1. The Committee on Industrial Programs is hereby created.

2. The Committee consists of the Director of the Department, the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration and nine regular 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) Two persons who represent organized labor in this State.

3. The regular members of the Committee shall select a Chair from among their membership.

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

5. At the first meeting of the Committee following each regular session of the Legislature, the Chair of the Committee may appoint nine alternate members to serve in the place of regular members who are unable to attend a meeting or perform their duties, as follows:

(a) Two members of the Senate, each of whom may serve in the place of a member of the Senate appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2.

(b) Two members of the Assembly, each of whom may serve in the place of a regular member of the Assembly appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2.

(c) Two persons who represent manufacturing in this State, each of whom may serve in the place of a person appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2.

(d) One person who represents business in this State, who may serve in the place of the person appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2.

(e) Two persons who represent organized labor in this State, each of whom may serve in the place of a person appointed pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2.

Each alternate member appointed by the Chair must be appointed to a term of 2 years and may be reappointed.

6. Except during a regular or special session of the Legislature, each Legislator who is a regular member or an alternate member of the Committee 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 the Legislator attends a meeting of the Committee or is otherwise engaged in the work of the Committee. Each nonlegislative regular member or alternate member appointed by the Interim Finance Committee or the Chair of the Committee on Industrial Programs is entitled to receive compensation for the member’s service on the Committee on Industrial Programs in the same amount and manner as the legislative regular members or alternate members whether or not the Legislature is in session. Each nonlegislative regular member or alternate member of the Committee is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. Each Legislator who is a regular member or an alternate member of the Committee is entitled to receive the per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655. All compensation, allowances and travel expenses must be paid from the Fund for Prison Industries.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 2390; A 2007, 26; 2013, 1805)