SB0027

SENATE BILL 27

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz and Luciano "Lucky" Varela

ENDORSED BY THE INVESTMENTS AND PENSIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO PENSIONS; AMENDING THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT; REDUCING THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALL RETIREES; DELAYING THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN FUTURE RETIREES; SUSPENDING THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN RETURN-TO-WORK RETIREES; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS; CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THAT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYERS WILL NOT PAY ANY PORTION OF THE ONE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013 WITHOUT PASSING A RESOLUTION OR EXECUTING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT; PROVIDING THAT MUNICIPALITIES MAY BY SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION OR AGREEMENT ELECT TO PAY A PORTION OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION INCREASES THAT MAY OCCUR AFTER JULY 1, 2013; CLARIFYING HOW SERVICE CREDIT EARNED UNDER MULTIPLE COVERAGE PLANS WILL BE CALCULATED; CHANGING THE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS INITIALLY EMPLOYED AFTER JUNE 30, 2013 BY REDUCING THE MULTIPLIER AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF YEARS USED TO CALCULATE THE FINAL AVERAGE SALARY, INCREASING THE VESTING PERIOD, INCREASING AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT AND INCREASING THE MAXIMUM PENSION BENEFIT; LIMITING PLAN ENHANCEMENTS; RECONCILING MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO THE SAME SECTION OF LAW IN LAWS 2003; AMENDING, REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1. Section 10-11-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Public Employees Retirement Act:

A. "accumulated member contributions" means the amounts deducted from the salary of a member and credited to the member's individual account, together with interest, if any, credited to that account;

B. "affiliated public employer" means the state and any public employer affiliated with the association as provided in the Public Employees Retirement Act, but does not include an employer pursuant to the Magistrate Retirement Act, the Judicial Retirement Act or the Educational Retirement Act;

C. "association" means the public employees retirement association established under the Public Employees Retirement Act;

D. "disability retired member" means a retired member who is receiving a pension pursuant to the disability retirement provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act;

E. "disability retirement pension" means the pension paid pursuant to the disability retirement provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act;

F. "educational retirement system" means that retirement system provided for in the Educational Retirement Act;

G. "employee" means any employee of an affiliated public employer;

H. "federal social security program" means that program or those programs created and administered pursuant to the act of congress approved August 14, 1935, Chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, as that act may be amended;

I. "final average salary" means the final average salary calculated in accordance with the provisions of the applicable coverage plan;

J. "form of payment" means the applicable form of payment of a pension provided for in Section 10-11-117 NMSA 1978;

K. "former member" means a person who was previously employed by an affiliated public employer, who has terminated that employment and who has received a refund of member contributions;

L. "fund" means the funds included under the Public Employees Retirement Act;

M. "member" means a currently employed, contributing employee of an affiliated public employer, or a person who has been but is not currently employed by an affiliated public employer, who has not retired and who has not received a refund of member contributions; "member" also includes the following:

(1) "adult correctional officer member" means a member who is employed as an adult correctional officer or an adult correctional officer specialist [employed] by a state correctional facility of the corrections department or its successor agency;

[(2) "hazardous duty member" means a member who is a juvenile correctional officer employed by the children, youth and families department or its successor agency;]

(2) "juvenile correctional officer member" means a member who is employed as a juvenile correctional officer by the children, youth and families department or its successor agency;

(3) "municipal detention officer member" means a member who is employed by an affiliated public employer other than the state and who has inmate custodial responsibilities at a facility used for the confinement of persons charged with or convicted of a violation of a law or ordinance;

(4) "municipal fire member" means any member who is employed as a full-time nonvolunteer firefighter by an affiliated public employer and who has taken the oath prescribed for firefighters;

(5) "municipal police member" means any member who is employed as a police officer by an affiliated public employer, other than the state, and who has taken the oath prescribed for police officers; and

(6) "state police member" means any member who is an officer of the New Mexico state police and who has taken the oath prescribed for such officers;

N. "membership" means membership in the association;

O. "pension" means a series of monthly payments to a retired member or survivor beneficiary as provided in the Public Employees Retirement Act;

P. "public employer" means the state, any municipality, city, county, metropolitan arroyo flood control authority, economic development district, regional housing authority, soil and water conservation district, entity created pursuant to a joint powers agreement, council of government, conservancy district, irrigation district, water and sanitation district, water district and metropolitan water board, including the boards, departments, bureaus and agencies of a public employer, so long as these entities fall within the meaning of governmental plan as that term is used in Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

Q. "refund beneficiary" means a person designated by the member, in writing, in the form prescribed by the association, as the person who would be refunded the member's accumulated member contributions payable if the member dies and no survivor pension is payable or who would receive the difference between pension paid and accumulated member contributions if the retired member dies before receiving in pension payments the amount of the accumulated member contributions;

R. "retire" means to:

(1) terminate employment with all employers covered by any state system or the educational retirement system; and

(2) receive a pension from a state system or the educational retirement system;

S. "retired member" means a person who has met all requirements for retirement and who is receiving a pension from the fund;

T. "retirement board" means the retirement board provided for in the Public Employees Retirement Act;

U. "salary" means the base salary or wages paid a member, including longevity pay, for personal services rendered an affiliated public employer. "Salary" shall not include overtime pay, allowances for housing, clothing, equipment or travel, payments for unused sick leave, unless the unused sick leave payment is made through continuation of the member on the regular payroll for the period represented by that payment, and any other form of remuneration not specifically designated by law as included in salary for Public Employees Retirement Act purposes. Salary in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 401(a) (17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be disregarded. The limitation on compensation for eligible employees shall not be less than the amount that was allowed to be taken into account under the state retirement system acts in effect on July 1, 1993. For purposes of this subsection, "eligible employee" means an individual who was a member of a state system before the first plan year beginning after December 31, 1995;

V. "state system" means the retirement programs provided for in the Public Employees Retirement Act, the Magistrate Retirement Act and the Judicial Retirement Act;

W. "state retirement system acts" means collectively the Public Employees Retirement Act, the Magistrate Retirement Act, the Judicial Retirement Act and the Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act; and

X. "survivor beneficiary" means a person who receives a pension or who has been designated to be paid a pension as a result of the death of a member or retired member."

