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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.615 - Optional deduction from benefits for payments for group insurance, plan of benefits or medical and hospital service or other obligations; regulations; exemption of Executive Officer, Board and System from liability for errors or omissions.

1. In addition to the options provided in NRS 287.023 and subject to the requirements of that section, any officer or employee of a governmental entity enumerated in subsection 1 of NRS 287.023 who retires under the conditions set forth in NRS 1A.350, 1A.480, 286.510 or 286.620 and, at the time of retirement, was covered or had dependents covered by any group insurance, plan of benefits or medical and hospital service established pursuant to NRS 287.010, 287.015, 287.020 or paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 287.025, has the option of having the Executive Officer deduct and pay the retired person’s premium or contribution for that coverage, as well as the amount due or to become due upon any obligation designated by the Board pursuant to subsection 2, from the retired person’s monthly retirement allowance until:
(a) The retired person notifies the Executive Officer to discontinue the deduction; or
(b) Any of the retired person’s dependents elect to assume the premium or contribution applicable to the dependent’s coverage before the death of such a retired person and continue coverage pursuant to NRS 287.023 after the retired person’s death.
2. The Board may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of subsection 1, including, but not limited to, regulations governing the number and types of obligations, amounts for the payment of which may be deducted and paid by the Board at the option of the officer or employee pursuant to this section.
3. The Executive Officer, Board and System are not liable for any damages resulting from errors or omissions concerning the deductions and payment of premiums or contributions authorized pursuant to this section unless willful neglect or gross negligence is proven.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 327; A 1985, 40; 1987, 502, 683; 1999, 3022; 2003, 2736, 3259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.630 - Disability retirement allowance: Approval or denial of application; medical examination.

1. The Board shall designate medical advisers to review information which has been submitted by the private physician of the member, conduct medical examinations, make recommendations and consult with the Board concerning applications for disability retirement.
2. The Board shall require a medical examination of each applicant for disability retirement. The examination must at least consist of:
(a) An examination at an applicant’s expense and by the applicant’s personal physician who shall submit a written statement to the Board describing the nature and extent of the applicant’s disability, the physician’s statement whether or not the member is disabled, and copies of any medical information necessary to support the statement; and
(b) A review of the written statement from the applicant’s physician by the Board’s medical advisers.
The member shall provide any additional information which the Board or medical advisers deem necessary and shall submit to an additional medical examination upon the request of the Board. The costs of such additional examination must be paid from the Public Employees’ Retirement Administrative Fund.
3. The Board shall consider the complete application for disability retirement and the recommendations of its staff and the medical advisers, and approve or deny the application.
4. A member may apply to the Board for one reconsideration within 45 days after the denial by the Board of the member’s application, if the member can present new evidence which was not available or the existence of which was not known to the member at the time the Board originally considered the member’s application.
[Part 22:181:1947; A 1949, 174; 1951, 269]—(NRS A 1975, 1056; 1977, 63; 1981, 454)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.634 - Disability retirement allowance: Effective date of retirement.

1. The effective date of disability retirement for a member whose application for disability retirement has been approved by the Board is:
(a) The day after the member’s last day of employment; or
(b) The day after the member’s death, if death intervenes between the member’s application and the member’s retirement.
2. A member whose application for disability retirement has been approved by the Board must retire from the member’s employment and begin drawing benefits within 60 days after the date of the approval or the member must reapply and be reapproved before the member may draw benefits unless the member remains on sick leave for the entire period of continued employment.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 443)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.637 - Disability retirement allowance: Recipient to provide copy of federal income tax return; Board may require medical examinations.

1. Each recipient of a disability retirement allowance shall provide to the System a copy of the recipient’s federal income tax return and withholding statements for all income for the preceding calendar year by May 1 of each year.
2. The Board may adopt regulations to require medical examinations of recipients of disability retirement allowances. Expenses for such medical examinations must be paid from the Public Employees’ Retirement Administrative Fund. If any member receiving such benefits refuses a reasonable request from the Board to submit to a medical examination, the Board may discontinue the payment of the member’s benefits and may provide for the forfeiture of all the member’s benefits which accrue during the discontinuance.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 443)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.638 - Disability retirement allowance: Reporting to Internal Revenue Service.

