The Board:
1. Has the powers and privileges of a body corporate and, subject to the limitations of this chapter, is responsible for managing the System.
2. Shall:
(a) Arrange for a biennial actuarial valuation and report of the actuarial soundness of the System to be prepared by an independent actuary based upon data compiled and supplied by employees of the System, and shall adopt actuarial tables and formulas prepared and recommended by the actuary.
(b) Provide for a biennial audit of the System, including the Administrative Fund, by an independent certified public accountant. The independent certified public accountant performing the audit of the System must be selected by a process for open bidding or requests for proposals that is conducted not less than once every 4 years. The Board shall not consider any bid or proposal submitted by a person who was selected to provide the audit of the System in the immediately preceding cycle of selection.
(c) Provide an annual report to the Governor, each member of the Legislature, each participating public employer, and each participating employee and employer association, and make the report available to all members upon request. The report must contain, when available, a review of the actuarial valuation required by paragraph (a).
(d) Post on its website any document that a public employer is required to submit to the System on or after January 1, 2010, relating to the contribution mechanism used by the public employer pursuant to NRS 286.410, 286.421 or 286.450.
3. May:
(a) Adjust the service or correct the records, allowance or benefits of any member, retired employee or beneficiary after an error or inequity has been determined, and require repayment of any money determined to have been paid by the System in error, if the money was paid within 6 years before demand for its repayment.
(b) Examine and copy personnel and financial records of public employers.
(c) Receive requests for membership from state, county or municipal entities which are not presently public employers, and determine whether or not any such entity and its employees qualify for membership as provided by this chapter.
(d) Require an annual notarized statement from a retired employee or beneficiary that the retired employee or beneficiary is in fact receiving an allowance or benefits, and withhold the allowance or benefits if the retired employee or beneficiary fails to provide the statement.
4. As used in this section, "error or inequity" means the existence of extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a member’s reasonable and detrimental reliance on representations made by the System or by the public employer pursuant to NRS 286.288 which prove to be erroneous, or the mental incapacity of the member.
[Part 4:181:1947; A 1949, 174; 1955, 23]—(NRS A 1975, 1032; 1977, 1577; 1979, 747; 1981, 446; 1989, 1557; 2009, 2347; 2015, 245)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement
NRS 286.015 - Declaration of state policy; purpose of chapter.
NRS 286.017 - "Actuarial computation" defined.
NRS 286.020 - "Board" defined.
NRS 286.025 - "Compensation" defined.
NRS 286.031 - "Disability retirement allowance" defined.
NRS 286.040 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 286.042 - "Firefighter" defined.
NRS 286.045 - "Independent contractor" defined.
NRS 286.050 - "Member" defined.
NRS 286.061 - "Police officer" defined.
NRS 286.065 - "Postretirement increase" defined.
NRS 286.070 - "Public employer" defined.
NRS 286.078 - "Service" defined.
NRS 286.080 - "Service retirement allowance" defined.
NRS 286.100 - "System" defined.
NRS 286.117 - Limitations on review and copying of certain records; waiver.
NRS 286.130 - Qualifications of members of Board; terms.
NRS 286.150 - Monthly meetings of Board; certain closed meetings; designation and term of Chair.
NRS 286.170 - Administration of System; compensation and removal of employees.
NRS 286.180 - Compensation and expenses of members of Board.
NRS 286.190 - General powers and duties of Board.
NRS 286.200 - Rules and regulations of Board: Procedure for adoption; conditions.
NRS 286.211 - Duties of Board: Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund.
NRS 286.220 - Public Employees’ Retirement Fund.
NRS 286.225 - Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund.
NRS 286.227 - Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Fund Advisory Committee.
NRS 286.230 - Public Employees’ Retirement Administrative Fund.
NRS 286.260 - Individual accounts of members; liability of Board upon return of contributions.
NRS 286.287 - Board to consider investments: Meetings; duties.
NRS 286.290 - Conditions for membership in System.
NRS 286.293 - Persons required to participate in System.
NRS 286.297 - Persons excluded from membership in System.
NRS 286.3005 - Purchase of credit for service: Public employer may purchase credit for member.
NRS 286.3007 - Purchase by state agency of credit for service: Conditions.
NRS 286.301 - Credit for free prior service.
NRS 286.303 - Free credit for military service.
NRS 286.365 - Eligibility of civilian employees of Nevada National Guard for membership in System.
