2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 11 - Retirement of Public Officers and Employees Generally
Section 10-11-115.2 - Municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1; age and service requirements for normal retirement; calculation of credited service.

A. Under municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1, for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service;

(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service.

B. For a member who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age sixty years or older and six or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.

C. For the purposes of determining retirement eligibility and the amount of pension, the credited service of a municipal detention officer member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013 shall be increased by twenty percent for the purposes of municipal detention officer member coverage plan 1.

D. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, the credited service of a municipal detention officer member shall be credited as provided under Section 10-11-4 NMSA 1978.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 268, § 3; 2013, ch. 225, § 87.

The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, increased the age and service requirements for normal retirement of members who retire after June 30, 2013; in Subsection A, in the introductory sentence, after "member coverage plan 1", added "for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013"; added Subsection B; deleted a remnant of former Subsection B, which provided that "In calculating credited service", in Subsection C, after "detention officer member", added "who was a retired member or member on June 30, 2013" and after "June 30, 2013 shall", deleted "have actual credited service" and added "be"; and added Subsection D.

Severability. — Laws 2013, ch. 225, § 93 provided that if any part or application of Laws 2013, ch. 225 is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.