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NRS 280.040 “City” defined. “City” means an incorporated city in this state. (Added to NRS by 1973, 915; A 1987, 1719)

NRS 280.045 “Committee” defined. “Committee” means a metropolitan police committee on fiscal affairs. (Added to NRS by 1981, 635)

NRS 280.050 “Department” defined. “Department” means a metropolitan police department created under the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1973, 915)

NRS 280.060 “Department fund” defined. “Department fund” means any fund created in a county treasury under the provisions of NRS 280.220. (Added to NRS by 1973, 915; A 1981, 635)

NRS 280.065 “Investigative function” defined. “Investigative function” means those units within the department whose primary responsibility is to investigate cases to apprehend and convict criminals. (Added to NRS by 1981, 635)

NRS 280.080 “Political subdivision” defined. “Political subdivision” means a county in this state or an incorporated city or town within such county. (Added to NRS by 1973, 916)

NRS 280.085 “Rural program of resident officers” defined. “Rural program of resident officers” means a law enforcement program which provides police protection to a rural area as defined by a metropolitan police department, approved by the governing body of each participating pol…

NRS 280.087 “Taxing district” defined. “Taxing district” means a district created pursuant to NRS 280.262. (Added to NRS by 2003, 433)

NRS 280.095 “Uniformed function in the field” defined. “Uniformed function in the field” means those operating units within the department whose primary responsibilities are to protect the public safety, respond in the first instance to disturbances and calls for service and enfo…

NRS 280.105 Exclusive method for merging law enforcement agency of county whose population is 100,000 or more with city law enforcement agencies. No county whose population is 100,000 or more may merge its law enforcement agency with the law enforcement agency of any of the citie…

NRS 280.110 Merger of county and city law enforcement agencies into metropolitan police department. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county and the governing body of any city or cities located in the county may merge their respective law enforcement agencies into one m…

NRS 280.120 Participating law enforcement agencies superseded upon merger; operation as metropolitan police department. Upon merger: 1. The law enforcement agencies of each participating political subdivision, which are designated in the merger, shall be deemed superseded as long…

NRS 280.121 Officers; retention of rank. 1. The chief law enforcement officer, and except as limited or otherwise provided in this chapter the chief administrative officer, in a department is the sheriff of the county in which a department is located. Except as otherwise specific…

NRS 280.123 Transfer of employees of participating political subdivisions; retention of rank, grade and benefits; duties. 1. Employees of the respective law enforcement agencies of the participating political subdivisions, who are so employed at the time of merger, may obtain emp…

NRS 280.125 Establishment and administration of units of specialized law enforcement by participating political subdivisions; jurisdiction and authority. 1. The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit a participating political subdivision from establishing and administering th…

NRS 280.126 Question of withdrawal or dissolution to be submitted to voters; notice of intent to withdraw; effective date of withdrawal or dissolution; voiding of ordinances providing for merger. 1. If a participating political subdivision in a department that consists of three o…

NRS 280.127 Transfer of employees upon withdrawal: Determination by committee; retention of comparable rank and grade, pay and benefits; duties and responsibilities. 1. Upon the withdrawal of a participating political subdivision from the department, the committee, in cooperation…

NRS 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 depar…

NRS 280.129 Certain contracts, franchises and agreements subject to rescission upon withdrawal or dissolution; valid claims not diminished or altered by dissolution. 1. Any contract, franchise or other agreement into which a department enters after merger for goods or services is…

NRS 280.130 Composition; compensation; chair. 1. The committee consists of two representatives from each participating political subdivision. 2. Representatives of the participating political subdivisions are not entitled to receive any additional compensation or be reimbursed by…

NRS 280.150 Quorum; voting. 1. A majority of the committee is a quorum for the transaction of business if it includes at least one representative from each participating political subdivision. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when a vote of the committee is requir…

NRS 280.160 Oaths and affirmations. Members of the committee may administer all oaths or affirmations necessary in discharging the duties of their office. (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1981, 637)

NRS 280.170 Secretary and clerical personnel. The committee shall employ a clerk and may employ other clerical personnel necessary to the discharge of its duties. The clerk is secretary for the committee. (Added to NRS by 1973, 917; A 1975, 1283; 1977, 365; 1981, 637)

NRS 280.180 Meetings; notice. 1. The committee shall meet at least once each quarter on a regularly scheduled day and may meet more often upon the call of the chair, either on the chair’s own motion or at the request of any two members of the committee. 2. The clerk of the commit…

NRS 280.190 Budget and plan for apportionment of expense: Preparation; approval; arbitration. 1. The committee shall: (a) Direct the department to prepare and shall approve an annual operating budget for the department. (b) Submit the budget to the governing bodies of the partici…

