2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement
NRS 286.535 - Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of compensation used to determine the retirement benefit of a member of the System must not exceed:
1. For persons who first became members of the System before July 1, 1996, the limitation provided by section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 401(a)(17)), as that section existed on July 1, 1993.
2. For persons who first became members of the System on or after July 1, 1996, and before July 1, 2015, the limitation provided by section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 401(a)(17)), as that section existed on July 1, 1996.
3. For persons who first became members of the System on or after July 1, 2015, the lesser of:
(a) The limitation provided by section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 401(a)(17)), as that section existed on July 1, 2015; or
(b) Two hundred thousand dollars. The limitation set forth in this paragraph must be adjusted by the Board every year by an amount equal to the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (All Items) for the immediately preceding 3-year period.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2355; A 1995, 252; 2015, 2727)