The System shall, to the extent allowed by federal law, report to the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury a disability retirement allowance that is paid to a member of the System as a disability benefit instead of as retirement income.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1927)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.640 - Disability retirement allowance: Cancellation.

1. When the recipient of a disability retirement allowance is determined by the Board to be no longer disabled, the allowance must be cancelled.
2. An employee retired on account of disability whose benefit is cancelled may:
(a) Apply for a refund of unused contributions;
(b) Suspend the monthly benefit until eligible for service retirement; or
(c) Elect a service retirement reduced for the retired employee’s age if the retired employee has the service credit necessary to retire.
[Part 22:181:1947; A 1949, 174; 1951, 269]—(NRS A 1975, 1057; 1981, 455)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.650 - Disability retirement allowance: Consequences of employment of recipient.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, whenever a recipient of a disability retirement allowance returns to employment with a participating public employer, the allowance must be discontinued, the member shall again become a contributing member of the System and the member’s service credit at time of disability retirement must be restored. An amount equivalent to the member’s total employee contributions at time of disability less 15 percent of total disability benefits paid must be returned to the member’s individual member account. The member shall retire under the same retirement plan previously selected for retirement on account of disability if the member returns to disability retirement or elects service retirement within 1 year after the member’s return to employment.
2. A recipient of a disability retirement allowance may be employed and continue to receive the member’s allowance if the member applies to the Board for approval of the employment before the member begins to work and the Board approves the application. The application must include:
(a) A full description of the proposed employment; and
(b) A statement written by the member declaring the reasons why the proposed employment should not be found to conflict with the member’s disability.
[Part 22:181:1947; A 1949, 174; 1951, 269]—(NRS A 1975, 1057; 1981, 455; 1985, 1720; 1991, 1973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.655 - Payments for rehabilitation in lieu of disability retirement allowance.

The Board may make direct payments to a public employer for the rehabilitation of a member eligible to receive a disability retirement allowance. These payments, up to but not exceeding the disability retirement allowance, are payable at the request of the member in lieu of the disability retirement allowance.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1572)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.660 - Death of certain member before retirement: Disposition of money to member’s credit in Public Employees’ Retirement Fund.

1. If a person who is a member of the System and has less than 2 years of accredited contributing service or has more than 2 years of accredited service and payments are not due under NRS 286.673 to 286.677, inclusive, dies before retiring, the amount credited at the time of the member’s death to the member’s account in the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund shall be paid directly and without probate or administration to the beneficiaries which the member designates.
2. Should more than one beneficiary be named, the amount standing to the credit of the member shall be distributed equally among such persons unless otherwise specifically directed by the member. Full payment by the Board to persons designated as beneficiaries shall discharge the Board and System completely on account of the death.
3. The death of any named beneficiary, prior to the death of the member, shall operate to distribute the share of the deceased beneficiary in equal shares to the other named beneficiaries who shall survive, but if the deceased beneficiary shall be survived by minor children the share of the deceased beneficiary shall be distributed in equal shares among such surviving minor children.
4. Should no beneficiaries survive, or should the member not designate a beneficiary, the amount otherwise due shall be paid directly to the estate of the deceased member.
[21:181:1947; A 1951, 269]—(NRS A 1963, 985; 1967, 744)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.665 - Death of member, retired employee or beneficiary: Transfer of contributions to retirement fund under certain circumstances; procedure for claiming transferred money.

