1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any state employee or group of state employees may submit an employee suggestion. An employee suggestion must be submitted in writing to the Board.

2. To be eligible for an award pursuant to NRS 285.070, a state employee or group of state employees must submit a suggestion:

(a) Which is not currently under active consideration and has not been previously considered by the state agency affected;

(b) For which the act of developing or proposing is not a normal part of the job duties of the state employee, whether acting individually or as a member of a group of state employees;

(c) Which is not within the state employee’s authority or responsibility to carry out or implement, whether acting individually or as a member of a group of state employees;

(d) Which proposes to do more than merely suggest that an existing policy or procedure be followed correctly;

(e) Which does not concern an individual grievance or complaint;

(f) Which would not reduce the quality or quantity of services provided by the relevant state agency; and

(g) Which would not transfer costs from one state agency to another state agency.

3. If duplicate employee suggestions are submitted, only the state employee or group of state employees who submits the first employee suggestion received is eligible for an award pursuant to NRS 285.070.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a state employee, either individually or as a member of a group of state employees, may not submit more than two employee suggestions in any calendar year. For any employee suggestion submitted by a state employee, either individually or as a member of a group of state employees, that is approved in a calendar year, the state employee may submit one additional employee suggestion during that same calendar year.

5. The Board may, in consultation with the Budget Division of the Office of Finance and the Interim Finance Committee, establish such additional standards for the making and submission of employee suggestions as it deems proper.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1066; A 1991, 1830; 2011, 283; 2017, 3520)