SECTION 2. Section 10-11-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-4. SERVICE CREDIT--REQUIREMENTS FOR--FORFEITURE-- REINSTATEMENT.--

A. Personal service rendered an affiliated public employer by a member shall be credited to the member's service credit account in accordance with retirement board rules and regulations. Service shall be credited to the nearest month. In no case shall any member be credited with a year of service for less than twelve months of service in any calendar year or more than a month of service for all service in any calendar month or more than a year of service for all service in any calendar year. In no case shall any member be allowed to purchase service credit unless the purchase is authorized in the Public Employees Retirement Act.

B. Personal service rendered an affiliated public employer prior to August 1, 1947 shall be credited to a member if the member acquires one year of service credit for personal service rendered an affiliated public employer.

C. Personal service rendered an affiliated public employer after July 31, 1947 but prior to the date the public employer became an affiliated public employer is prior service and shall be credited to a member if:

(1) the member [acquires five] has the applicable minimum number of years of service credit [for personal service rendered an affiliated public employer] required for normal retirement. As used in this paragraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer; and

(2) the member pays the association the amount determined in accordance with Subsection D of this section.

D. The purchase cost for each month of service credit purchased under the provisions of this section is equal to the member's final average salary multiplied by the sum of the member contribution rate and employer contribution rate determined in accordance with the coverage plan applicable to the member at the time of the written election to purchase. Full payment shall be made in a single lump-sum amount in accordance with the procedures established by the retirement board. The portion of the purchase cost derived from the employer contribution rate shall be credited to the [employer] employers accumulation fund and shall not be refunded to the member in the event of cessation of membership. In no case shall any member be credited with a month of service for less than the purchase cost as defined in this section.

E. Service credit shall be forfeited if a member terminates employment with an affiliated public employer and withdraws the member's accumulated member contributions.

F. A member or former member who is a member of another state system or the educational retirement system and who has forfeited service credit by withdrawal of member contributions may reinstate the forfeited service credit by repaying the amount withdrawn plus compound interest from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment at the rate set by the retirement board. Withdrawn member contributions may be repaid in increments of one year in accordance with the procedures established by the retirement board. Full payment of each one-year increment shall be made in a single lump-sum amount in accordance with procedures established by the retirement board."

SECTION 3. Section 10-11-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-5. CREDITED SERVICE--MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO MAKE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.--A municipal affiliated public employer may elect by resolution of its governing body or by execution of a collective bargaining agreement and in the manner prescribed by the retirement board to be responsible for making contributions of up to seventy-five percent of its employees' member contributions as follows:

A. the resolution or collective bargaining agreement shall be irrevocable; [however] except that:

(1) if the resolution is passed or the collective bargaining agreement is executed on or before June 30, 2013, the percentage of the employee contributions that the municipal affiliated public employer elects to be responsible for making shall apply to the statutory employee contribution rate in effect on June 30, 2013 and shall not apply to any increase in the statutory employee contribution rate that may occur after that date; and

(2) if the resolution is passed or the collective bargaining agreement is executed on or after July 1, 2013, the percentage of the employee contributions that the municipal affiliated public employer elects to be responsible for making shall apply to the statutory employee contribution rate in effect on the date that the resolution is passed or the collective bargaining agreement is executed and shall not apply to any increases in the statutory employee contribution rate that may occur after that date; provided, however, that, if the statutory employee contribution rate is decreased after the date that the resolution is passed or the collective bargaining agreement is executed, the percentage of the employee contributions that the municipal public affiliated employer is responsible for making shall apply to the decreased statutory employee contribution rate;

B. a municipal affiliated public employer may by subsequent resolution or collective bargaining agreement:

(1) elect to increase the percentage of employee member contributions for which it will be responsible; (2) elect to be responsible for a percentage of any increase to the statutory employee contribution rate in effect after the passing of an earlier resolution or the execution of an earlier collective bargaining agreement; or

[(2)] (3) at the time a new coverage plan is adopted, elect to be responsible under the new coverage plan for making a different percentage of employee member contributions than that which it elected under a previous coverage plan;

[B.] C. the resolution or executed collective bargaining agreement shall apply to all employees or else to specified employee divisions of the municipal affiliated public employer and shall be effective the first pay period of the month following the filing of the resolution with the retirement board;

[C.] D. the portion of the employee contributions made by the municipal affiliated public employer on behalf of a member shall be credited to the member's individual accumulated member contribution account in the member contribution fund. The member shall be responsible for the difference between the contributions the member would be required to make if the municipal affiliated public employer had not made the election provided for in this section and the amount contributed by the municipal affiliated public employer [under] pursuant to the provisions of this section;

[D.] E. pensions payable to members whose municipal affiliated public employer makes the election provided for in this section shall be the same as if the member had made the entire member contribution; and

[E.] F. any municipal affiliated public employer increasing the percentage of the employee member contributions it elects to make pursuant to this section shall submit a resolution or executed collective bargaining agreement to the association by July 1 of the fiscal year in which the increase will take place indicating the percentage of the employee member contributions that will be made by the municipal affiliated public employer."

