Section 22-11-37 - Disability benefit.

NM Stat § 22-11-37 (2019) (N/A)

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A. The annual disability benefit shall be equal to two percent of the member's average annual salary multiplied by the number of years of the member's total service-credit if the result is greater than one-third of the member's average annual salary. If the result of that formula is less than one-third of the member's average annual salary, the annual disability benefit shall be equal to the lesser of the following amounts:

(1) two percent of the member's average annual salary multiplied by the sum of the member's total service-credit plus the number of years, calculated to the nearest completed quarter, from the effective date of the member's disability to the member's sixtieth birthday; or

(2) one-third of the member's average annual salary.

B. A member's average annual salary for the purpose of computing disability benefits shall be the average salary for the last five years of employment or for any other consecutive five-year period for which contribution was made by the member, whichever is higher.

C. The annual disability benefit shall be paid in equal monthly installments.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-9-37, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 160; 1973, ch. 350, § 1; 1991, ch. 140, § 4.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A, substituted "two percent" for "one and one-half percent" in the first sentence and in Paragraph (1); inserted "annual" preceding "salary" in Subsection B; and made minor stylistic changes in Subsections A and B.

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