintained by the Division without affecting the continuance of names on the list. (NRS 284.145) Section 78 of this bill provides instead that such appointments may be made from appropriate pools of eligible persons maintained by the Division.
Section 84 of this bill requires each appointing authority to comply with the regulations of the Commission relating to the recruitment and evaluation of applicants to establish pools of eligible persons and fill positions in the classified service.
Section 85 of this bill requires each appointing authority to recruit, evaluate, select, manage and promote employees through open competition on the basis of knowledge, skills and ability and without regard to an applicant's or employee's religious or political opinions or affiliations, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or disability.
Existing law sets forth certain duties and responsibilities of the Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration in, and certain requirements for, examining and certifying applicants and filling positions in the classified service. (NRS 284.240, 284.245, 284.253-284.265, 284.295, 284.305, 284.309, 284.310) Sections 86-98 of this bill provide instead that each appointing authority has duties and responsibilities relating to evaluating applicants and filling positions in the classified service.
Existing law requires the Administrator to prepare, maintain and revise a classification plan for all positions in the classified service and allocate the position of every employee in the classified service to one of the positions in the plan. (NRS 284.160, 284.165) Section 80 of this bill provides instead that the Administrator shall prepare, maintain and revise a master classification plan and that the Administrator shall review annually the classification plan of each appointing authority.
Under the State Budget Act, a department, institution or agency of the Executive Department of State Government is required to obtain approval from the Interim Finance Committee, except in certain limited circumstances, before revising a work program in an amount more than $30,000 if the revision will increase or decrease by 10 percent or $75,000, whichever is less, the expenditure level approved by the Legislature for any of the allotments within the work program. (NRS 353.220) Section 110 of this bill increases the monetary threshold to an amount of more than $75,000 if the revision will increase by 20 percent or $350,000, whichever is less, the expenditure level approved by the Legislature for any of the allotments within the work program.
Under existing law, the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government, also known as the Rainy Day Fund, is an account created in the State General Fund into which surplus state revenues are deposited to be used in case of fiscal emergencies. The balance in the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government must not exceed 20 percent of the total of all appropriations from the State General Fund for the operation of all departments, institutions and agencies of the State Government and for the funding of schools and authorized expenditures from the State General Fund for the regulation of gaming for the fiscal year in which the revenue will be transferred to the Account. (NRS 353.288) Section 113 of this bill revises this limitation so that the balance must not exceed 26 percent of the total of all appropriations from the State General Fund for the operation of all departments, institutions and agencies of the State Government and for the funding of schools and authorized expenditures from the State General Fund for the regulation of gaming for the fiscal year in which the revenue will be transferred to the Account.
Section 141.7 requires the State Controller to transfer a certain amount of money from the State General Fund to the Account to Stabilize the Operation of the State Government.
Existing law authorizes a state agency, with certain exceptions, to accept a gift or grant of property or services that is not included in an act of the Legislature authorizing the expenditure of nonappropriated money if the gift or grant is approved by the Governor or the Interim Finance Committee, as applicable. Exceptions from the requirement for such approval are: (1) the acceptance by a state agency of a gift or grant from a private source that does not exceed $20,000 in value; and (2) the acceptancy by a state agency of governmental grants not exceeding $150,000 in value. (NRS 353.335) Section 114 of this bill increases the threshold for both of these exceptions from such approval to $200,000. Section 114 also exempts from any approval a gift or grant to a state agency that will be deposited in a budget account that consists of money which is not appropriated by or authorized for expenditure by the Legislature.
