Nevada § 280.128 - Employees entitled to obtain employment with certain political subdivisions upon dissolution: Discretion of employee; retention of comparable rank and grade, pay and benefits; duties and responsibilities

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 280.128 — Employees entitled to obtain employment with certain political subdivisions upon dissolution: Discretion of employee; retention of comparable rank and grade, pay and benefits; duties and responsibilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 280.128. Employees entitled to obtain employment with certain political subdivisions upon dissolution: Discretion of employee; retention of comparable rank and grade, pay and benefits; duties and responsibilities

1. Upon the dissolution of a department, employees of the department may, at the discretion

of the employee, obtain employment with the political subdivision in the boundaries

of which the employee had performed the majority of his or her duties for the department

during the fiscal year immediately preceding dissolution. 2. Such employees must hold positions of rank and grade comparable to their positions

before dissolution and are entitled to suffer no loss in pay, pension, fringe benefits

or other job benefits by reason of the dissolution. 3. Sick leave, longevity and vacation time accrued to such employees in the service

of the department must be credited to them as employees of the law enforcement agencies

of the political subdivisions participating in the department at the time of dissolution. All rights and accruals of such employees as members of the Public Employees' Retirement

System pursuant to the Public Employees' Retirement Act remain in force and must be

automatically transferred from the department to such law enforcement agencies. 4. The duties and responsibilities of such employees must not be diminished by reason

of the dissolution, but their area and division of assignment may be changed at the

discretion of chief law enforcement officers of the law enforcement agencies of the

political subdivisions to which the employees are transferred upon dissolution.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 280.128 ("Employees entitled to obtain employment with certain political subdivisions upon dissolution: Discretion of employee; retention of comparable rank and grade, pay and benefits; duties and responsibilities") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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