SECTION 4. Section 10-11-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-7. SERVICE CREDIT--PURCHASE OF SERVICE.--

A. A member who entered a uniformed service of the United States may purchase service credit for periods of active duty in the uniformed services subject to the following conditions:

(1) the member pays the association the purchase cost determined according to Subsection E of this section;

(2) the member has [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit [acquired as a result of personal service rendered in the employ of an affiliated public employer] required for normal retirement. As used in this paragraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer;

(3) the aggregate amount of service credit purchased pursuant to this subsection does not exceed five years reduced by any period of service credit acquired for military service pursuant to any other provision of the Public Employees Retirement Act;

(4) service credit may not be purchased for periods of service in the uniformed services that are used to obtain or increase a benefit from another retirement program; and

(5) the member must not have received a discharge or separation from uniformed service under other than honorable conditions.

B. A member who was a civilian prisoner of war captured while in service to the United States as an employee of the federal government or as an employee of a contractor with the federal government may purchase service credit for the period of internment as a civilian prisoner of war, provided that:

(1) the member provides proof of employment with the federal government or as a contractor to the federal government in a form acceptable to the association;

(2) the member provides proof of the period of internment in a form acceptable to the association;

(3) the member has [at least five] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit [acquired as a result of personal service rendered in the employ of an affiliated public employer] required for normal retirement. As used in this paragraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer;

(4) the aggregate amount of service credit purchased pursuant to this subsection does not exceed five years reduced by any period of service credit acquired for military service pursuant to any other provision of the Public Employees Retirement Act;

(5) service credit may not be purchased for periods of service in internment as a civilian prisoner of war if such periods are used to obtain or increase a benefit from another retirement program; and

(6) the member pays the association the purchase cost determined according to Subsection E of this section.

C. A member who was employed by a utility company, library, museum, transit company or nonprofit organization administering federally funded public service programs, which utility company, library, museum, transit company or nonprofit organization administering federally funded public service programs or federally funded public service programs administered by a nonprofit organization are subsequently taken over by an affiliated public employer, or a member who was employed by an entity created pursuant to a joint powers agreement between two or more affiliated public employers for the purpose of administering or providing drug or alcohol addiction treatment services irrespective of whether the entity is subsequently taken over by an affiliated public employer, may purchase service credit for the period of employment subject to the following conditions:

(1) the member pays the association the purchase cost determined according to Subsection E of this section;

(3) the aggregate amount of service credit purchased pursuant to this subsection does not exceed five years.

D. A member who was appointed to participate in a cooperative work study training program established jointly by a state agency and a state post-secondary educational institution may purchase service credit for the period of participation subject to the following conditions:

(1) the member pays the association the full actuarial present value of the amount of the increase in the employee's pension as a consequence of the purchase as determined by the association;

(2) the member pays the full cost of the purchase within sixty days of the date the member is informed of the amount of the payment;

(3) the member has [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit [acquired as a result of personal service rendered in the employ of an affiliated public employer] required for normal retirement. As used in this paragraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer; and

(4) the aggregate amount of service credit purchased pursuant to this subsection does not exceed five years.

E. Except for service to be used under a state legislator coverage plan, the purchase cost for each month of service credit purchased pursuant to the provisions of this section is equal to the member's final average salary multiplied by the sum of the member contribution rate and employer contribution rate, determined in accordance with the coverage plan applicable to the member at the time of the written election to purchase. The purchase cost for each year of service credit to be used under a state legislator coverage plan is equal to three times the normal member contribution per year of service credit under the state legislator coverage plan applicable to the member. Full payment shall be made in a single lump sum within sixty days of the date the member is informed of the amount of the payment. The portion of the purchase cost derived from the employer contribution rate shall be credited to the employer's accumulation fund and shall not be paid out of the association in the event of cessation of membership. In no case shall a member be credited with a month of service for less than the purchase cost as defined in this section.

F. A member shall be refunded, upon written request filed with the association, the portion of the purchase cost of service credit purchased pursuant to this section that the association determines to have been unnecessary to provide the member with the maximum pension applicable to the member. The association shall not pay interest on the portion of the purchase cost refunded to the member.

G. A member of the magistrate retirement system who during the member's service as a magistrate was eligible to become a member of the public employees retirement system and elected not to become a member of that system may purchase service credit pursuant to the public employees retirement system for the period for which the magistrate elected not to become a public employees retirement system member by paying the amount of the increase in the actuarial present value of the magistrate pension as a consequence of the purchase as determined by the association. Full payment shall be made in a single lump-sum amount in accordance with procedures established by the retirement board. Except as provided in Subsection F of this section, seventy-five percent of the purchase cost shall be considered to be employer contributions and shall not be refunded to the member in the event of cessation of membership.

H. At any time prior to retirement, any member may purchase service credit in monthly increments, subject to the following conditions:

(1) the member has [at least five] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit [acquired as a result of personal service rendered in the employ of an affiliated public employer] required for normal retirement. As used in this paragraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer;

(2) the aggregate amount of service credit purchased pursuant to this subsection does not exceed one

year;

(3) the member pays full actuarial present value of the amount of the increase in the employee's pension as a consequence of the purchase as determined by the association;

(4) the member pays the full cost of the purchase within sixty days of the date the member is informed of the amount of the payment; and

(5) the purchase of service credit under this subsection cannot be used to determine the final average salary or the pension factor or be used to exceed the pension maximum.

I. A member receiving service credit under this section who enrolls in the retiree health care authority shall make contributions pursuant to Subsection C of Section 10-7C-15 NMSA 1978."

SECTION 5. Section 10-11-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-8. NORMAL RETIREMENT--RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT--BENEFITS CONTINUED--[EMPLOYER] CONTRIBUTIONS.--

A. A member may retire upon fulfilling the following requirements prior to the selected date of retirement:

(1) a written application for normal retirement, in the form prescribed by the association, is filed with the association;

(2) employment is terminated with all employers covered by any state system or the educational retirement system;

(3) the member selects an effective date of retirement that is the first day of a calendar month; and

(4) the member meets the age and service credit requirement for normal retirement specified in the coverage plan applicable to the member.

