N.M. Stat. § 22-11-23
Retirement eligibility; initial membership prior to July 1,
2010.
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:
(1)
the member is any age and has twenty-five or more years of earned and
allowed service credit;
(2)
the member is at least sixty-five years of age and has five or more years
of earned service credit; or
(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.
B. 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.