NRS 280.201 Plan for apportionment of expenses: Exclusions; formula for apportionment; tax ad valorem; statistics and records. [Effective through June 30, 2027, and after June 30, 2057.] 1. The funding apportionment plan must exclude the cost of: (a) Operating and maintaining a c…

NRS 280.220 Duties of county auditor or county comptroller upon merger, withdrawal or dissolution. 1. Upon merger, the county auditor or county comptroller of a county which has a department shall: (a) Create in the county treasury one or more funds and accounts within those fund…

NRS 280.230 Examination and audit of accounts. The committee may examine and audit the accounts of all officers responsible for the care, management, collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the department or appropriated by law or otherwise, for its use and benefit. …

NRS 280.240 Allowance of accounts. The committee shall examine, settle and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the department. (Added to NRS by 1973, 918; A 1981, 641)

NRS 280.250 Approval and payment of claims. 1. Every demand against a department, except a demand for the sheriff’s salary, a contested claim or demand or a demand required by the committee to be submitted to it, after the demand is approved and signed by the sheriff or a designe…

NRS 280.260 Issuance of warrants. 1. If the county auditor or comptroller refuses to allow the payment of any demand, the demand must be presented to the committee with the refusal of the county auditor or comptroller endorsed thereupon and his or her reasons for the refusal. 2. …

NRS 280.262 Taxing district: Creation; restriction on use; restriction on alteration or abolishment of boundary. 1. In each county in which a metropolitan police department is established, there is hereby created a taxing district consisting of: (a) The area within the boundaries…

NRS 280.264 Issuance of general obligations to finance capital improvements; levy of tax on property within taxing district; proportionality of obligations for purposes of debt limitation; liability for indebtedness upon withdrawal or dissolution. 1. The committee may, with the c…

NRS 280.2645 Taxing district: Levy of tax to employ additional police officers; rate of assessed valuation; collection; use of proceeds. [Effective July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2057.] 1. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2027, and ending before July 1, 2057, th…

NRS 280.265 Taxing district: Proposal to voters of question to levy additional ad valorem tax to employ additional police officers. 1. The committee may, with the consent of the governing body of each participating political subdivision and the debt management commission in the p…

NRS 280.2655 Imposition of additional ad valorem tax approved by voters to employ additional police officers; rate; collection; use of proceeds. If the voters of the taxing district approve the levy of an additional ad valorem tax pursuant to NRS 280.265: 1. The board of county c…

NRS 280.266 Issuance of medium-term obligation or entry into lease-purchase agreement to acquire capital equipment; liability for indebtedness upon withdrawal or dissolution. 1. Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 350.087, the committee may issue a medium-term oblig…

NRS 280.270 Payment of premiums for industrial insurance. The county auditor or comptroller of a county in which a department is located shall comply with the provisions of NRS 616B.224 on behalf of the department. (Added to NRS by 1973, 919; A 1999, 1734) ADMINISTRATION AND POWE…

NRS 280.280 Transfer of powers and duties to department; contracts; suits; insurance. 1. Upon the formation of a department, every power and duty conferred or imposed by law upon a county sheriff which relates to law enforcement, and upon a chief of police or police department of…

NRS 280.284 Contract for operation or maintenance of jail. A department may enter into a contract with a county or any participating city for the operation or maintenance, or both, by the department with its own employees of a jail established by the other contracting party. (Add…

NRS 280.287 Contract for provision and supervision of police services in public schools and charter schools; qualifications and training for officers assigned to school police unit. 1. The department may enter into a contract with the board of trustees of the school district loca…

NRS 280.305 Pension or insurance for disability. 1. The committee may establish, by contract or otherwise, and administer a disability pension plan or disability insurance program for the benefit of any police officer of the department who is disabled, to any degree, by an injury…

NRS 280.307 Sheriff of county authorized to adopt administrative policies, procedures, rules and regulations without approval of board or committee; limitation. The sheriff of the county in which a department is located may adopt such policies, procedures, rules and regulations f…

NRS 280.310 Civil service system: Applicability; civil service board; oaths; subpoenas; regulations; personnel officer; representation of employee before board. 1. Each department shall have a system of civil service, applicable to and governing all employees of the department ex…

NRS 280.320 Applicability of Government Employee-Management Relations Act and Public Employees’ Retirement Act; representation in negotiations. 1. A department is a local government employer for the purpose of the Government Employee-Management Relations Act and a public employer…

NRS 280.330 Department to succeed to rights of participating political subdivisions; pending claims and actions unaffected. 1. All bonds, contracts, franchises and agreements to which the participating political subdivisions are parties and which relate to law enforcement activit…