B. The amount of normal retirement pension is determined in accordance with the coverage plan applicable to the member.

C. Except as provided in Subsection [D] E of this section, on or after July 1, 2010, a retired member may be subsequently employed by an affiliated public employer only pursuant to the following provisions:

(1) the retired member has not been employed as an employee of an affiliated public employer or retained as an independent contractor by the affiliated public employer from which the retired member retired for at least twelve consecutive months from the date of retirement to the commencement of employment or reemployment with an affiliated public employer;

(2) the previously retired member's pension shall be suspended upon commencement of the employment;

(3) except as provided in Subsection [F] G of this section, the previously retired member shall not become a member and thus the previously retired member shall not accrue [no] service credit and the previously retired member and that person's affiliated public employer shall not make [no] contributions under any coverage plan pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act; and

(4) upon termination of the subsequent employment, the previously retired member's pension shall resume in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this section.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of Section 10-11-118 NMSA 1978, on and after July 1, 2013, if a retired member becomes employed with an employer pursuant to the Educational Retirement Act:

(1) the retired member's cost-of-living pension adjustment shall be suspended upon commencement of the employment; and

(2) upon termination of the employment, the retired member's suspended cost-of-living pension adjustment shall be reinstated as provided under Subsection B of Section 10-11-118 NMSA 1978.

[D.] E. The provisions of [Subsection] Subsections C and H of this section do not apply to:

(1) a retired member employed by the legislature for legislative session work;

(2) a retired member employed temporarily as a precinct board member for a municipal election or an election covered by the Election Code; or

(3) a retired member who is elected to serve a term as an elected official; provided that:

(a) the retired member files an irrevocable exemption from membership with the association within thirty days of taking office; and

(b) the irrevocable exemption shall be for the elected official's term of office.

[E.] F. A retired member who returns to employment during retirement pursuant to Subsection [D] E of this section is entitled to receive retirement benefits but is not entitled to accrue service credit or to acquire or purchase service credit in the future for the period of the previously retired member's reemployment with an affiliated public employer.

[F.] G. At any time during a previously retired member's subsequent employment pursuant to Subsection C of this section, the previously retired member may elect to become a member and the following conditions shall apply:

(1) the previously retired member and the subsequent affiliated public employer shall make the required employee and employer contributions, and the previously retired member shall accrue service credit for the period of subsequent employment; and

(2) when the previously retired member terminates the subsequent employment with an affiliated public employer, the previously retired member shall retire according to the provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Act, subject to the following conditions:

(a) payment of the pension shall resume in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this section;

(b) unless the previously retired member accrued at least three years of service credit on account of the subsequent employment, the recalculation of pension shall: 1) employ the form of payment selected by the previously retired member at the time of the first retirement; and 2) use the provisions of the coverage plan applicable to the member on the date of the first retirement; and

[G.] H. A previously retired member who returned to work with an affiliated public employer prior to July 1, 2010 shall be subject to the provisions of this section in effect on the date the previously retired member returned to work; provided that:

(1) on and after July 1, 2010, the previously retired member shall pay the employee contribution in an amount specified in the Public Employees Retirement Act for the position in which the previously retired member is employed;

(2) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of Section 10-11-118 NMSA 1978, on and after July 1, 2013, the previously retired member's cost-of-living pension adjustment shall be suspended; and

(3) upon termination of the employment with an affiliated public employer, the previously retired member's cost-of-living pension adjustment shall be reinstated as provided in Subsection B of Section 10-11-118 NMSA 1978.

[H.] I. The pension of a member who has earned service credit under more than one coverage plan shall be determined as follows:

(1) the pension of a member who has three or more years of service credit earned on or before June 30, 2013 under each of two or more coverage plans shall be determined in accordance with the coverage plan that produces the highest pension;

(2) the pension of a member who has service credit earned on or before June 30, 2013 under two or more coverage plans but who has three or more years of service credit under only one of those coverage plans shall be determined in accordance with the coverage plan in which the member has three or more years of service credit. If the service credit is acquired under two different coverage plans applied to the same affiliated public employer as a consequence of an election by the members, adoption by the affiliated public employer or a change in the law that results in the application of a coverage plan with a greater pension, the greater pension shall be paid a member retiring from the affiliated public employer under which the change in coverage plan took place regardless of the amount of service credit under the coverage plan producing the greater pension; provided that the member has three or more years of continuous employment with that affiliated public employer immediately preceding or immediately preceding and immediately following the date the coverage plan changed;

(3) the pension of a member who has service credit earned on or before June 30, 2013 under each of two or more coverage plans and who has service credit earned under any coverage plan on or after July 1, 2013 shall be equal to the sum of:

(a) the pension attributable to the service credit earned on or before June 30, 2013 determined pursuant to Paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection; and

(b) the pension attributable to the service credit earned under each coverage plan on or after July 1, 2013;

(4) the pension of a member who has service credit earned only on and after July 1, 2013 shall be equal to the sum of the pension attributable to the service credit the

member has accrued under each coverage plan; and

(5) the provisions of each coverage plan for the purpose of this subsection shall be those in effect at the time the member ceased to be covered by the coverage plan. "Service credit", for the purposes of this subsection, shall be only personal service rendered an affiliated public employer and credited to the member under the provisions of Subsection A of Section 10-11-4 NMSA 1978. Service credited under any other provision of the Public Employees Retirement Act shall not be used to satisfy the three-year service credit requirement of this subsection."

SECTION 6. Section 10-11-10.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 160, Section 3) is amended to read:

"10-11-10.1. DISABILITY RETIREMENT.--

A. There is created a "disability review committee" of the retirement board. The disability review committee shall consist of at least three but not more than five retirement board members and at least one physician licensed in New Mexico appointed by the retirement board. The disability review committee shall review all applications for disability retirement, review reports required under this section and approve or deny applications for disability retirement.