Statutes affected: As Introduced: 223.085, 223.600, 223.610, 223.620, 223.630, 231.053, 232.213, 232.215, 232.2165, 232.217, 232.219, 232.505, 232.510, 232.520, 232.900, 232.910, 232.920, 232.935, 232.940, 232.945, 232.960, 232.965, 232.970, 232.975, 232.980, 233B.039, 233F.010, 233F.110, 205.4765, 205A.040, 205A.050, 205A.060, 218E.400, 218E.405, 239.073, 242.011, 242.071, 242.080, 242.101, 242.111, 242.115, 242.131, 284.010, 284.015, 284.022, 284.030, 284.065, 284.073, 284.075, 284.110, 284.115, 284.125, 284.145, 284.150, 284.160, 284.165, 284.171, 284.180, 284.205, 284.210, 284.240, 284.245, 284.250, 284.253, 284.254, 284.255, 284.260, 284.265, 284.295, 284.300, 284.305, 284.309, 284.310, 284.320, 284.327, 284.350, 284.3775, 284.380, 286.160, 287.0424, 353.185, 353.220, 353.228, 353.269, 353.288, 353.335, 388.605, 388.790, 389.038, 389.210, 394.383, 394.411, 408.55028, 414.070, 426.071, 439.519, 451.005, 451.010, 451.596, 482.3794, 598.09635, 603A.217, 607.035, 610.030, 610.070, 610.110, 610.120, 610.144, 612.016, 612.049, 612.220, 615.065
Reprint 1: 223.085, 232.213, 232.215, 232.2165, 232.217, 232.219, 232.505, 232.510, 232.520, 233F.010, 233F.110, 205.4765, 205A.040, 205A.050, 205A.060, 239.073, 242.011, 242.071, 242.080, 242.101, 242.111, 242.115, 242.131, 284.010, 284.015, 284.022, 284.030, 284.065, 284.073, 284.075, 284.110, 284.115, 284.125, 284.145, 284.150, 284.160, 284.165, 284.180, 284.205, 284.210, 284.240, 284.245, 284.250, 284.253, 284.254, 284.255, 284.260, 284.265, 284.295, 284.300, 284.305, 284.309, 284.310, 284.320, 284.327, 284.3775, 284.380, 353.185, 353.220, 353.288, 353.335, 388.790, 408.55028, 603A.217
As Enrolled: 223.085, 232.213, 232.215, 232.2165, 232.217, 232.219, 232.505, 232.510, 232.520, 233F.010, 233F.110, 205.4765, 205A.040, 205A.050, 205A.060, 239.073, 242.011, 242.071, 242.080, 242.101, 242.111, 242.115, 242.131, 284.010, 284.015, 284.022, 284.030, 284.065, 284.073, 284.075, 284.110, 284.115, 284.125, 284.145, 284.150, 284.160, 284.165, 284.180, 284.205, 284.210, 284.240, 284.245, 284.250, 284.253, 284.254, 284.255, 284.260, 284.265, 284.295, 284.300, 284.305, 284.309, 284.310, 284.320, 284.327, 284.3775, 284.380, 353.185, 353.220, 353.288, 353.335, 388.790, 408.55028, 603A.217
BDR: 223.085, 223.600, 223.610, 223.620, 223.630, 231.053, 232.213, 232.215, 232.2165, 232.217, 232.219, 232.505, 232.510, 232.520, 232.900, 232.910, 232.920, 232.935, 232.940, 232.945, 232.960, 232.965, 232.970, 232.975, 232.980, 233B.039, 233F.010, 233F.110, 205.4765, 205A.040, 205A.050, 205A.060, 218E.400, 218E.405, 239.073, 242.011, 242.071, 242.080, 242.101, 242.111, 242.115, 242.131, 284.010, 284.015, 284.022, 284.030, 284.065, 284.073, 284.075, 284.110, 284.115, 284.125, 284.145, 284.150, 284.160, 284.165, 284.171, 284.180, 284.205, 284.210, 284.240, 284.245, 284.250, 284.253, 284.254, 284.255, 284.260, 284.265, 284.295, 284.300, 284.305, 284.309, 284.310, 284.320, 284.327, 284.350, 284.3775, 284.380, 286.160, 287.0424, 353.185, 353.220, 353.228, 353.269, 353.288, 353.335, 388.605, 388.790, 389.038, 389.210, 394.383, 394.411, 408.55028, 414.070, 426.071, 439.519, 451.005, 451.010, 451.596, 482.3794, 598.09635, 603A.217, 607.035, 610.030, 610.070, 610.110, 610.120, 610.144, 612.016, 612.049, 612.220, 615.065