2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees
Article 11 - Retirement of Public Officers and Employees Generally
Section 10-11-38.2 - Juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2; age and service credit requirements for normal retirement.
Under juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2:
A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service credit requirements for normal retirement are:
(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit;
(2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of service credit;
(3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of service credit;
(4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of service credit;
(5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of service credit;
(6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of service credit; and
(7) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit; and
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 five or more years of service credit; or
(2) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 128, § 10; 2013, ch. 225, § 26; 2020, ch. 11, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, changed the service credit requirement for certain retirees; and in Subsection B, Paragraph B(1), after "older and", deleted "six" and added "five".
Temporary provisions. — Laws 2020, ch. 11, § 64 provided that on or before May 1, 2021, the retirement board shall conduct an election to submit to juvenile correctional officer members currently contributing under juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 the question of adopting state police member, correctional officer member and probation and parole officer member coverage plan 1. The election shall be conducted in accordance with procedures adopted by the retirement board, and the retirement board shall certify the results of the election to the secretary of state on or before July 1, 2021.
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, increased the age and service requirements for normal retirement under member coverage plan 2 for juvenile correctional officers who were not retired or were members on June 30, 2013; at the beginning of the title, deleted "State hazardous duty" and added "Juvenile correctional officer"; at the beginning of the introductory sentence, after "Under", deleted "state hazardous duty" and added "juvenile correctional officer"; in Subsection A, in the introductory sentence, at the beginning of the sentence, added "for a member who was retired or a member on June 30, 2013"; and added Subsection B.
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.
