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NRS 1A.050 “Judicial Retirement Plan” defined. “Judicial Retirement Plan” means the retirement plan established pursuant to NRS 1A.300. (Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 68)

NRS 1A.060 “Retired justice or judge” defined. “Retired justice or judge” means a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace or municipal judge who was a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan at the time he or she retired or…

NRS 1A.070 “Service” defined. “Service” means all creditable employment which is validated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and can be used in determining eligibility and scope of benefits for justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, district judge…

NRS 1A.080 “Service retirement allowance” defined. “Service retirement allowance” means monthly payments from the Judicial Retirement Fund paid to a retired justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace or municipal judge pursua…

NRS 1A.090 “System” defined. “System” means the Judicial Retirement System established pursuant to this chapter. (Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 69)

NRS 1A.100 Judicial Retirement System: Establishment; public inspection of records; administration by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; legislative review. 1. A system of retirement providing benefits for the retirement, disability or death of all justices of the Supreme Court,…

NRS 1A.110 Limitations on review and copying of records; waiver. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 286.118, all records and files maintained for a member of the System, retired justice or judge, justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge who r…

NRS 1A.120 Right to benefits not subject to taxes, process, bankruptcy, assignment or assessment for impairment or insolvency of insurance company; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 1A.520 and 31A.150 and as limited by subsection 2, the right of a person to a pen…

NRS 1A.130 Application for allowances for service retirement or disability retirement; effective date of retirement; rights of present or former spouse; System exempted from liability for false designation of marital status by member or justice or judge who retires. 1. Applicatio…

NRS 1A.140 Person convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of member of System ineligible to receive benefits. Any person convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of a member of the System is ineligible to receive any benefit conferred by any provision of this chapt…

NRS 1A.150 False statement or certification; withholding of information. A person who knowingly makes a false statement, certifies to an incorrect document or withholds information for the purpose of receiving or assisting another person in receiving benefits under this chapter t…

NRS 1A.155 Forfeiture of rights and benefits upon conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to certain felonies; return of contributions; applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a member of the System who is convicted of or pleads guilty or…

NRS 1A.160 Judicial Retirement Fund: Establishment; policy; sources; payments. 1. The Judicial Retirement Fund is hereby established as a trust fund. 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature that the Judicial Retirement Fund is established to afford a degree o…

NRS 1A.170 Administration and investment of Judicial Retirement Fund. The Board has the exclusive control of the administration and investment of the Judicial Retirement Fund, with the same powers and duties and subject to the same limitations and restrictions that are applicable…

NRS 1A.190 Transfer of unpaid check for benefits or refund to Judicial Retirement Fund; claim for payment of money; period of limitation. 1. Any check for benefits which has not been paid within 5 years after being transferred to the Account for Unclaimed Benefits must be transfe…

NRS 1A.200 Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund; administrative fees. 1. The Board shall establish a fund known as the Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund in which must be deposited all administrative fees. 2. The Board shall fix an administrative fee per capita sufficient…

NRS 1A.210 Fund to pay accrued benefits that are not payable because of certain limitations; benefits paid from fund. 1. The Board may establish a fund to pay the accrued benefits of a member of the System that are not payable because of the limitations set forth in NRS 1A.410. T…

NRS 1A.220 System managed by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; general powers and duties of Board. 1. The Board, subject to the limitations of this chapter, is responsible for managing the System. 2. The Board shall: (a) Arrange for a biennial actuarial valuation and report of …

NRS 1A.230 Actuarial assumptions used in computing benefits: Availability; changes prohibited. 1. The Board shall not change the actuarial assumptions used in computing the benefits provided to a member of the System. 2. The Board shall make available to every member of the Syste…

NRS 1A.240 Persons receiving benefits from System entitled to cost-of-living increases. Each person who receives benefits from the Judicial Retirement Fund pursuant to the System is entitled to receive cost-of-living increases equivalent to those provided for retirees and benefic…

NRS 1A.250 Administration of accounts of members and recipients of benefits. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the accounts of members of the System and recipients of benefits of the System must be administered in accordance with the provisions of chapter 286 of NR…

NRS 1A.260 Conditions for membership in System. 1. No person may become a member of the System unless the person is a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge, or a justice of the peace or municipal judge who is allowed and elects to parti…

NRS 1A.270 Membership of Supreme Court justices, judges of the Court of Appeals and district judges who are elected, reelected or appointed on or after November 5, 2002; membership of Supreme Court justices and district judges who are serving on November 5, 2002; restriction on b…

