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NM Stat § 10-7A-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7A - Deferred Compensation|Section 10-7A-8 - Deferred compensation plan; local public employee participation.

A. Local public employees shall be eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan approved by the board upon the filing of a local public body's participation agreement, conforming to board requirements, applicable to its local public employees and such other participants permitted by the plan as the local public body may elect. Such filing shall be made at such dates and places and in such manner as the board requires. B. A local public body may terminate its local public employees' and other qualified participants' future participation in a board-approved plan any time not less than two years after the date participation has become effective, upon the local public body's filing of written or electronic notice conforming to board requirements. History: Laws 1981, ch. 155, § 8; 1985, ch. 161, § 5; 2017, ch. 20, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, revised the process for local public employee participation in a deferred compensation plan; in Subsection A, after "upon the filing of", deleted "the governing authority's written notice" and added "a local public body's participation agreement, conforming to board requirements", after "applicable to", deleted "all the" and added "its", and after "such manner as the board", deleted "determines" and added "requires"; and in Subsection B, after "upon the", deleted "governing authority's" and added "local public body's", after "filing of written", added "or electronic", after "notice", deleted "at such dates and places as the" and added "conforming to", and after "board", deleted "determines" and added "requirements".
NM Stat § 10-7A-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7A - Deferred Compensation|Section 10-7A-9 - Existing deferred compensation plans.

Any state or local public body deferred compensation plan in existence on the effective date of the Deferred Compensation Act shall not be affected and may be made available to employees and other persons of the state agency or local public body which had adopted said deferred compensation plan on the same basis as on the effective date of the Deferred Compensation Act. Funds of existing plans may be invested in all or any combination of the investments set forth in Subsection B of Section 10-7A-5 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1981, ch. 155, § 9; 1983, ch. 251, § 3. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The effective date of the Deferred Compensation Act was April 6, 1981.
NM Stat § 10-7A-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7A - Deferred Compensation|Section 10-7A-10 - Expenditure.

Any expenditure necessary to implement the Deferred Compensation Act shall be charged to participating employees or to deferred compensation carriers including those submitting proposals. History: Laws 1981, ch. 155, § 10; 1985, ch. 161, § 6. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For salary reductions for deferred compensation plans, see 10-7-8 NMSA 1978. Agreement with company administering deferred compensation program. — The public employee's retirement board's administrator's agreement with the company providing professional services by administering and marketing the state's deferred compensation program must be let for proposals pursuant to the Procurement Code, 13-1-28 NMSA 1978 et seq., to the extent the administrator receives as compensation an amount exceeding $20,000, although the administrator's sole compensation under the contract derives from sales commissions, etc., from the underwriter. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-35.
NM Stat § 10-7A-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7A - Deferred Compensation|Section 10-7A-11 - Rule making; agreements.

The board may adopt such rules and enter into such agreements as may be necessary to implement the Deferred Compensation Act; provided, however, that any expenditures associated therewith are charged as provided in Section 10-7A-10 NMSA 1978. History: 1978 Comp., § 10-7A-11, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 161, § 7.
NM Stat § 10-7A-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7A - Deferred Compensation|Section 10-7A-12 - Division of funds as community property; notice requirement.

A court of competent jurisdiction, solely for the purposes of effecting a division of community property, may provide by appropriate order for a determination and division of a community interest in the deferred compensation plan provided for in the Deferred Compensation Act. Pursuant to such a court order a deferred compensation administrator shall provide notice, within ten days after a participating public employee files an application for a disbursement from the deferred compensation plan, to a former spouse who has a court-determined interest in a participating public employee's deferred compensation plan. The notice shall be sent to the last name and address the former spouse has filed with the administrator of the deferred compensation plan and shall include the schedule for and amounts of the disbursement and the address to which the participating public employee's disbursement will be sent. History: 1978 Comp., § 10-7A-12, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 22, § 1.
NM Stat § 10-7B-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-1 - Short title.

