Nevada Revised Statutes Section 209.4817 - Correctional Institutions

Committee on Industrial Programs: Creation; members; term of appointed members; payment of compensation, allowances and travel expenses.

1. The Committee on Industrial Programs is hereby created.

2. The Committee on Industrial Programs consists of the Director of the Department, the Chief of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration and eight members appointed by the Interim Finance Committee as follows:

(a) Two members of the Senate.

(b) Two members of the Assembly.

(c) Two persons who represent manufacturing in this state.

(d) One person who represents business in this state.

(e) One person who represents organized labor in this state.

3. The members of the Committee on Industrial Programs shall select a Chairman from among their membership.

4. Each member of the Committee on Industrial Programs appointed by the Interim Finance Committee must be appointed to a term of 2 years and may be reappointed.

5. Except during a regular or special session of the Legislature, each Legislator who is a member of the Committee on Industrial Programs is entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session for each day or portion of a day during which he attends a meeting of the Committee on Industrial Programs or is otherwise engaged in the work of the Committee on Industrial Programs. Each nonlegislative member appointed by the Interim Finance Committee is entitled to receive compensation for his service on the committee on industrial programs in the same amount and manner as the legislative members whether or not the Legislature is in session. Each nonlegislative member of the Committee on Industrial Programs is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. Each Legislator who is a member of the Committee on Industrial Programs is entitled to receive the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218.2207. All compensation, allowances and travel expenses must be paid from the Fund for Prison Industries.

Last modified: February 26, 2006