N.M. Stat. § 10-11-26.2

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 10-11-26.2 - State general member coverage plan 3; age and service credit requirements for normal retirement
A. Under state general member coverage plan 3:
(1) for a member who on or before June 30, 2013 was a peace officer and for a member who is not a peace officer but was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service credit requirements for normal retirement are:
(a) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit;
(b) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of service credit;
(c) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of service credit;
(d) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of service credit;
(e) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of service credit;
(f) age sixty years and twenty or more years of service credit; or
(g) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit;
(2) for a member who is not a peace officer and was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:
(a) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit; or
(b) any age if the member has five or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least eighty-five;
(3) for a member who on or after July 1, 2013 becomes a peace officer and who was not a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:
(a) age sixty years or older and five or more years of service credit; or
(b) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit; and
(4) for a member who on or after January 1, 2023 becomes a public regulation commission commissioner, who was not a retired member or a member prior to January 1, 2023 and whose service credit is limited to service as a commissioner, the age and service requirement for normal retirement is age sixty-five years or older and six or more years of service credit.
B. As used in this section, "peace officer" means any employee of the state with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for crime, whether that duty extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes, and who is not specifically covered by another coverage plan.

NMS § 10-11-26.2

Laws 1994, ch. 128, § 3; 2009, ch. 288, § 6; 2013, ch. 225, § 10.
Amended by 2020, c. 9,s. 24, eff. upon certification of an amendment of the New Mexico constitution (2019 S.J.R. 1) providing that the Public Regulation Commission consist of three members appointed by the Governor. Certified eff. 1/1/2023.
Amended by 2020, c. 11,s. 4, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2013, c. 225,s. 10, eff. 7/1/2013.