1. Any public officer or employee of the State or any agency thereof, or of a political subdivision or an agency of a political subdivision, who is an emergency communications technician must be relieved from the officers or employees duties, upon the request of the Office of Emergency Management within the Office of the Governor or a local organization for emergency management and the approval of the employer of the officer or employee, to assist the Office of Emergency Management or local organization for emergency management during a disaster or emergency that occurs in this state, California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah or Arizona, without loss of the officers or employees regular compensation for a period of not more than 15 working days in any calendar year. No such absence may be a part of the annual vacation of the public officer or employee which is provided for by law. 2. As used in this section: (a) Disaster has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0335 . (b) Emergency has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0345 . (c) Emergency communications technician means a person who is: (1) Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as an amateur radio operator; and (2) A member of: (I) The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service or a successor organization sponsored by the agency of the Federal Government for emergency management; or (II) The Amateur Radio Emergency Service or a successor organization sponsored by the American Radio Relay League or its successor. (d) Local organization for emergency management has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.036 .
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