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.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 280.128
in effect1. 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: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-280.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026