1. The following employees of public employers shall participate in the System:
(a) Those employed on or after July 1, 1977, in positions considered to be half-time or more according to the full-time work schedule established for that public employer.
(b) Elected officials or persons appointed to elective positions who are elected or appointed after July 1, 1975, except where excluded by NRS 286.297 and except justices of the peace and municipal judges who are allowed and who elect to participate in the Judicial Retirement Plan pursuant to NRS 1A.285.
(c) A member whose allowance is vested or who is contributing immediately before a legislative session who is employed on or after January 1, 1981, by either house of the Legislature or by the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
(d) A member of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
2. The Board shall establish standards for determining what constitutes a full-time work schedule pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1038; A 1977, 1580; 1981, 448; 1999, 2616; 2005, 1000)