B. The disability review committee may retire a member on account of disability before the time the member would otherwise be eligible for retirement if the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) the member applying for disability retirement was a member at the time the disability was incurred;

(2) a written application for disability retirement, in the form and containing the information prescribed by the association, has been filed with the association by the member or by the member's affiliated public employer;

(3) employment is terminated within forty-five days of the date of approval of the application for disability retirement;

(4) if:

(a) the member has [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit required for normal retirement. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by the member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer; or

(b) the disability review committee finds the disability to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer;

(5) the member submits to all medical examinations and tests and furnishes copies of all medical reports requested by the association or disability review committee; provided that if the disability review committee requires independent medical or other examinations, those examinations shall be performed at the association's expense; and

(6) the disability review committee makes the determination required under Subsection C of this section.

C. The disability review committee shall review applications for disability retirement to determine whether:

(1) if the member is a currently employed, contributing employee of an affiliated public employer:

(a) the member is mentally or physically totally incapacitated for continued employment with an affiliated public employer; and

(b) the incapacity is likely to be permanent; or

(2) if the member is not a currently employed, contributing employee of an affiliated public employer:

(a) the member is mentally or physically totally incapacitated for any gainful employment; and

(b) the incapacity is likely to be permanent.

D. The disability retirement pension shall be paid for a period of one year after approval of the initial application unless the disability review committee for good cause shown grants disability retirement for a longer period of time. After approval, payment shall be effective commencing the first of the month following submission of the initial application and termination of employment.

E. At the end of the first year that a disability retirement pension is paid, the disability retired member's condition shall be reevaluated to determine eligibility for continuation of payment of a disability retirement pension. If the disability retired member has applied for disability benefits under the federal social security program, [he] the member shall submit copies of [his] the member's application. The association shall continue payment of the state disability retirement pension if the disability retired member presents a written final determination from the federal social security administration that the disability retired member qualifies, based on the same [condition or] conditions as presented in the application for a state disability retirement pension, for federal disability benefits.

F. If the disability retired member applied for federal disability benefits within thirty days of receiving approval for a state disability retirement pension but the federal social security administration has not made a written final determination of entitlement by the end of the first year that the disability retired member has received a state disability retirement pension, eligibility for continued payment of the state disability retirement pension shall be determined by the disability review committee. The state disability retirement pension shall be discontinued if the disability review committee finds that the disability retired member is capable of any gainful employment.

G. The disability retired member shall notify the association of the federal social security administration's final determination within fifteen working days of the date of issuance of the final written determination. If the federal social security administration denies federal disability benefits, the state disability retirement pension shall be discontinued effective the first of the month following the month in which the written final determination of the federal social security administration was issued. If the federal social security administration grants federal disability benefits, the state disability retirement pension shall be continued so long as the disability retired member provides annually, on or before the anniversary date of commencement of payment of the state disability retirement pension, written evidence of continuation of payment of federal disability benefits. If the disability review committee has denied continuation of payment of a state disability retirement pension and the disability retired member is later granted federal disability benefits, the state disability retirement pension shall be reinstated effective the first of the month following the month in which the state disability retirement pension was discontinued.

H. If, at the time of reevaluation under Subsection E of this section, the disability retired member has applied for and has qualified for federal disability benefits, but for a different condition than was reviewed by the disability review committee, the disability review committee shall review the disability retired member's condition as described by the application for federal disability benefits. The process set forth in Subsection I of this section shall be followed to determine whether payment of a state disability retirement pension should be continued.

I. If the disability retired member is not eligible to apply for federal disability benefits or is not a member of the federal social security program, the disability review committee annually shall determine eligibility for continuation of payment of a state disability retirement pension. To make its determination of continued entitlement, the disability review committee shall use the guidelines established by the federal social security administration for determination of eligibility for federal disability benefits. The determination shall be based on:

(1) the medical and all other information provided by the disability retired member;

(2) at least one independent medical or other examination performed at the association's expense if required by the disability review committee; and

(3) any [and all] medical, vocational or other information related to the disability compiled during the period of disability by any medical or other practitioner consulted by the disability retired member regarding the disability which was not paid for by the association.

J. Each disability retired member annually shall submit to the association, prior to July 1, a statement of earnings from gainful employment during the preceding calendar year. The statement of earnings shall be in the form prescribed by the association. Payment of the state disability retirement pension shall be discontinued if the amount of earnings from gainful employment is one hundred percent or more of the amount [which] that causes a decrease or suspension of an old age benefit under the federal social security program, or fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), whichever is less. Payment of the state disability retirement pension shall be discontinued starting with the month of July if the statement of earnings is not received by the association prior to July 1.

K. Upon prior approval by the association, a disability retired member may return to employment with an affiliated public employer or other employer for a trial period not to exceed one hundred twenty calendar days without becoming a member or causing suspension or discontinuation of payment of a state disability retirement pension. If the trial period of employment is successfully completed, payment of the disability retirement pension shall be discontinued beginning the first of the month following the one hundred twentieth day of the trial period of employment. Trial periods of employment shall be limited to two in any five-year period following disability retirement.

L. If the disability retired member meets the minimum age and service credit requirements for normal retirement while receiving a disability retirement pension, the disability retirement pension shall be reclassified by the association as a normal retirement pension and no further determinations of eligibility for continuation of payment of the disability retirement pension shall be made. Upon reclassification as a normal retirement pension, all the provisions of [this] the Public Employees Retirement Act regarding normal retirement shall be applicable.

M. If the disability review committee found the disability to be the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's employment with an affiliated public employer, service credit shall continue to accrue during the disability retirement period as though the disability retired member was actively employed.

