Section 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 Judicial Retirement Plan's average compensation: (a) If the member has an effective date of membership before July 1, 2015, by 3.4091 percent for each year of service, except that a member of the Plan is entitled to a benefit of not more than 75 percent of the member's average compensation.(b) If the member has an effective date of membership on or after July 1, 2015, by 3.1591 percent for each year of service, except that a member of the Plan is entitled to a benefit of not more than 75 percent of the member's average compensation.2. For the purposes of this section, "average compensation" means the average of a member of the Plan's 36 consecutive months of highest compensation as certified by the Court Administrator if the member is a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge, by the county if the member is a justice of the peace or by the city if the member is a municipal judge.Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 78; A 2003, 2072; 2005, 997; 2013, 1723; 2015, 2736Amended by 2015, Ch. 471,§22, eff. 7/1/2015.Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 78; A 2003, 2072; 2005, 997