NRS 1A.280 Withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restriction on benefits. 1. A person who is elected or appointed as a justice of the Supreme Cou…

NRS 1A.285 Membership of justices of the peace and municipal judges; withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restriction on benefits. 1. A justice …

NRS 1A.290 Termination of membership; rights of justices or judges who have retired. 1. Membership of a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge in the System terminates upon: (a) The death of the member; (b) Receipt of retirement allowanc…

NRS 1A.300 Establishment; members; benefits. 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 ju…

NRS 1A.310 Purchase of credit for service: Requirements; sources; installments. Except as otherwise required as a result of NRS 1A.410: 1. A member of the Judicial Retirement Plan who has 5 years of creditable service may, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, purchase up…

NRS 1A.312 Contributions to Judicial Retirement Fund; adjustment of contribution rate. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 1A.314: 1. The Court Administrator shall submit to the System for deposit in the Judicial Retirement Fund on behalf of each justice of the Supreme Court, jud…

NRS 1A.314 Amount of contribution by members of Plan; deduction from payroll; return of contributions. For members of the Judicial Retirement Plan who have an effective date of membership on or after July 1, 2015: 1. A member must pay 50 percent of the total contribution rate tha…

NRS 1A.320 Service credit: Commencement; termination. Service credit for a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan begins on the day the member’s term of office begins and terminates on the day the term of office expires, unless sooner terminated on the day of the member’s death, …

NRS 1A.330 Service credited in another system ineligible; exception. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan must not receive credit in the Plan for service that entitled the member to credit for retirement purposes in any other reti…

NRS 1A.340 Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System. 1. The retirement allowance for a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan becomes vested on the date that the member completes 5 years of creditable service. 2. Benefits for survivors offered pursuant to t…

NRS 1A.350 Eligibility: Age and service; reduction of benefit for retirement before required age. 1. A member of the Judicial Retirement Plan: (a) Who has an effective date of membership before July 1, 2015, is eligible to retire at the age of 65 years if the member has at least …

NRS 1A.360 Employment of retired justice or judge: Consequences; payment of contributions for justice or judge who does not enroll in Plan. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NRS 1A.370, if a retired justice or judge accepts employment as a justice of the Supreme…

NRS 1A.370 Employment of retired justice or judge: Enrollment in Plan; rights of membership; accrual of credit for service; benefits for survivor. 1. A retired justice or judge who accepts employment as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge…

NRS 1A.390 Limitation on distributions to members. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every distribution to a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan must be made pursuant to the provisions of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 401(a)(9), that app…

NRS 1A.400 Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of compensation used to determine the retirement benefit of a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan must not exceed: 1. If the member has an effecti…

NRS 1A.410 Limitations on benefits and contributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the benefits payable to and the contributions made for the benefit of a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan are limited pursuant to the provisions of sections 415(b) and 415(c) of…

NRS 1A.420 Prohibition against applying forfeitures to increase benefits. Forfeitures must not be applied to increase the benefits any member of the Judicial Retirement Plan would otherwise receive pursuant to the provisions governing the Plan as provided by section 401(a)(8) of …

NRS 1A.430 Consent of spouse to retirement plan of member. 1. If the spouse of the member of the Judicial Retirement Plan does not consent to the retirement plan chosen by the member before the date on which the retirement becomes effective pursuant to NRS 1A.130 the System must:…

NRS 1A.440 Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement. Except as otherwise required as a result of NRS 1A.400 or 1A.410: 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a monthly service retirement allowance must be determined by multiplying a member of the Jud…

NRS 1A.450 Optional plans: Alternatives to unmodified allowance for service retirement. 1. The alternatives to an unmodified service retirement allowance are as follows: (a) Option 2 consists of a reduced service retirement allowance payable monthly during the retired justice’s o…

NRS 1A.460 Optional plans: Death of beneficiary; change of selection; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance. 1. If a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan enters retirement status under one of the optional plans described in NRS 1A.450 and the designated benef…

NRS 1A.470 Optional deduction from benefits for payment of premium or contribution for group insurance or other obligations; regulations; exemption of Executive Officer, Board and System from liability for errors or omissions. 1. In addition to the options provided in NRS 287.023…

NRS 1A.480 Disability retirement allowance: Eligibility; calculation of amount; beneficiaries; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance. 1. A member of the Judicial Retirement Plan who has 5 years or more of service credit and who becomes totally unable to perform…