AB422

Federal law establishes the Civil Air Patrol as a federally chartered nonprofit 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 emergency 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 leave is authorized to be treated as unpaid leave by an employer. Section 1 also requires the employee requesting the leave to provide to