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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 422– Assemblymembers
Yeager; and Kasama
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AN ACT relating to the Civil Air Patrol; revising provisions relating
to the employment of a member of the Civil Air Patrol; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Federal law establishes the Civil Air Patrol as a federally chartered nonprofi t
corporation and the volunteer civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force. (10
U.S.C. §§ 9491, 9492, 36 U.S.C. §§ 40301 et seq.) Existing law establishes various
duties of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, including to carry out crash,
rescue and emergency operations, support federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies in homeland defense and narcotics interdiction missions and provide
related organization and training. (NRS 413.010) Section 1 of this bill provides that
an employee who is a volunteer member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol
is entitled to a leave of absence from his or her employment without loss of
position, seniority, accrued leave or benefits on days during which the employee is:
(1) engaged in training for e mergency missions with the Civil Air Patrol, not to
exceed 10 workdays during each federal fiscal year; and (2) responding to an
emergency mission with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 30 workdays during
each federal fiscal year. Section 1 defines “emergency mission” to include search
and rescue and disaster response activities. Section 1 prohibits an employer from
requiring an employee to exhaust any other leave to which the employee is entitled
before such leaves of absence and any such l eave is authorized to be treated as
unpaid leave by an employer. Section 1 also requires the employee requesting the
leave to provide to his or her employer certain certifications and verifications
relating to the employee’s service with the Civil Air Patr ol. Section 1 authorizes an
employee who is aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of section 1 to bring a
civil action to seek damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and benefits and
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
Existing law requires an employee to disclose to his or her employer if he or
she wishes to join a volunteer search and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s
department or a Civil Air Patrol unit . Existing law also authorizes an employer to
prohibit the employee from participat ing in search and rescue activities during
normal working hours. (NRS 414.250) Section 2 of this bill eliminates the
authority of an employer to prohibit an employee who is entitled to a leave of
absence pursuant to section 1 from participating in activities related to the
employee’s membership in a Civil Air Patrol unit for which such leave is
authorized.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 413 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. An employee who is a volunteer member of the Nevada
Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is entitled to a leave of absence from
his or her employment without loss of position, seniority, accrued
leave or benefits on all days during which the employee is:
(a) Engaged in training for emergency missions with the Civil
Air Patrol, not to exceed 10 workdays during each federal fiscal
year; or
(b) Responding to an emergency mission as a Civil Air Patrol
volunteer, not to exce ed 30 workdays during each federal fiscal
year.
2. An employee requesting leave pursuant to this section shall
provide to his or her employer:
(a) Certification that the employee has been authorized by the
United States Air Force, the Governor or a poli tical subdivision of
this State to respond to or train for an emergency mission; and
(b) Verification from the Civil Air Patrol of the emergency
need of the volunteer service of the employee.
3. An employer may treat a leave of absence pursuant to this
section as unpaid leave. An employer shall not require an
employee to exhaust any other leave to which the employee is
entitled before such a leave of absence pursuant to this section.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an employer
from providing paid leave during such leaves of absence.
4. Any employee aggrieved by a violation of this section may
bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against
any person who commits the violation to seek any or all of the
following relief:
(a) Damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and
benefits; and
(b) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
5. As used in this section, “emergency mission” includes,
without limitation, search and rescue and disaster response
activities.
Sec. 2. NRS 414.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:
414.250 1. An employee who wishes to join a volunteer
search and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s department or join a
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Civil Air Patrol unit as a volunteer memb er shall disclose that fact
to his or her employer.
2. [If] Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act, if
the employer chooses not to allow the employee to participate in
[search and rescue] the activities of such a reserve unit or Civil Air
Patrol unit during his or her normal working hours, the employer
shall notify the employee as soon as practicable after the disclosure
is made pursuant to subsection 1.
3. An applicant for employment who is a member of a search
and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s department or a Civil Air
Patrol unit shall disclose that fact to his or her prospective employer.
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