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 Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace or municipal judge in any judicial capacity, including, without limitation, employment as a senior justice, senior judge, senior justice of the peace or senior municipal judge of the Nevada Court System, the retired justice or judge is disqualified from receiving any allowances under the Judicial Retirement Plan for the duration of his or her active service.
2. If a retired justice or judge accepts any employment other than that described in subsection 1, the justice or judge is entitled to the same allowances as a retired justice or judge who has no employment.
3. If a retired justice or judge who accepts employment as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace or municipal judge in a judicial capacity pursuant to this section elects not to reenroll in the Judicial Retirement Plan pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 1A.370, the Court Administrator if the retired justice or judge is a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge, the county if the retired justice or judge is a justice of the peace or the city if the retired justice or judge is a municipal judge, may pay contributions on behalf of the retired justice or judge to a retirement fund which is not a part of the Judicial Retirement Plan in an amount not to exceed the amount of the contributions that the Court Administrator, county or city would pay to the System on behalf of a participating justice or judge who is employed in a similar position.
4. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a retired justice or judge who accepts employment as a senior justice, senior judge, senior justice of the peace or senior municipal judge of the Nevada Court System if the retired justice or judge:
(a) At the time of reemployment, is receiving:
(1) A benefit that is not actuarially reduced pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 1A.350; or
(2) A benefit actuarially reduced pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 1A.350 and the retired justice or judge has reached the required age at which he or she could have retired with a benefit that was not actuarially reduced pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 1A.350; and
(b) Accepts the employment at least 90 days after the effective date of his or her retirement pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 1A.130.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 75; A 2001 Special Session, 98; 2005, 995, 2067; 2009, 2216, 2222; 2013, 1722; 2015, 3067, 3069)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement
NRS 1A.030 - "Compensation" defined.
NRS 1A.040 - "Disability retirement allowance" defined.
NRS 1A.050 - "Judicial Retirement Plan" defined.
NRS 1A.060 - "Retired justice or judge" defined.
NRS 1A.070 - "Service" defined.
NRS 1A.080 - "Service retirement allowance" defined.
NRS 1A.090 - "System" defined.
NRS 1A.110 - Limitations on review and copying of records; waiver.
NRS 1A.150 - False statement or certification; withholding of information.
NRS 1A.160 - Judicial Retirement Fund: Establishment; policy; sources; payments.
NRS 1A.170 - Administration and investment of Judicial Retirement Fund.
NRS 1A.200 - Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund; administrative fees.
NRS 1A.230 - Actuarial assumptions used in computing benefits: Availability; changes prohibited.
NRS 1A.240 - Persons receiving benefits from System entitled to cost-of-living increases.
NRS 1A.250 - Administration of accounts of members and recipients of benefits.
NRS 1A.260 - Conditions for membership in System.
NRS 1A.290 - Termination of membership; rights of justices or judges who have retired.
NRS 1A.300 - Establishment; members; benefits.
NRS 1A.310 - Purchase of credit for service: Requirements; sources; installments.
NRS 1A.312 - Contributions to Judicial Retirement Fund; adjustment of contribution rate.
NRS 1A.320 - Service credit: Commencement; termination.
NRS 1A.330 - Service credited in another system ineligible; exception.
NRS 1A.340 - Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System.
NRS 1A.350 - Eligibility: Age and service; reduction of benefit for retirement before required age.
NRS 1A.390 - Limitation on distributions to members.
NRS 1A.400 - Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit.
NRS 1A.410 - Limitations on benefits and contributions.
NRS 1A.420 - Prohibition against applying forfeitures to increase benefits.
NRS 1A.430 - Consent of spouse to retirement plan of member.
NRS 1A.440 - Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement.
NRS 1A.450 - Optional plans: Alternatives to unmodified allowance for service retirement.
NRS 1A.490 - Disability retirement allowance: Applicability of certain provisions.
NRS 1A.500 - Disability retirement allowance: Cancellation.
NRS 1A.510 - Disability retirement allowance: Consequences of employment of recipient.
NRS 1A.550 - "Dependent parent" defined.
NRS 1A.555 - "Domestic partner" defined.
NRS 1A.560 - "Spouse" defined.
NRS 1A.580 - Payments to child of deceased member.
NRS 1A.590 - Payments to spouse of deceased member.
NRS 1A.600 - Payments to spouse of deceased member who had 10 or more years of creditable service.
NRS 1A.610 - Payments to spouse if deceased member was eligible to retire.
NRS 1A.615 - Payments to spouse of deceased member killed in course of judicial service.
NRS 1A.620 - Designation of survivor beneficiary and additional payees by member.
NRS 1A.660 - Payments to dependent parents; conditions.
NRS 1A.670 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.