1. A plan under which all justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals and district judges who are elected or appointed for the first time as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge on or after November 5, 2002, and who take office on or after January 1, 2003, and who withdraw from the Public Employees’ Retirement System, if eligible to do so, must receive benefits for retirement, disability and death, and under which justices of the peace and municipal judges who are allowed to participate in the plan pursuant to NRS 1A.285 may receive benefits for retirement, disability and death, is hereby established and must be known as the Judicial Retirement Plan.

2. Each justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge elected or appointed for the first time as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge on or after November 5, 2002, and who takes office on or after January 1, 2003, and who withdraws pursuant to NRS 1A.280 from the Public Employees’ Retirement System, if eligible to do so, is a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan.

3. Each justice of the peace and municipal judge who is allowed and who elects to participate in the Judicial Retirement Plan pursuant to NRS 1A.285 is a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan.

4. Benefits are earned pursuant to the Judicial Retirement Plan in the manner set forth in NRS 1A.120 to 1A.150, inclusive, 1A.190, 1A.240 and 1A.310 to 1A.670, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 74; A 2005, 995, 1069; 2013, 1721)