2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 11 - Retirement of Public Officers and Employees Generally
Section 10-11-27 - State police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1; applicability; credited service.
A. State police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1 is applicable to state police members who are not specifically covered by another coverage plan and to adult correctional officer members.
B. The credited service of a state police member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013 and who has held the permanent rank of patrolman, sergeant, lieutenant or captain and does not hold an exempt rank or who is assigned to the aircraft division as a pilot, or of an adult correctional officer member, shall have actual credited service increased by twenty percent for the purposes of state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1.
C. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the credited service of a member covered under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1 shall be credited as provided in Section 10-11-4 NMSA 1978.
D. State police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1 is applicable to adult correctional officer members in the first full pay period after July 1, 2004 if the retirement board certifies to the secretary of state that, of those adult correctional officer members to be covered under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1, a majority of the members voting have voted to approve adoption of that plan at an election conducted pursuant to Laws 2003, Chapter 268, Section 16.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 253, § 27; 2003, ch. 268, § 9; 2003, ch. 269, § 1; 2013, ch. 225, § 14.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, Chapter 253 repealed former 10-11-27 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 263, § 1, relating to elective option coverages, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1987.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, clarified how service credit under plan 1 will be calculated; in the title, added "credited service"; in Paragraph B, after "state police member", added "who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013 and"; and added Subsection C.
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.
The 2003 amendment, — effective July 1, 2003, inserted "lieutenant or captain" following "rank of patrolman, sergeant," near the middle.