1. Any contributions remaining in a member’s, retired employee’s or beneficiary’s individual account must be transferred to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund or the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund upon the death of the member, retired employee or beneficiary if there is no heir, devisee or legatee capable of receiving the money.
2. If, within 6 years after any transfer under subsection 1, any person appears and claims any money which was transferred to a retirement fund, the claimant may file a petition in the District Court for Carson City stating the nature of the claim, with an appropriate prayer for the relief demanded. A copy of the petition must be served upon the Attorney General before or at the time of filing it. Within 20 days after service, the Attorney General shall appear in the proceeding and respond to the petition. If, after examining all the facts, the Attorney General is convinced that the System has no legal defense against the petition, the Attorney General may, with the consent of the Court, confess judgment on behalf of the System.
3. If judgment is not confessed, the petition must be considered at issue on the 20th day after its filing, and may be heard by the Court on that day, or at such future day as the Court may order. Upon the hearing, the Court shall examine into the claim and hear the allegations and proofs. If the Court finds that the claimant is entitled to any money transferred under subsection 1 to a retirement fund, it shall order the Public Employees’ Retirement Board to pay such money forthwith to the claimant, but without interest or cost to the Board.
4. All persons, except minors and persons of unsound mind, who fail to appear and file their petitions within the time limited in subsection 2 are forever barred. Minors and persons of unsound mind may appear and file their petitions at any time within 5 years after their respective disabilities are removed.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1573; A 1979, 259; 2003, 2064)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.667 - Allowance for retired police officer or firefighter: Benefits for spouse upon death; credit for certain other service prohibited; costs of benefit paid by employee.

1. A retired employee whose service or disability retirement allowance is payable from the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund is entitled to receive the allowance without modification.
2. Upon the death of such a retired employee, a person who was the retired employee’s spouse at the time of retirement is entitled, upon attaining the age of 50 years, to receive a benefit equal to 50 percent of the allowance to which the retired employee was entitled.
3. This section does not apply to a person who:
(a) Begins receiving a service or disability retirement allowance or a benefit from the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund before July 1, 1981.
(b) At the time of retirement, elects one of the alternatives to an unmodified retirement allowance.
4. Service performed after July 1, 1981, in positions other than as a police officer or firefighter, except military service, may not be credited toward the benefit conferred by this section. A police officer or firefighter who has performed service which is not creditable toward this benefit may elect to:
(a) Select a retirement option other than one permitted by this section;
(b) Receive the benefit conferred by this section with a spouse’s benefit reduced by a proportion equal to that which the service which is not creditable bears to the police officer’s or firefighter’s total service; or
(c) Purchase the additional spouse’s benefit at the time the police officer or firefighter retires by paying the full actuarial cost as computed for the police officer’s or firefighter’s situation by the actuary of the System.
5. The entire cost of the benefit conferred by this section must be paid by the employee. Each employer must adjust the salaries of its employees who are eligible for the benefit to offset its cost to the employer. Employers who adjust salaries pursuant to this subsection do not by doing so violate any collective bargaining agreement or other contract.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 945; A 1981, 441; 1983, 487, 1931; 1985, 1721; 1999, 2621; 2003, 2065)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.668 - Forfeiture of rights and benefits under System for conviction of certain felonies; return of contributions upon conviction.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a member who is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any felony involving:
(a) Accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe;
(b) Embezzlement of public money;
(c) Extortion or theft of public money;
(d) Perjury; or
(e) Conspiracy to commit any crime set forth in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive,
and arising directly out of his or her duties as an employee, forfeits all rights and benefits under the System.
2. Upon a conviction described in subsection 1, the System must return to the member, without interest, all contributions which the member has made and which were credited to the member’s individual account.
3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 apply only to persons who become members of the System on or after July 1, 2015.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.669 - Person convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of member ineligible to receive benefits.

Any person convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a member of the System is ineligible to receive any benefit conferred by any provision of this chapter by reason of the death of that member. The System may withhold the payment of any benefit otherwise payable under this chapter by reason of the death of any member from any person charged with the murder or voluntary manslaughter of that member, pending final determination of those charges.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.670 - Right to benefits not subject to taxes, process, bankruptcy, assignment or assessment for impairment or insolvency of insurance company; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 31A.150 and 286.6703 and as limited by subsection 2, the right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the money in the various funds created by this chapter, is:
(a) Exempt from all state, county and municipal taxes.
(b) Not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process.
(c) Not subject to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
(d) Not assignable, by power of attorney or otherwise.
(e) Exempt from assessment for the impairment or insolvency of any life or health insurance company.
2. The System may withhold money from a refund or benefit when the person applying for or receiving the refund or benefit owes money to the System.
[24:181:1947; 1943 NCL § 5230.24]—(NRS A 1959, 411; 1969, 512; 1981, 456; 1983, 1878; 1985, 1431; 1987, 484; 1993, 478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6703 - Payment of allowance or benefit to alternate payee pursuant to domestic relations order.

