Nevada § 285.070 - Cash payment: Amount and payment of award; eligibility and requirements for award; distribution and use of additional savings

§ 285.070. Cash payment: Amount and payment of award; eligibility and requirements for award; distribution and use of additional savings

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, after reviewing and evaluating an

employee suggestion, the Board, in consultation with the Budget Division of the Office

of Finance, may make an award to the state employee or to each state employee of a

group of state employees who submitted the employee suggestion. 2. If the amount of a proposed award will exceed $5,000, the award must be approved

by the Interim Finance Committee. On a quarterly basis, the Board shall transmit any proposed awards that exceed $5,000

to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Interim Finance

Committee. In acting upon such an award, the Interim Finance Committee shall consider, among

other things: (a) The reduction, elimination or avoidance of state expenditures or any improvement

in the operation of the State Government made possible by the employee suggestion;

and (b) The intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter. 3. An award made pursuant to this section may not exceed: (a) Ten percent of the amount of any actual savings to the State, as determined at

the end of the second fiscal year after the adoption of the employee suggestion;

or (b) A total of $25,000, whichever is less, whether distributed to an individual employee or to a group of

state employees who submitted the employee suggestion. 4. Awards to employees arising out of adopted employee suggestions must be paid from

money in the Merit Award Account created by NRS 285.035 . 5. The total amount of an award made pursuant to this section must be paid in two

equal installments. The first installment must be paid not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal

year during which the State realized a reduction, elimination or avoidance of state

expenditures or any improvement in the operation of State Government as a result of

the adoption of the employee suggestion. The second installment must be paid not later than 90 days after the end of the

fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year during which the first installment

was paid. 6. A former state employee is eligible to receive an award pursuant to this section

if the person was a state employee at the time he or she submitted an employee suggestion,

or was a member of a group of state employees who submitted an employee suggestion,

that is subsequently adopted. 7. An award may not be made for an employee suggestion pursuant to this section until

the State has realized a reduction, elimination or avoidance of state expenditures

or any improvement in the operation of the State Government as a result of the adopted

employee suggestion. 8. Any actual savings to the State resulting from the adoption of an employee suggestion

that remains after an award is made pursuant to this section must be distributed as

follows: (a) Fifty percent must be transferred to the State General Fund; and (b) After a revision to the appropriate work program pursuant to NRS 353.220 , the remaining balance must be used by the state agency that employs the state employee

or the group of state employees who submitted the employee suggestion for one-time,

nonoperational expenses which do not require ongoing maintenance, including, without

limitation, training and equipment.