Chapter 10, Article 7B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Group Benefits Act". History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 1; 2005, ch. 301, § 1; 2005, ch. 305, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, added the statutory reference to the act. Laws 2005, ch. 301, § 1 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63A Am. Jur. 2d Public Officers and Employees § 450. 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 248, 249.
NM Stat § 10-7B-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Group Benefits Act: A. "committee" means the group benefits committee; B. "director" means the director of the risk management division of the general services department; C. "employee" means a salaried officer, employee or legislator of the state; a salaried officer or an employee of a local public body; or an elected or appointed supervisor of a soil and water conservation district; D. "local public body" means any New Mexico incorporated municipality, county or school district; E. "professional claims administrator" means any person or legal entity that has at least five years of experience handling group benefits claims, as well as such other qualifications as the director may determine from time to time with the committee's advice; F. "small employer" means a person having for-profit or nonprofit status that employs an average of fifty or fewer persons over a twelve-month period; and G. "state" or "state agency" means the state of New Mexico or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions. History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 2; 2003, ch. 412, § 2; 2005, ch. 301, § 2; 2005, ch. 305, § 2; 2006, ch. 88, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, in Subsection C, defined "employee" to include an elected or appointed supervisor of a soil and water conservation district. The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, added Subsection F to define "small employer". The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, in Subsection C, substituted "employee or legislator" for "or employee" following "salaried officer", inserted "a salaried officer or employee of" following "state or", and deleted "or both, as the context requires" at the end.
NM Stat § 10-7B-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-3 - Group benefits committee; created.

A. The "group benefits committee" is created. The committee shall be composed of nine members as follows: (1) one employee of, appointed by the secretary of, each of the two departments of the state, excluding state institutions of higher education, having the largest number of full-time employees; (2) the superintendent of insurance or his designee; (3) the director of the state personnel office or his designee; (4) the executive secretary of the public employees retirement association or his designee; (5) the chief financial officer of a state agency or institution, appointed by the governor; (6) one employee of a local public body participating in the state group plan, appointed by the governor; and (7) two public employees of state agencies, other than those from whom members are appointed pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection, appointed by the governor. B. Members of the committee appointed by the governor or by a department secretary shall serve terms of four years. Vacancies in appointive memberships shall be filled by the appointing authority. An appointive membership shall be deemed vacant when the member ceases to be a public employee or ceases to meet the qualifications for his membership set forth in Subsection A of this section. An appointive membership shall also be deemed vacant when the member fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the committee. C. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The members of the committee shall elect annually from among the membership a chairman and vice chairman. History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 3.
NM Stat § 10-7B-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-4 - Group benefits committee; powers and duties.

The committee shall: A. review and advise the director on all group benefits coverages, whether insured or self-insured, included or to be included in the state group plan; B. review and advise the director on all professional, technical or consulting contracts to be entered into in connection with the state group plan; C. if insurance is to be purchased through negotiation, pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection D of Section 6 [10-7B-7 NMSA 1978] of the Group Benefits Act, review and advise the director as to companies and agents to be selected to submit proposals; D. review and advise the director on rules and regulations relating to group benefits insurance and self-insurance; E. review and advise the director on selection of an investment advisor for investments of the group self-insurance fund; F. review and advise the director on guidelines establishing rates for and methods of rating participating state agencies and local public bodies; G. perform any other duties and exercise any other powers as provided by law; and H. review any matters specified in this section, which review by the committee shall preempt such review of such matters previously accorded to the risk management advisory board. History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 4. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed reference in Subsection C was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The reference therein to "Section 6 of the Group Benefits Act" is apparently erroneous. The apparent intended reference is to Section 7 of that act, and the bracketed code number inserted following the reference reflects that intended reference.
NM Stat § 10-7B-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-5 - Administrative costs.

The director, with the prior approval of the committee, may apportion the costs of employee benefits administration and other employee benefit costs to all participating state agencies and their employees, participating local public bodies and their employees, participating small employers and persons and dependents eligible through the small employer and participating soil and water conservation district supervisors and their covered dependents, whether the plan is insured or self-insured. History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 5; 2005, ch. 301, § 3; 2005, ch. 305, § 3; 2006, ch. 88, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, added participating soil and water conservation district supervisors and their covered dependents. The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, provided that the director may apportion costs to participating small employers and persons and dependents eligible through the small employer.
NM Stat § 10-7B-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-6.1 - Small employer health care coverage.

