[§82-1.5] Decisions on awards for suggestions. All decisions rendered by the State or each of the political subdivisions of the State under this chapter, approving or disapproving employee suggestions for employee innovation awards, shall be final and shall be deemed a performance of a discretionary function as that term is used in section 662-15. If a dispute arises over the proper amount of the employee innovation award for an officer or employee whose suggestion is approved, the comptroller or designee for the state government, the administrative director of courts for the judiciary and the director of finance or designee for the political subdivisions of the State shall be the final arbiter of the proper award amount. [L 1997, c 170, §1]