1. A person may submit a judgment, decree or order of a district court, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada relating to child support, alimony or the disposition of community property to the Executive Officer or the designee of the Executive Officer for a determination of whether the judgment, decree or order entitles an alternate payee to receive from the System all or a portion of the allowance or benefit of a member or a retired employee.
2. The judgment, decree or order submitted to the Executive Officer must be signed by a district judge, the judges of the Court of Appeals or by the justices of the Supreme Court and entered and certified by the clerk of the district court or the Clerk of the Supreme Court.
3. The Executive Officer or the designee of the Executive Officer shall, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Board, determine whether the judgment, decree or order entitles the alternate payee to receive an allowance or benefit from the System. An alternate payee is entitled to receive an allowance or benefit from the System if the judgment, decree or order:
(a) Specifies clearly the names and last known mailing addresses, if any, of the member or retired employee and the alternate payee;
(b) Specifies clearly the amount, percentage or manner of determining the amount of the allowance or benefit of the member or retired employee that must be paid by the System to each alternate payee;
(c) Specifically directs the System to pay an allowance or benefit to the alternate payee;
(d) Does not require the System to provide an allowance or benefit or any option not otherwise provided under this chapter; and
(e) Does not require the payment of an allowance or benefit to an alternate payee before the retirement of a member or the distribution to or withdrawal of contributions by a member.
4. For purposes of this subsection, "alternate payee" means a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a member or retired employee who, pursuant to a judgment, decree or order relating to child support, alimony or the disposition of community property, is entitled to receive all or a portion of the allowance or benefit of a member or retired member from the System.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 473; A 2005, 1066; 2013, 1776)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6705 - Transfer of unpaid check for benefits or refund to retirement fund; claim for payment of money; period of limitation.

