Title 19, Title 19

The board of trustees of each police retirement fund shall on or before April 1 of each year report to the state auditor as to the financial condition of its fund.

(1) The city treasurer shall submit to the public employees' retirement board before September 1 of each odd-numbered year all information requested by the public employees' retirement board necessary to complete an actuarial valuation of the city's police retirement fund. The va…

Each city, other than one of the first or second class, that has a police retirement fund and that did not elect to join the statewide police reserve fund provided for in Chapter 335, Laws of 1974, and has not elected to participate in the plan under 19-9-207 shall deposit in its…

The treasurer of an incorporated city that has a police retirement fund shall retain from the monthly salary of each police officer on the active list a sum equal to 6% of the officer's monthly compensation for services as a police officer, exclusive of overtime and payments made…

A police officer whose service with the city has been discontinued by other than death or placement upon the retired list must be entitled to the return of the amounts paid to the fund through deductions from the officer's salary. If the officer has 10 years or more of service, t…

The following shall be placed in the police retirement fund and transmitted promptly to the board of trustees: (1) all money withheld from salaries of police officers for the violation of rules of the police department; (2) all bequests, gifts, or emoluments paid or given on acco…

(1) After the end of each fiscal year, the state auditor shall issue and deliver to the treasurer of each city and town in Montana that has a police department and that is not a participant in the municipal police officers' retirement system a warrant for an amount computed in th…

The following persons are eligible for the police retired list of a city and may retire as provided in this section: (1) A person who is employed by any city as a police officer on July 1, 1975, is eligible for the police retired list when the person has completed 20 years or mor…

When a police officer receives injuries or disabilities in the active discharge of duties as a police officer and the injuries or disabilities are, in the opinion of the board of police commissioners or city council of the city or town, of a character that impairs the officer's a…

(1) A police officer who is eligible for the retired list under 19-19-401(1) or (2) may transfer, as of the time the officer becomes eligible, to the retired list or may elect to serve an additional 1 to 10 years as an active police officer. (2) A police officer whose eligibility…

An applicant for reinstatement under the provisions of 7-32-4110 may be reinstated and added to the retired list of police officers and may enjoy all the benefits, pensions, and rights that accrue to police officers placed on the retired list in the city or town. The pension bene…

A police officer serving in the United States military in time of war or national emergency must be given credit in the officer's police record for the military service in the same manner as though the officer were on active police duty.

(1) A member with 15 years or more of service as a police officer may, at any time prior to retirement, make a written election with the board to qualify all or any portion of the member's active service in the armed forces of the United States for the purpose of calculating reti…

When a police officer is transferred from the active list to the retired list of a city, the officer must receive monthly payments from the city's police retirement fund, as follows: (1) A police officer who is eligible under 19-19-401(1) or (2) and does not elect to serve any ad…

When a police officer is transferred from the active list to the retired list of a city, the officer must receive monthly payments from the city's police retirement fund, as follows: (1) A police officer who is eligible under 19-19-402 before completing 20 years of service must r…

(1) Upon the death of a police officer on the active list or retired list of a city, the officer's surviving spouse, if there is one, must, as long as the spouse remains the surviving spouse, be paid from the city's police retirement fund a sum equal to one-half the base salary, …

Except for execution or withholding for the payment of child support or for the payment of spousal support for a spouse or former spouse who is the custodial parent of the child, the benefits provided for in this part are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or the …

A retiree who is a participant in an employee group insurance plan that permits participation in the group plan following retirement may elect to have the monthly premium for group insurance withheld by the department of administration and paid directly by the department to the i…

(1) The payment for each fiscal year to the police officers, spouses, or minor children described in subsections (2)(a) through (2)(c) may not be less than one-half of the salary paid in that fiscal year in the appropriate city or town to newly confirmed police officers. (2) On o…