N. The amount of a disability retirement pension shall be calculated according to the provisions of the coverage plan applicable to the member at the time of application, except that the service credit requirement shall be waived and the actual amount of service credit shall be used instead. If the disability is the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty for an affiliated public employer, the amount of disability retirement pension shall be calculated according to the provisions of the coverage plan applicable to the member, imputing the amount of service credit necessary to meet the minimum service credit requirements for normal retirement.

O. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) "continued employment with the affiliated public employer" means the ability of the member to fulfill the required duties of the position in which the member was last employed by [his] an affiliated public employer;

(2) "gainful employment" means remunerative employment or self-employment that is commensurate with the applicant's background, age, education, experience and any new skills or training the applicant may have acquired after terminating public employment or incurring the disability;

(3) "state disability retirement pension" means the pension paid pursuant to the provisions of this section; and

(4) "federal disability benefits" means those benefits paid by the federal social security program."

SECTION 7. Section 10-11-14.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993, Chapter 160, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-14.5. DEATH BEFORE RETIREMENT--SURVIVOR PENSIONS.--

A. A survivor pension may be paid to certain persons related to or designated by a member who dies before normal or disability retirement if a written application for the pension, in the form prescribed by the association, is filed with the association by the potential survivor beneficiary or beneficiaries within one year of the death of the member. Applications may be filed on behalf of the potential survivor beneficiary or beneficiaries or by a person legally authorized to represent them.

B. If there is no designated survivor beneficiary and the retirement board finds the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer, a survivor pension shall be payable to the eligible surviving spouse. The amount of the survivor pension shall be the greater of:

(1) the amount as calculated under the coverage plan applicable to the deceased member at the time of death as though the deceased member had retired the day preceding death under form of payment B using the actual amount of service credit attributable to the deceased member at the time of death; or

(2) fifty percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

C. A survivor pension shall also be payable to eligible surviving children if there is no designated survivor beneficiary and the retirement board finds the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer. The total amount of survivor pension payable for all eligible surviving children shall be either:

(1) fifty percent of the deceased member's final average salary if an eligible surviving spouse is not paid a pension; or

(2) twenty-five percent of the deceased member's final average salary if an eligible surviving spouse is paid a pension.

The total amount of survivor pension shall be divided equally among all eligible surviving children. If there is only one eligible child, the amount of pension shall be twenty-five percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

D. If the member had [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit required for normal retirement, but the retirement board did not find the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer and there is no designated survivor beneficiary, a survivor pension shall be payable to the eligible surviving spouse. The amount of the survivor pension shall be the greater of:

(1) the amount as calculated under the coverage plan applicable to the deceased member at the time of death as though the deceased member had retired the day preceding death under form of payment B using the total amount of actual service credit attributable to the deceased member at the time of death; or

(2) thirty percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

E. If the member had [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit required for normal retirement, but the retirement board did not find the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer and there is no designated survivor beneficiary, and if there is no eligible surviving spouse at the time of death, a survivor pension shall be payable to and divided equally among all eligible surviving children, if any. The total amount of survivor pension payable for all eligible surviving children shall be the greater of:

(1) the amount as calculated under the coverage plan applicable to the deceased member at the time of death as though the deceased member had retired the day preceding death under form of payment B with the oldest eligible surviving child as the survivor beneficiary using the total amount of actual service credit attributable to the deceased member at the time of death; or

(2) thirty percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

F. An eligible surviving spouse is the spouse to whom the deceased member was married at the time of death. An eligible surviving child is a child under the age of eighteen years and who is an unmarried, natural or adopted child of the deceased member.

G. An eligible surviving spouse's pension shall terminate upon death. An eligible surviving child's pension shall terminate upon death or marriage or reaching age eighteen years, whichever comes first.

H. If there is no designated survivor beneficiary and there is no eligible surviving child, the eligible surviving spouse may elect to be refunded the deceased member's accumulated member contributions instead of receiving a survivor pension.

I. A member may designate a survivor beneficiary to receive a pre-retirement survivor pension, subject to the following conditions:

(1) a written designation, in the form prescribed by the association, is filed by the member with the association;

(2) if the member is married at the time of designation, the designation shall only be made with the consent of the member's spouse, in the form prescribed by the association;

(3) if the member is married subsequent to the time of designation, any prior designations shall automatically be revoked upon the date of the marriage;

(4) if the member is divorced subsequent to the time of designation, any prior designation of the former spouse as survivor beneficiary shall automatically be revoked upon the date of divorce; and

(5) a designation of survivor beneficiary may be changed, with the member's spouse's consent if the member is married, by the member at any time prior to the member's death.

J. If there is a designated survivor beneficiary and the retirement board finds the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer, a survivor pension shall be payable to the designated survivor beneficiary. The amount of the survivor pension shall be the greater of:

(2) fifty percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

K. If there is a designated survivor beneficiary, if the member had [five or more] the applicable minimum number of years of service credit required for normal retirement and if the retirement board did not find the death to have been the natural and proximate result of causes arising solely and exclusively out of and in the course of the member's performance of duty with an affiliated public employer, a survivor pension shall be payable to the designated survivor beneficiary. The amount of the survivor pension shall be the greater of:

(2) thirty percent of the deceased member's final average salary.

L. If all pension payments permanently terminate before there is paid an aggregate amount equal to the deceased member's accumulated member contributions at time of death, the difference between the amount of accumulated member contributions and the aggregate amount of pension paid shall be paid to the deceased member's refund beneficiary. If no refund beneficiary survives the survivor beneficiary, the difference shall be paid to the estate of the deceased member.

M. For purposes of this section, "service credit" means only the service credit earned by a member during periods of employment with an affiliated public employer."