A. The director may enter into an agreement with a small employer to voluntarily purchase health care coverage offered pursuant to the Group Benefits Act for persons and dependents eligible through the small employer. B. The director may enter into agreements with an association, cooperative or mutual alliance representing small employers to provide outreach and assistance for small employers to voluntarily purchase health care coverage offered pursuant to the Group Benefits Act for persons and dependents eligible through the small employer. C. The director shall only permit voluntary purchase of health care coverage by small employers if the small employer has not offered health care coverage to persons and dependents eligible through a small employer for a period of at least twelve months prior to enrollment in the coverage offered pursuant to the Group Benefits Act; provided, however, that the waiting period in this subsection shall not apply to a person having nonprofit status that employs an average of fifty or fewer persons over a twelve-month period. D. A separate account shall be maintained for small employers that voluntarily elect to purchase health care coverage offered pursuant to the Group Benefits Act to provide separate accounting, payment and private funding of health care coverage for small employers. The funds in the small employers account shall be maintained separately in actuarially sound condition as evidenced by an annual written certification of a qualified actuary, including verification that the premiums charged are actuarially sound in relation to the benefits provided. This certification shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance. History: Laws 2005, ch. 301, § 4; 2005, ch. 305, § 4; 2007, ch. 111, § 1. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 8 repealed Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 4, effective July 1, 2010. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, in Subsection C, eliminated the waiting period for a person who has a nonprofit status that employs an average of fifty or fewer persons over a twelve-month period. Laws 2007, ch. 111, § 1 also reconciled the multiple enactments of this section by Laws 2005, ch. 301, § 4 and Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 4. 2005 amendments. — Laws 2005, ch. 301, § 4 and Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 4, effective July 1, 2005, enacted identical new sections except for the last two sentences of Subsection D. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2005, ch. 305, § 7, effective July 1, 2005, provided that by January 1, 2010, the superintendent of insurance shall promulgate rules to allow participating small employers and persons and dependents eligible pursuant to this act to participate in the coverage afforded pursuant to the Health Insurance Alliance Act and recommend statutory changes to the Health Insurance Alliance Act as may be needed.
NM Stat § 10-7B-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7B - Group Benefits|Section 10-7B-8 - Group self-insurance fund; investment.

A. In making investments of the fund, the director shall consider the relative safety of the investment and the need for liquidity in the fund, as well as the income to be produced. No investment of the fund shall have a maturity date, or similar date before which it may not be liquidated for cash without penalty, premium, deduction, surcharge or interest rate decrease, later than one year from the date of purchase. B. The director may seek such investment advice as he deems proper. State agencies with investment expertise, including but not limited to the state treasurer, the state investment council, the state investment officer and the state board of finance, shall cooperate in providing investment advice upon the director's request. The director may contract with an investment advisor and pay him from the fund. Any such investment advisor shall have at least a bachelor's degree in economics, accounting, business administration or a related field from an accredited college or university and shall have at least five years of experience as an investment advisor or as a funds investment manager or a combination of both. C. Any commission paid for the purchase or sale of any securities pursuant to this section shall be reasonable and shall not exceed the brokerage rate for such transaction charged at the time of purchase or sale by national brokerage firms. D. Investment of the fund shall be made with the exercise of that degree of judgment and care, under the circumstances then prevailing, which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation but for investment, considering the probable safety of their capital as well as the probable income to be derived. E. Securities purchased from the fund shall be held in the custody of the state treasurer. At the director's direction, the state treasurer shall deposit the securities with a bank or trust company for safekeeping or servicing. F. The director may delegate his investment authority to the state treasurer, who shall make investments or reinvestments of the fund in accordance with this section. History: Laws 1989, ch. 231, § 8.
NM Stat § 10-7C-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7C - Retiree Health Care|Section 10-7C-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 16 [10-7C-1 to 10-7C-16 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Retiree Health Care Act". History: Laws 1990, ch. 6, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The Retiree Health Care Act was enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 6, §§ 1 to 16 and codified as 10-7C-1 to 10-7C-16 NMSA 1978. Laws 2002, ch. 75, §§ 2 to 4 and Laws 2002, ch. 80, §§ 2 to 4 enacted identical sections which were codified as 10-7C-17 [repealed], 10-7C-18 [repealed] and 10-7C-19 NMSA 1978 [repealed]. These sections were enacted as part of the Retiree Health Care Act.
NM Stat § 10-7C-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7C - Retiree Health Care|Section 10-7C-2 - Purpose of act.