1. Any check for benefits or a refund which has not been paid within 5 years after being transferred to the account for unclaimed benefits or refunds must be transferred to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund or Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund, whichever is appropriate.
2. If, within 6 years after a check for benefits or a refund has been transferred pursuant to subsection 1, any person appears and claims the money, the claimant may file a petition in the District Court for Carson City stating the nature of the claim, with an appropriate prayer for the relief demanded. A copy of the petition must be served upon the Attorney General before or at the time it is filed. Within 20 days after service, the Attorney General shall appear in the proceeding and respond to the petition. If, after examining all the facts, the Attorney General is convinced that the System has no legal defense against the petition, the Attorney General may, with the consent of the Court, confess judgment on behalf of the System.
3. If judgment is not confessed, the petition must be considered at issue on the 20th day after its filing, and may be heard by the Court on that day, or at such future day as the Court may order. Upon the hearing, the Court shall examine into the claim and hear the allegations and proofs. If the Court finds that the claimant is entitled to any money transferred pursuant to subsection 1 to a retirement fund, it shall order the Board to pay the money forthwith to the claimant, but without interest or cost to the Board.
4. All persons, except minors and persons of unsound mind, who fail to appear and file their petitions within the time limited in subsection 1 are forever barred. Minors and persons of unsound mind may appear and file their petitions at any time within 5 years after their respective disabilities are removed.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 681; A 2003, 2065)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.671 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 286.671 to 286.679, inclusive:
1. "Child" means an unmarried person under 18 years of age who is the issue or legally adopted child of a deceased member. As used in this subsection, "issue" means the progeny or biological offspring of the deceased member.
2. "Dependent parent" means the surviving parent of a deceased member who was dependent upon the deceased member for at least 50 percent of the surviving parent’s support for at least 6 months immediately preceding the death of the deceased member.
3. "Domestic partner" means a person who is in a domestic partnership that is registered or recognized pursuant to chapter 122A of NRS, and that has not been terminated pursuant to that chapter.
4. "Spouse" means the surviving husband or wife or domestic partner of a deceased member.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 983; A 1975, 1058; 1977, 1594; 1989, 1563; 1995, 253; 2015, 2731; 2017, 296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.672 - Eligibility.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 286.67665 and 286.67695, if a deceased member had 2 years of accredited contributing service in the 2 1/2 years immediately preceding the member’s death or was a regular, part-time employee who had 2 or more years of creditable contributing service before and at least 1 day of contributing service within 6 months immediately preceding the member’s death, or if the employee had 10 or more years of accredited contributing service, certain of the deceased member’s dependents are eligible for payments as provided in NRS 286.671 to 286.679, inclusive. If the death of the member resulted from a mental or physical condition which required the member to leave the employ of a participating public employer or go on leave without pay, eligibility pursuant to the provisions of this section extends for 18 months after the member’s termination or commencement of leave without pay.
2. If the death of a member occurs while the member is on leave of absence granted by the member’s employer for further training and if the member met the requirements of subsection 1 at the time the member’s leave began, certain of the deceased member’s dependents are eligible for payments as provided in subsection 1.
3. If the death of a member is caused by an occupational disease, accident or motor vehicle crash arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, no prior contributing service is required to make the deceased member’s dependents eligible for payments pursuant to NRS 286.671 to 286.679, inclusive, except that this subsection does not apply to an accident or motor vehicle crash occurring while the member is traveling between the member’s home and the member’s principal place of employment or to an accident, motor vehicle crash or occupational disease arising out of employment for which no contribution is made.
4. As used in this section, "dependent" includes a survivor beneficiary designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 983; A 1967, 1064; 1975, 1058; 1977, 1594; 1979, 756, 944; 1989, 1025; 1995, 253; 2001, 1290; 2015, 1663, 2731)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.673 - Payments to child of deceased member.

1. Except as limited by NRS 286.6775, each child of a deceased member is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $400 per month, beginning on the first day of the month following the member’s death.
2. Payments to any child cease on the last day of the month of:
(a) The child’s death;
(b) The child’s marriage; or
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 4 or 5, the child’s attaining the age of 18 years.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, these benefits may be paid to the child of a deceased member until the last day of the month of the child’s 23rd birthday if, at the time that the child attains 18 years, the child is, and continues thereafter to be, a full-time student in any accredited:
(a) High school;
(b) Vocational or technical school; or
(c) College or university.
4. If the Board ceases the payment of benefits to a child of a deceased member who received benefits pursuant to subsection 3 because the child ceased being a full-time student, the Board may resume the payment of such benefits until the last day of the month of the child’s 23rd birthday if the child returns to full-time status at an accredited:
(a) High school;
(b) Vocational or technical school; or
(c) College or university.
5. These benefits may be commenced or extended indefinitely beyond a child’s 18th birthday if and so long as the child is determined by the System to be:
(a) Financially dependent; and
(b) Physically or mentally incompetent.
6. All benefits under this section may be paid by the System to the child’s:
(a) Surviving parent; or
(b) Legal guardian.
7. The Board shall establish uniform standards and procedures for determining whether a child is:
(a) A full-time student;
(b) Financially dependent; and
(c) Physically or mentally incompetent.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 983; A 1975, 1058; 1977, 1595; 1979, 757; 1983, 487; 1989, 1026; 1995, 254; 1999, 2621; 2005, 1066; 2019, 677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.674 - Payments to spouse of deceased member.

1. The spouse of a deceased member is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $450 per month. The payments must begin on the first day of the month immediately following the death of the member and must cease on the last day of the month in which the spouse dies. If payments cease before the total amount of contributions made by the deceased member have been received by the spouse, the surplus of contributions over payments received must be paid to the spouse.
2. The benefits paid pursuant to this section are in addition to any benefits paid pursuant to NRS 286.673.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 984; A 1975, 1059; 1983, 488; 1989, 1026; 1995, 254; 1999, 2622)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.676 - Payments to spouse of deceased member who had 10 or more years of accredited contributing service.

