State Employees Ass'n v. State ex rel. Its Employment Security Department

*623OPINION

In this case, we are required to interpret NRS 286.3007 and particularly subsection 3 of that statute, which states that “[i]f a state agency is required to reduce the number of its employees, it shall purchase credit for service pursuant to NRS 286.300 for any member who” qualifies in ways enumerated in the statute. The statute in question is set out in the margin.1

The State of Nevada Employees Association, Inc. (SNEA), together with a number of state employees, brought an action against the state claiming that the term “any member” as used in subsection 3 “clearly” obliges the state…