The purpose of the Retiree Health Care Act is to provide comprehensive core group health insurance for persons who have retired from certain public service in New Mexico. The purpose is to provide eligible retirees, their spouses, dependents and surviving spouses and dependents with health insurance consisting of a plan or optional plans of benefits that can be purchased by funds flowing into the retiree health care fund and by co-payments or out-of-pocket payments of insureds. History: Laws 1990, ch. 6, § 2.
NM Stat § 10-7C-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7C - Retiree Health Care|Section 10-7C-5 - Authority created.

There is created the "retiree health care authority", which is established to provide for comprehensive group health insurance programs under the Retiree Health Care Act. History: Laws 1990, ch. 6, § 5; 2002, ch. 75, § 1; 2002, ch. 80, § 1; 2021, ch. 23, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, simplified the description of the retiree health care authority, removed outdated provisions related to the retiree health care authority, and removed a provision requiring the retiree health care authority to administer the senior prescription drug plan; deleted "The authority shall be administratively attached to the public school insurance authority until December 31, 1993. The director of the public school insurance authority shall be the executive director of the retiree health care authority until December 31, 1993. The board created by Section 10-7C-6 NMSA 1978 shall remain fully independent of the board of the public school insurance authority."; and deleted former Subsection B, which required the retiree health care authority to administer the senior prescription drug program.The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, added Subsection B.Laws 2002, ch. 75, § 1 and Laws 2002, ch. 80, § 1, both effective May 15, 2002, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2002, ch. 80, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. State agency. — The retiree health care authority is a state agency and thus is subject to the various regulatory provisions that apply to state agencies absent express statutory exemptions. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06. Records retention. — As a state agency, the retiree health care authority is subject to record retention regulations adopted by the state commission of public records pursuant to 14-3-4 NMSA 1978. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06. State Rules Act. — Retiree health care authority (RHCA) is not excluded from the State Rules Act (Sections 14-4-1 to 14-4-9 NMSA 1978); therefore, the RHCA must file its rules with the Records Center. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06. Information systems. — Retiree health care authority (RHCA) is not excluded from the provisions of the Information Systems Act [now repealed]. Therefore, the RHCA's purchases of computer software and hardware and its information systems plan are subject to approval by the Information Systems Council. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06. Contracts of authority. — The retiree health care authority is a state agency and the professional service contracts it enters into are therefore governed by Section 13-1-118 NMSA 1978. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06. Leasing provisions. — Retiree health care authority is subject to leasing regulations of the property control division of the general services department in accordance with the property control director's obligation to "control the lease or rental of space in private buildings by state executive agencies other than the state land office." 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-06.
NM Stat § 10-7C-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees|Article 7C - Retiree Health Care|Section 10-7C-7.1 - Board may provide for an administration building; payment of obligations from contributions.

The board may take all actions reasonably necessary to provide an administration building for the authority, including the acquisition of real property for that purpose. The board is authorized to make payments from the first money received each month as contributions pursuant to Section 10-7C-15 NMSA 1978 to pay principal of, interest on and other expenses or obligations related to revenue bonds issued by the New Mexico finance authority to plan, design, acquire, construct, furnish and equip an administration building for the authority, including the acquisition of real property. History: Laws 2000, ch. 79, § 1.