{"data":{"id":"us-nm/22-11-23","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"22-11-23","heading":"Retirement eligibility; initial membership prior to July 1, 2010.","body":"A. A member who was a member on June 30, 2010, or was a member at any time prior to that date and had not, on that date, been refunded all member contributions pursuant to Subsection A of Section 22-11-15 NMSA 1978, shall be eligible for retirement benefits when:\n(1) the member is any age and has twenty-five or more years of earned and allowed service credit;\n(2) the member is at least sixty-five years of age and has five or more years of earned service credit; or\n(3) the sum of the member's age and years of earned service credit equals at least seventy-five; provided that a member who retires pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the benefit reductions provided in Subsection G of Section 22-11-30 NMSA 1978.\nB. A member shall be subject to the provisions of Subsection A of this section as they existed at the beginning of the member's last cumulated four quarters of earned service credit, regardless of later amendment.","path":["Chapter 22 - Public Schools","ARTICLE 11 Educational Retirement"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18522/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"f02db603ae431e68feb6613295200dea6f87f570b105c049cd31ec1763160041","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/22-11-22","next":"us-nm/22-11-23.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}