0001| SENATE BILL 120 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| RICHARD ROMERO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT; AMENDING SECTION 22-11-34 | 0012| NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1967, CHAPTER 16, SECTION 157, AS | 0013| AMENDED) TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURCHASE COST OF SERVICE-CREDIT | 0014| SHALL BE BASED UPON THE ACTUARIAL VALUE OF THE SERVICE | 0015| PURCHASED. | 0016| | 0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0018| Section 1. Section 22-11-34 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, | 0019| Chapter 16, Section 157, as amended) is amended to read: | 0020| "22-11-34. ALLOWED SERVICE-CREDIT.-- | 0021| A. A member shall be certified to have acquired | 0022| allowed service-credit for those periods of time when he was: | 0023| (1) employed prior to the effective date of | 0024| the Educational Retirement Act in any federal educational | 0025| program within New Mexico, including United States Indian | 0001| schools and civilian conservation corps camps. This service- | 0002| credit shall be allowed without contribution; | 0003| (2) engaged in military service that | 0004| interrupted his employment in New Mexico, if he returned to his | 0005| employment within eighteen months following honorable | 0006| discharge. This service-credit shall be allowed without | 0007| contribution; | 0008| (3) engaged in United States military service | 0009| or the commissioned corps of the public health service from | 0010| which he was honorably discharged if he contributes to the fund | 0011| a sum equal to ten and one-half percent of his average annual | 0012| salary for that period of time for which he has acquired earned | 0013| service-credit under the Educational Retirement Act for each | 0014| year of service-credit he desires to purchase. Average annual | 0015| salary shall be determined in accordance with rules promulgated | 0016| by the board, but shall always be based upon actual salaries | 0017| earned by the member where the actual salaries can be | 0018| ascertained by the board. The employer's contributions for | 0019| service-credit shall not be paid by the employer. The purchase | 0020| of service-credit provided in this section shall be carried out | 0021| by the member [prior to July 1, 1992 or] within three years | 0022| after the date of the member's employment following service | 0023| [whichever is later]; or | 0024| (4) employed: | 0025| (a) in any public school or public | 0001| institution of higher learning in another state, territory or | 0002| possession of the United States; | 0003| (b) in any United States military | 0004| dependents' school operated by a branch of the armed forces of | 0005| the United States; | 0006| (c) as provided in Paragraph (1) of this | 0007| subsection after the effective date of the Educational | 0008| Retirement Act; or | 0009| (d) in any private school or institution | 0010| of higher learning in New Mexico whose education program is | 0011| accredited or approved by the state board at the time of | 0012| employment. | 0013| B. The member or employer under Paragraph (4) of | 0014| Subsection A of this section shall contribute to the fund for | 0015| each year of allowed service-credit desired an amount equal to | 0016| [twelve percent of the member's annual salary at the time | 0017| payment is made if the member is employed or twelve percent | 0018| times the member's annual salary during the member's last year | 0019| of employment if the member is not employed at the time of | 0020| payment. Contributions paid for the member who is not employed | 0021| shall bear interest at the average rate earned by the fund | 0022| during the five-fiscal-year period immediately preceding the | 0023| date of payment. Such interest shall run from the date the | 0024| member last terminated employment to the date of payment] the | 0025| actuarial value of the service purchased as defined by the | 0001| board. Payment pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of | 0002| this section may be made in installments, at the discretion of | 0003| the board, over a period of not to exceed one year, and, if the | 0004| sum paid does not equal the amount required for any full year | 0005| of allowed service-credit, the member shall acquire allowed | 0006| service-credit for that period of time which is proportionate | 0007| to the payment made. Half credit may be allowed without | 0008| contribution for not more than ten years of the educational | 0009| service described by Subparagraph (a) of Paragraph (4) of | 0010| Subsection A of this section if that service was prior to June | 0011| 13, 1953 and if the member was employed in New Mexico prior to | 0012| June 13, 1953 in any position covered by the Educational | 0013| Retirement Act or any law repealed thereby. | 0014| C. No member shall be certified to have acquired | 0015| allowed service-credit: | 0016| (1) under any single paragraph or the | 0017| combination of only Paragraphs (1) and (4) or only Paragraphs | 0018| (2) and (3) of Subsection A of this section in excess of five | 0019| years; or | 0020| (2) in excess of ten years for any other | 0021| combination of Paragraphs (1) through (4) of Subsection A of | 0022| this section. | 0023| D. The provisions of this section are made | 0024| applicable to the services described prior to as well as after | 0025| the effective date of the Educational Retirement Act." | 0001|  | 0002| | 0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997 SB 120/a | 0005| | 0006| February 19, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| SENATE BILL 120 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0016| | 0017| 1. On page 3, line 24, after the word "board" insert the | 0018| language "effective July 1, 2000., | 0019| | 0020| The roll call vote on Amendment 1 was 8 For 1 Against | 0021| Yes: 8 | 0022| No: Rawson | 0023| Excused: Garcia | 0024| Absent: None | 0025| | 0001| and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0013| Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Date ________________________ | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0020| Yes: 9 | 0021| No: 0 | 0022| Excused: Garcia | 0023| Absent: None | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| S0120ED1 | 0003| | 0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 120/a | 0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| February 24, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| Mr. President: | 0011| | 0012| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0013| | 0014| SENATE BILL 120, as amended | 0015| | 0016| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0017| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| 1. Strike Senate Education Committee Amendment 1. | 0021| | 0022| 2. On page 3, lines 14 through 22, remove brackets and | 0023| line-through. | 0024| | 0025| 3. On page 3, line 22, after "payment" insert a period and: | 0001| | 0002| "Effective July 1, 2000, the member or employer under | 0003| Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of this section shall contribute to | 0004| the fund for each year of allowed service-credit desired an | 0005| amount equal to". | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| __________________________________ | 0014| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0009| Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Date ________________________ | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0017| Yes: 6 | 0018| No: None | 0019| Excused: Aragon, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben, Smith | 0020| Absent: None | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| S0120FC1 .117496.1 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 120/a | 0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| March 2, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| SENATE BILL 120, as amended | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0016| | 0017| 1. Strike Senate Finance Committee Amendment 3. | 0018| | 0019| 2. On page 3, line 22, after "payment" insert a period | 0020| and "Effective July 1, 2001, the member or employer under | 0021| Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of this section shall contribute to | 0022| the fund for each year of allowed service-credit desired an | 0023| amount equal to". | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| __________________________________ | 0008| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0013| Adopted_______________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Date ________________________ | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0021| Yes: 6 | 0022| No: None | 0023| Excused: Aragon, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben, Smith | 0024| Absent: None | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| S0120FC2 .117876.1 | 0003| | 0004| State of New Mexico | 0005| House of Representatives | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| March 17, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Mr. Speaker: | 0015| | 0016| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| SENATE BILL 120, as amended | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0021| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0022| TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Adopted Not Adopted | 0008| | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| Date | 0012| | 0013| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0014| Yes: 8 | 0015| No: None | 0016| Excused: Beam, Miera, Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams | 0017| Absent: None | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0120 State of New Mexico | 0021| House of Representatives | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| March 21, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Mr. Speaker: | 0006| | 0007| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0008| been referred | 0009| | 0010| SENATE BILL 120, as amended | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Jerry W. Sandal, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted Not Adopted | 0024| | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| Date | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 7 | 0006| Excused: Crook, Gonzales, Lovejoy, Lujan, Parsons, Sandel | 0007| Absent: None | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0120 |