Koontz v. State

*420OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

NRS 284.350(4) recites: “No elected state officer shall be paid for accumulated annual leave upon termination of his service.”

John Koontz, former Secretary of State, upon first determining to resign from office after many years of highly respectable service to the State of Nevada in that position, followed the established practice of accepting the equivalent of 30 days pay instead of leaving the office 30 days before his effective retirement date. Return of the sum was demanded by the comptroller who referred to NRS 284.350(4). In response, Koontz seeks to have…