1. Except as limited by subsections 3 and 4, the spouse of a deceased member who had 10 or more years of accredited contributing service is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to that provided by:
(a) Option 3 in NRS 286.590, if the deceased member had less than 15 years of service on the date of the member’s death; or
(b) Option 2 in NRS 286.590, if the deceased member had more than 15 years of service on the date of the member’s death.
To apply the provisions of Options 2 and 3, the deceased member shall be deemed to have retired on the date of the member’s death immediately after having named the spouse as beneficiary under the applicable option. This benefit must be computed without any reduction for age for the deceased member. The benefits provided by this subsection must be paid to the spouse for the remainder of the spouse’s life.
2. The spouse may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.674; or
(c) NRS 286.6766.
3. The benefit payable to the spouse of a member who died before May 19, 1975, is limited to a spouse who received at least 50 percent of the spouse’s support from the member during the 6 months immediately preceding the member’s death and to the amounts provided in this subsection. If, at the time of the member’s death, the member had 15 or more years of service and did not elect an optional retirement plan as offered in this chapter, the deceased member’s spouse, upon attaining the age of 60 years, may receive a cumulative benefit of at least $450 per month or 50 percent of the average salary received by the member for the 3 consecutive highest salaried years of the member’s last 10 years of service, whichever is less. Payments, or the right to receive payments, must cease upon the death of the spouse. Benefits under this section are not renewable following termination.
4. The benefits provided by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 may only be paid to the spouses of members who died on or after May 19, 1975.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 984; A 1967, 1093; 1975, 1059; 1979, 260, 758; 1981, 457; 1987, 684; 1989, 1027; 1995, 254; 1999, 2622)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6765 - Payments to spouse if deceased member was eligible to retire.

1. Except as limited by subsection 2, the spouse of a deceased member who was fully eligible to retire, both as to service and age, is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to that provided by option 2 in NRS 286.590. This section does not apply to the spouse of a member who was eligible to retire only under subsection 6 of NRS 286.510. For the purposes of applying the provisions of option 2, the deceased member shall be deemed to have retired on the date of the member’s death immediately after having named the spouse as beneficiary under option 2. The benefits provided by this section must be paid to the spouse for the remainder of the spouse’s life. The spouse may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.674;
(c) NRS 286.676; or
(d) NRS 286.6766.
2. The benefits provided by this section may only be paid to the spouses of members who died on or after May 19, 1975.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 442; A 1999, 973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6766 - Payment in lump sum to spouse; exception.

Any spouse eligible for payments under the provisions of NRS 286.674 or 286.676 may elect to waive payment of a monthly allowance and to receive instead in a lump sum a refund of all contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund or the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund made by a deceased member plus any contributions made by a public employer in lieu of the employee’s contributions, but if more than one person is eligible for benefits on account of the contributions of any one deceased member, no such lump-sum payment may be made.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 985; A 1975, 1060; 1977, 1595; 1983, 488; 2003, 2066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.67665 - Payments to spouse of member killed in line of duty or course of employment on or after July 1, 2013.

1. The spouse of a member who is a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2013, or the spouse of any other member killed in the course of employment on or after July 1, 2013, is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to the greater of:
(a) Fifty percent of the salary of the member on the date of the member’s death; or
(b) One hundred percent of the retirement allowance that the member was eligible to receive based on the member’s years of service obtained before the member’s death without any reduction for age for the deceased member.
2. The benefits provided by this section must be paid to the spouse for the remainder of the spouse’s life.
3. The spouse may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.674;
(c) NRS 286.676;
(d) NRS 286.6765; or
(e) NRS 286.6766.
4. For the purposes of this section, the Board shall define by regulation "killed in the line of duty" and "killed in the course of employment."
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2724)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6767 - Designation of survivor beneficiary and additional payees by member.

