1A.360 - Employment of retired justice or judge: Consequences; payment of contributions for justice or judge who does not enroll in Plan. [Effective through June 30, 2015.]
1A.360 Employment of retired justice or judge: Consequences; payment of contributions for justice or judge who does not enroll in Plan. [Effective July 1, 2015.]
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, 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, 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 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 System may waive, for one period of 30 days or less, a retired justice of the Supreme Court’s or district judge’s disqualification under this section if the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court certifies in writing, in advance, that the retired justice of the Supreme Court or district judge is recalled to meet an emergency and that no other qualified person is immediately available. The System may waive, for one period of 30 days or less, a retired justice of the peace’s disqualification under this section if the board of county commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the justice of the peace is to be assigned certifies in writing, in advance, that the retired justice of the peace is recalled to meet an emergency and that no other qualified person is immediately available. The System may waive, for one period of 30 days or less, a retired municipal judge’s disqualification under this section if the city council of the jurisdiction in which the municipal judge is to be assigned certifies in writing, in advance, that the retired municipal judge is recalled to meet an emergency and that no other qualified person is immediately available.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 75; A 2001 Special Session, 98; 2005, 995, 2067; 2009, 2216, 2222, effective July 1, 2015)