SECTION 8. Section 10-11-14.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2009, Chapter 288, Section 12) is amended to read:

"10-11-14.6. CALCULATION OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.--Under [each coverage plan of] the Public Employees Retirement Act:

A. for a member who was a member on June 30, 2013, the final average salary is one thirty-sixth of the greatest aggregate amount of salary paid a member for thirty-six consecutive, but not necessarily continuous, months of service credit; and

B. for a member who was not a member on June 30, 2013, the final average salary is one-sixtieth of the greatest aggregate amount of salary paid a member for sixty consecutive, but not necessarily continuous, months of service credit."

SECTION 9. Section 10-11-26.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 2) is amended to read:

"10-11-26.1. STATE GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 3--APPLICABILITY.--State general member coverage plan 3 is applicable to peace officer members and is applicable to state general members in the first full pay period after July 1, 1995 if the retirement board certifies to the secretary of state that a majority of the members voting of those members to be covered under state general member coverage plan 3 has voted to approve adoption of this plan at an election conducted pursuant to Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 17 [of this act]."

SECTION 10. Section 10-11-26.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

"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 [is] 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, [2010] 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;

(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; [and] or

(g) any age and twenty-five or more years of service credit; [and]

(2) for a member who is not a peace officer and was not a retired member or a member on June 30, [2010] 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(a) age [sixty-seven] sixty-five years

or older and [five] eight or more years of service credit; or

(b) any age if the member has eight or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least [eighty; or

(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 six or more years of service credit; or

(b) any age if the member has six or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least seventy-five.

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."

SECTION 11. Section 10-11-26.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 4) is amended to read:

"10-11-26.3. STATE GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 3--AMOUNT OF PENSION--FORM OF PAYMENT A.--Under state general member coverage plan 3:

A. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Paragraph (1) or (3) of Subsection A of Section

10-11-26.2 NMSA 1978, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three percent of final average salary multiplied by service credit. The amount shall not exceed [eighty] ninety percent of the final average salary; and

B. for a member with age and service requirements provided under Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 10-11-26.2 NMSA 1978, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two and one-half percent of the final average salary multiplied by service credit. The amount shall not exceed ninety percent of the final average salary."

SECTION 12. Section 10-11-26.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-26.5. STATE GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 3--MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--A member under state general member coverage plan 3 shall contribute [seven and forty-two hundredths] eight and ninety-two hundredths percent of salary starting with the first full pay period that ends within the calendar month in which state general member coverage plan 3 becomes applicable to the member [except that for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the member contribution rate shall be eight and ninety-two hundredths percent of salary;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the member contribution rate shall be ten and sixty-seven hundredths percent of salary; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the member contribution rate shall be eight and ninety-two hundredths percent of salary]."

SECTION 13. Section 10-11-26.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-26.6. STATE GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 3--STATE CONTRIBUTION RATE.--The state shall contribute [sixteen and fifty-nine hundredths] eighteen and nine-hundredths percent of the salary of each member covered by state general member coverage plan 3 starting with the first pay period that ends within the calendar month in which state general member coverage plan 3 becomes applicable to the member, except that [for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the state contribution rate shall be fifteen and nine-hundredths percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the state contribution rate shall be thirteen and thirty-four hundredths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the state contribution rate shall be fifteen and nine-hundredths percent of the salary of each member]:

A. from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the state contribution rate shall be sixteen and fifty-nine hundredths percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the state contribution rate shall be seventeen and nine-hundredths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the state contribution rate shall be seventeen and fifty-nine hundredths percent of the salary of each member."

SECTION 14. Section 10-11-27 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 27, as amended by Laws 2003, Chapter 268, Section 9 and by Laws 2003, Chapter 269, Section 1) is amended to read:

"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.

[B.] 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 [Section 16 of this 2003 act] Laws 2003, Chapter 268, Section 16."

SECTION 15. Section 10-11-27.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 269, Section 2) is amended to read:

"10-11-27.2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The legislature finds that:

A. it is appropriate to recognize the professionalism and dedication of state police officers, who provide an essential service to the citizens of New Mexico;

B. it is appropriate to recognize the hazardous nature of the work performed by state police officers;

C. the spirit of what it takes to be a state police officer is personified by Sergeant Brent H. Bateman, who served with honor as a state police officer for twenty-two years. Sergeant Bateman became ill days after his retirement and passed away a short six months following retirement; and

D. the twenty percent credit [towards] toward actual service, as provided in Subsection B of Section 10-11-27 NMSA 1978 under state police member coverage plan 1, is dedicated to Sergeant Brent H. Bateman and all other officers who have served, and who do serve, as New Mexico state police officers."

SECTION 16. Section 10-11-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 28, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-28. STATE POLICE MEMBER AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT.--Under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

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

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

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

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

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

[F.] (6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

[G.] (7) any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service; 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 six or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age if the member has six or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least seventy-five."

SECTION 17. Section 10-11-29 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 29, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-29. STATE POLICE MEMBER AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AMOUNT OF PENSION--FORM OF PAYMENT A.--Under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three percent of final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed [eighty] ninety percent of the final average salary."

SECTION 18. Section 10-11-31 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 31, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-31. STATE POLICE MEMBER AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--A member under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1 shall contribute [seven and six-tenths] nine and one-tenth percent of salary [except that for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the member contribution rate shall be nine and one-tenth percent of salary;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the member contribution rate shall be ten and eighty-five hundredths percent of salary; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the member contribution rate shall be nine and one-tenth percent of salary]."

SECTION 19. Section 10-11-32 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 32, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-32. STATE POLICE MEMBER AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--STATE CONTRIBUTION RATE.--The state shall contribute [twenty-five and one-tenth] twenty-six and six-tenths percent of the salary of each member under state police member and adult correctional officer member coverage plan 1, except that [for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-three and six-tenths percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-one and eighty-five hundredths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-three and six-tenths percent of the salary of each member]:

A. from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-five and one-tenth percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-five and six-tenths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-six and one-tenth percent of the salary of each member."

