Section 10-12B-8 - Age and service credit requirements for normal retirementA. For an individual who initially became a member prior to July 1, 2005, the age and service credit requirements for retirement provided for in the Judicial Retirement Act are: (1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit; or(2) age sixty years or older and fifteen or more years of service credit.B. For an individual who initially became a member after June 30, 2005 but on or before June 30, 2014, the age and service credit requirements for retirement provided for in the Judicial Retirement Act are:(1) age sixty-five years or older and five or more years of service credit; or(2) age fifty-five years or older and sixteen or more years of service credit.C. For an individual who initially became a member on or after July 1, 2014, the age and service requirements provided for in the Judicial Retirement Act are:(1) age sixty-five years and eight or more years of service credit; or(2) age sixty years and fifteen or more years of service credit.D. Except for a member who is retired under any state system or the educational retirement system, if a member leaves office for any reason, other than removal pursuant to Article 6, Section 32 of the constitution of New Mexico, before meeting the age and service credit requirements for retirement pursuant to the provisions of this section and if that member leaves the member contributions on deposit in the fund, that member may apply for retirement when that member meets the age and service credit requirements for retirement pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act or provisions of the Public Employees Retirement Reciprocity Act [Chapter 10, Article 13A NMSA 1978].E. No member shall be eligible to receive a pension pursuant to the provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act while still in office.Laws 1992, ch. 111, § 8; 2005, ch. 246, § 1; 2014, ch. 35, § 5.Amended by 2014, c. 35,s. 5, eff. 7/1/2014.