1. A member may designate, in writing, a survivor beneficiary and one or more additional payees to receive the payments provided pursuant to NRS 286.67675, 286.6768 or 286.67685 if the member is unmarried on the date of the member’s death.
2. A designation pursuant to subsection 1 must be made on a form approved by the Executive Officer. If a member has designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary, the member must designate the percentage of the payments that the survivor beneficiary and each additional payee is entitled to receive.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1287; A 2003, 2066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.67675 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the survivor beneficiary of a deceased member is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $450 per month. If a member has designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the cumulative benefit paid pursuant to this subsection must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767. The payments must begin on the first day of the month immediately following the death of the member and must cease on the last day of the month in which the survivor beneficiary dies.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if payments made pursuant to subsection 1 cease before the total amount of contributions made by the deceased member have been received by the survivor beneficiary, the surplus of contributions over payments received must be paid to the survivor beneficiary. If the member had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the surplus of contributions over payments received must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
3. The benefits paid pursuant to this section are in addition to any benefits paid pursuant to NRS 286.673.
4. As used in this section, "survivor beneficiary" means a person designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1287; A 2003, 2066)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6768 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member who had 10 or more years of accredited contributing service.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and as limited by subsection 4, the survivor beneficiary of a deceased member who had 10 or more years of accredited contributing service is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to that provided by:
(a) Option 3 in NRS 286.590, if the deceased member had less than 15 years of service on the date of the member’s death; or
(b) Option 2 in NRS 286.590, if the deceased member had 15 or more years of service on the date of the member’s death.
To apply the provisions of Options 2 and 3, the deceased member shall be deemed to have retired on the date of the member’s death immediately after having named the survivor beneficiary as beneficiary pursuant to the applicable option. This benefit must be computed without any reduction for age for the deceased member. The benefits provided by this subsection must be paid to the survivor beneficiary for the remainder of the life of the survivor beneficiary.
2. If the member had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the monthly allowance to which a survivor beneficiary is entitled pursuant to subsection 1 must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
3. The survivor beneficiary may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.67675; or
(c) NRS 286.6769.
4. The benefits provided by paragraph (a) of subsection 1 may only be paid to the survivor beneficiary and, if applicable, any additional payee of a member who died on or after January 1, 2002.
5. As used in this section, "survivor beneficiary" means a person designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1287; A 2001 Special Session, 99; 2003, 2067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.67685 - Payment to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member if deceased member was eligible to retire.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and as limited by subsection 3, the survivor beneficiary of a deceased member who was fully eligible to retire, both as to service and age, is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to that provided by Option 2 in NRS 286.590. This section does not apply to the survivor beneficiary of a member who was eligible to retire only pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 286.510. For the purposes of applying the provisions of Option 2, the deceased member shall be deemed to have retired on the date of the member’s death immediately after having named the survivor beneficiary as beneficiary pursuant to Option 2. The benefits provided by this section must be paid to the survivor beneficiary for the remainder of the life of the survivor beneficiary. The survivor beneficiary may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.67675;
(c) NRS 286.6768; or
(d) NRS 286.6769.
2. If the member had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the monthly allowance to which a survivor beneficiary is entitled pursuant to subsection 1 must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
3. The benefits provided by this section may only be paid to the survivor beneficiary and, if applicable, any additional payee of a member who died on or after January 1, 2002.
4. As used in this section, "survivor beneficiary" means a person designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1288; A 2003, 2067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6769 - Payment in lump sum to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by member; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any survivor beneficiary eligible for payments pursuant to the provisions of NRS 286.67675 or 286.6768 may elect to waive payment of a monthly allowance and to receive instead in a lump sum a refund of all contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund or the Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund made by a deceased member plus any contributions made by a public employer in lieu of the employee’s contributions, but if more than one person is eligible for benefits on account of the contributions of any one deceased member, no such lump-sum payment may be made.
2. If the member had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the lump sum to which a survivor beneficiary is entitled pursuant to subsection 1 must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
3. As used in this section, "survivor beneficiary" means a person designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1288; A 2003, 2068)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.67695 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of member killed in line of duty or course of employment on or after July 1, 2013.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the survivor beneficiary of a member who is a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2013, or the survivor beneficiary of any other member killed in the course of employment on or after July 1, 2013, is entitled to receive a monthly allowance equivalent to the greater of:
(a) Fifty percent of the salary of the member on the date of the member’s death; or
(b) One hundred percent of the retirement allowance that the member was eligible to receive based on the member’s years of service obtained before the member’s death without any reduction for age for the deceased member.
2. If the member had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.6767, the monthly allowance to which a survivor beneficiary is entitled pursuant to subsection 1 must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payees in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
3. The benefits provided by this section must be paid to the survivor beneficiary for the remainder of the survivor beneficiary’s life.
4. The survivor beneficiary may elect to receive the benefits provided by any one of the following only:
(a) This section;
(b) NRS 286.67675;
(c) NRS 286.6768;
(d) NRS 286.67685; or
(e) NRS 286.6769.
5. For the purposes of this section, the Board shall define by regulation "killed in the line of duty" and "killed in the course of employment."
6. As used in this section, "survivor beneficiary" means a person designated pursuant to NRS 286.6767.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2724)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.677 - Payment to dependent parents; conditions.