SECTION 20. Section 10-11-33 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 33) is amended to read:

"10-11-33. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--APPLICABILITY.--[State hazardous duty] Juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 1 is applicable to [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer members who are not specifically covered by another coverage plan."

SECTION 21. Section 10-11-34 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 34) is amended to read:

"10-11-34. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT.--Under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 1, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

A. age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of credited service;

B. age sixty-four years and eight or more years of credited service;

C. age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of credited service;

D. age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of credited service;

E. age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of credited service;

F. age sixty years and twenty or more years of credited service; or

G. any age and twenty-five or more years of credited service."

SECTION 22. Section 10-11-35 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 35) is amended to read:

"10-11-35. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AMOUNT OF PENSION--FORM OF PAYMENT A.--Under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 1, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two and one-half percent of final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed one hundred percent of the final average salary."

SECTION 23. Section 10-11-37 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 37) is amended to read:

"10-11-37. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--A member under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 1 shall contribute four percent of salary."

SECTION 24. Section 10-11-38 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 38) is amended to read:

"10-11-38. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--STATE CONTRIBUTION RATE.--The state shall contribute twenty-one and five-tenths percent of the salary of each member under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 1."

SECTION 25. Section 10-11-38.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 9) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.1. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--APPLICABILITY.--[State hazardous duty] Juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 is applicable to [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer members in the first full pay period after July 1, 1995 if the retirement board certifies to the secretary of state that a majority of the members voting of those members to be covered under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 has voted to approve adoption of this plan at an election conducted pursuant to Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 17 [of this act]."

SECTION 26. Section 10-11-38.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 10) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.2. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--AGE AND SERVICE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT.--Under [state hazardous duty] 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:

[A.] (1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit;

[B.] (2) age sixty-four years and eight or more years of service credit;

[C.] (3) age sixty-three years and eleven or more years of service credit;

[D.] (4) age sixty-two years and fourteen or more years of service credit;

[E.] (5) age sixty-one years and seventeen or more years of service credit;

[F.] (6) age sixty years and twenty or more years of service credit; and

[G.] (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 six or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age if the member has six or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least seventy-five."

SECTION 27. Section 10-11-38.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 11) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.3. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--AMOUNT OF PENSION--FORM OF PAYMENT A.--Under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to three percent of final average salary multiplied by service credit. The amount shall not exceed [one hundred] ninety percent of the final average salary."

SECTION 28. Section 10-11-38.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.5. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--A member under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 shall contribute [four and seventy-eight hundredths] six and twenty-eight hundredths percent of salary starting with the first full pay period that ends within the calendar month in which [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 becomes applicable to the member [except that for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the member contribution rate shall be six and twenty-eight hundredths percent of salary;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the member contribution rate shall be eight and three-hundredths percent of salary; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the member contribution rate shall be six and twenty-eight hundredths percent of salary]."

SECTION 29. Section 10-11-38.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 14, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.6. [STATE HAZARDOUS DUTY] JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--STATE CONTRIBUTION RATE.--The state shall contribute [twenty-five and seventy-two hundredths] twenty-seven and twenty-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member covered by [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 starting with the first pay period that ends within the calendar month in which [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 becomes applicable to the member, except that [for members whose annual salary is greater than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000):

A. from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-four and twenty-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-two and forty-seven hundredths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-four and twenty-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member]:

A. from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-five and seventy-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-six and twenty-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the state contribution rate shall be twenty-six and seventy-two hundredths percent of the salary of each member."

SECTION 30. Section 10-11-38.7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 128, Section 15) is amended to read:

"10-11-38.7. SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THIS PLAN REQUIRED.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Section [10 of this act]

10-11-38.2 NMSA 1978, to qualify for payment under [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2, a member shall have one and one-half years of service credit earned under the [state hazardous duty] juvenile correctional officer member coverage plan 2 subsequent to July 1, 1995."

SECTION 31. Section 10-11-45 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 45, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-45. MUNICIPAL GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT.--Under municipal general member coverage plan 1:

A. for a member who was a retired member or a member on June 30, [2010] 2013, the age and service 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; or

(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, [2010] 2013, the age and service requirements for normal retirement are:

(1) age [sixty-seven] sixty-five years or older and [five] eight or more years of service credit; or

(2) any age if the member has eight or more years of service credit and the sum of the member's age and years of service credit equals at least [eighty; or

(3) any age and thirty or more years of service credit] eighty-five."

SECTION 32. Section 10-11-46 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 46) is amended to read:

"10-11-46. MUNICIPAL GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AMOUNT OF PENSION--FORM OF PAYMENT A.--Under municipal general member coverage plan 1, the amount of pension under form of payment A is equal to two percent of the final average salary multiplied by credited service. The amount shall not exceed [sixty] ninety percent of the final average salary."

SECTION 33. Section 10-11-48 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 48) is amended to read:

"10-11-48. MUNICIPAL GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--A member under municipal general member coverage plan 1 shall contribute [seven] eight and one-half percent of salary."

SECTION 34. Section 10-11-49 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 49) is amended to read:

"10-11-49. MUNICIPAL GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 1--AFFILIATED PUBLIC EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE.--An affiliated public employer shall contribute [seven] eight and one-half percent of the salary of each member [which] it employs and who is covered under municipal general member coverage plan 1, except that:

A. from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the affiliated public employer contribution rate shall be seven percent of the salary of each member;

B. from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the affiliated public employer contribution rate shall be seven and one-half percent of the salary of each member; and

C. from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the affiliated public employer contribution rate shall be eight percent of the salary of each member."

SECTION 35. Section 10-11-51 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987, Chapter 253, Section 51, as amended) is amended to read:

"10-11-51. MUNICIPAL GENERAL MEMBER COVERAGE PLAN 2--AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMAL RETIREMENT.--Under municipal general member coverage plan 2: