2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 11A - Volunteer Firefighters Retirement
Section 10-11A-5 - Retirement benefits; eligibility.
10-11A-5. Retirement benefits; eligibility.
A. Any member who attains the age of fifty-five years and has twenty-five years or more of service credit shall be eligible to receive a retirement annuity of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.
B. Any member who attains the age of fifty-five years and has at least ten but less than twenty-five years or more of service credit shall be eligible to receive a retirement annuity of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.
C. Any member who ceases to be a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter after completing at least ten but less than twenty-five years of service credit is eligible to receive upon attaining the age of fifty-five years a retirement annuity of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.
D. Any member who ceases to be a volunteer nonsalaried firefighter after completing twenty-five years of service credit is eligible to receive upon attaining the age of fifty-five years a retirement annuity of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), payable monthly from the fund during the remainder of the member's life.
E. Any member who qualifies for and receives a retirement annuity pursuant to this section may continue as an active member on the rolls of a fire department. However, such member shall not accrue additional service credit for the purpose of increasing the amount of the member's retirement annuity.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 263, 5; 2009, ch. 262, 3; 2013, ch. 79, 1.