If payments or refunds are not made pursuant to the provisions of NRS 286.673, 286.674, 286.676, 286.67675 or 286.6768, the dependent parent of a deceased member is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $400 per month, and if there are two dependent parents, each is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $400 per month. Payments to any parent pursuant to this section must cease upon the death of that parent.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 985; A 1975, 1060; 1989, 1028; 1995, 255; 1999, 2623; 2001, 1291)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6775 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.

The amount of each monthly allowance paid since May 19, 1977, as specified in NRS 286.673 to 286.677, inclusive, shall not exceed the deceased member’s average compensation and shall be reduced by the amount of any other benefit received from any source:
1. If that benefit was provided or purchased by the expenditure of money by a public employer in this state, except for lump-sum payments under a group insurance program; and
2. To the extent that the total of the allowance and the other benefit would otherwise exceed the deceased member’s average compensation.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1573; A 1979, 758; 2001, 1291)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.679 - Disposition of surplus of contributions if payments to beneficiary cease.

1. If payments to a beneficiary pursuant to NRS 286.671 to 286.679, inclusive, cease before the total contributions of a deceased member have been paid in benefits, and there is no person entitled to receive such benefits pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the surplus of such contributions over the benefits actually received may be paid in a lump sum to:
(a) The beneficiary whom the deceased member designated for this purpose in writing on a form approved by the System.
(b) If no such designation was made or the person designated is deceased, the beneficiary who previously received the payments.
(c) If no payment may be made pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b), the persons entitled as heirs or residuary legatees to the estate of the deceased member.
2. A lump-sum payment made pursuant to this section fully discharges the obligations of the System.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 985; A 1983, 489; 1995, 255; 2001, 1291; 2015, 2731)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement › NRS 286.6793 - Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System.

1. The retirement allowance for a member who:
(a) Ceased being an active member before July 1, 1989, vested on the date that the employee completed 10 years of accredited contributing service; and
(b) Is active on or after July 1, 1989, becomes vested on the date that the employee completes 5 years of accredited contributing service.
2. Benefits for survivors offered pursuant to this chapter become vested on the date that the employee completes 10 years of accredited contributing service or becomes entitled to begin receiving benefits or on the date of the member’s death, whichever event occurs first.
3. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the amendatory act, any change in the provisions of this chapter is retroactive for all service of any member before the date of vesting, but no change may impair any vested allowance or benefit.
4. Upon the termination or partial termination of the System:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), all accrued benefits that are funded become 100 percent vested and nonforfeitable.
(b) A member who receives the member’s vested accrued benefits in a complete cash distribution before the termination is not entitled to the vesting of any benefits which have been forfeited.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 744; A 1975, 1060; 1977, 1595; 1979, 261; 1981, 457; 1989, 1028; 1991, 2369; 2001, 1291)