NRS 286.370 - Procedure for integration of previously established retirement systems.
NRS 286.401 - Termination of membership; rights of retired employee.
NRS 286.425 - Election by employee to have employer pay contributions.
NRS 286.430 - Withdrawal of contributions.
NRS 286.435 - Repayment upon retroactive reinstatement.
NRS 286.440 - Redeposit of withdrawn contributions upon return to service: Procedure.
NRS 286.450 - Rate of contributions by public employer.
NRS 286.460 - Remittance of contributions by public employers.
NRS 286.462 - Complaint to Department of Taxation required concerning delinquent report or payment.
NRS 286.477 - Credit for part-time employment; loss of credit.
NRS 286.479 - Service credit for military service in Persian Gulf Crisis.
NRS 286.481 - Service ineligible for credit.
NRS 286.486 - Service credited in another system ineligible; exception.
NRS 286.495 - Computation of credit for service: Generally.
NRS 286.505 - Conversion of credit for service; time for crediting service.
NRS 286.520 - Employment of retired employee: Consequences; notice; exemptions.
NRS 286.533 - Limitation on distributions to members of System.
NRS 286.534 - Actuarial assumptions used in computing benefits: Availability; changes prohibited.
NRS 286.535 - Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit.
NRS 286.537 - Limitations on benefits and contributions.
NRS 286.539 - Prohibition against applying forfeitures to increase benefits.
NRS 286.545 - Consent of spouse to retirement plan of member.
NRS 286.551 - Determination of monthly service retirement allowance.
NRS 286.575 - Postretirement increases: Payment; effect on monthly benefit.
NRS 286.578 - Postretirement increases: Increases payable July 1, 1979, and July 1, 1980.
NRS 286.5785 - Postretirement increases: Increases payable July 1, 1981, and July 1, 1982.
NRS 286.590 - Alternatives to unmodified service retirement allowance.
NRS 286.612 - Charges for deferred protection: Termination; adjustments of allowances or benefits.
NRS 286.634 - Disability retirement allowance: Effective date of retirement.
NRS 286.638 - Disability retirement allowance: Reporting to Internal Revenue Service.
NRS 286.640 - Disability retirement allowance: Cancellation.
NRS 286.650 - Disability retirement allowance: Consequences of employment of recipient.
NRS 286.655 - Payments for rehabilitation in lieu of disability retirement allowance.
NRS 286.673 - Payments to child of deceased member.
NRS 286.674 - Payments to spouse of deceased member.
NRS 286.6765 - Payments to spouse if deceased member was eligible to retire.
NRS 286.6766 - Payment in lump sum to spouse; exception.
NRS 286.6767 - Designation of survivor beneficiary and additional payees by member.
NRS 286.677 - Payment to dependent parents; conditions.
NRS 286.6775 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.
NRS 286.679 - Disposition of surplus of contributions if payments to beneficiary cease.
NRS 286.6793 - Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System.
NRS 286.682 - Authorized investments: "Prudent person" standard.
NRS 286.703 - "Active business operations" defined.
NRS 286.705 - "Business operations" defined.
NRS 286.707 - "Company" defined.
NRS 286.709 - "Direct holdings" defined.
NRS 286.711 - "Inactive business operations" defined.
NRS 286.715 - "Petroleum resources" defined.
NRS 286.717 - "Scrutinized business operations" defined.
NRS 286.719 - "Scrutinized company" defined.
NRS 286.721 - Board to identify, review and create list of investments in scrutinized companies.
NRS 286.723 - Board to prepare report of investments in scrutinized companies.
NRS 286.725 - Inapplicability to certain investments.
NRS 286.737 - "Boycott of Israel" defined.
NRS 286.739 - "Company" defined.
NRS 286.741 - "Direct holdings" defined.
NRS 286.743 - "Public fund" defined.
NRS 286.745 - "Scrutinized company" defined.
NRS 286.747 - Board to identify, review and create list of investments in scrutinized companies.
NRS 286.749 - Board to prepare report of investments in scrutinized companies.
NRS 286.808 - Contributions; payment by Board of Regents on behalf of participant.
NRS 286.810 - Designation of investment entities; approval of contracts.
NRS 286.812 - Administration of program.
NRS 286.814 - Participants ineligible for membership in Public Employees’ Retirement System.
NRS 286.816 - Benefits payable only by designated investment entities.
NRS 286.820 - False statement or certification; withholding of information.