Title 19, Title 19

(1) Except for a judge or justice who elected in writing to remain under the public employees' retirement system on or before October 1, 1985, or a workers' compensation judge who elected in writing to remain under the public employees' retirement system on or before October 1, 2…

All appropriations made by the state of Montana, all contributions by members, and all interest on and increase of the investments and money in the pension trust fund must be paid to the board, which shall credit the payments to the fund. These funds may be commingled with other …

(1) Each member's contribution is 7% of the member's compensation. (2) Each employer, pursuant to section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended and applicable on July 1, 1991, shall pick up and pay the contributions that would be payable by the member under subsectio…

When a member willingly resigns or is discharged for cause before becoming entitled to a retirement benefit, the accumulated contributions standing to the member's credit must be paid to the member upon the board's receipt of the member's written application for a refund.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the state shall pay as employer contributions 0% of the compensation paid to all of the employer's employees, except those properly excluded from membership. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the state shall contribute mo…

(1) At any time before retirement, a member may file a written application with the board to purchase additional service credit for the purpose of calculating the member's retirement benefit. Except as provided in subsection (3), the member may purchase 1 year of additional servi…

(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) and subject to 19-5-411, a member with at least 5 years of membership service may, at any time prior to retirement, file a written application with the board to purchase service credit and membership service for up to 5 years of the…

A member may not purchase more than a combined total of 5 years of service under 19-5-409 and 19-5-410.

(1) Subject to a member's right to a refund of the member's accumulated contributions under Title 19, chapter 2, part 6, a vested member who has reached the age of 60 has attained normal retirement age and is eligible to receive the nonforfeitable service retirement benefit provi…

After termination from service and upon application for service retirement, the service retirement benefit must be as follows: (1) for members not covered under 19-5-901 or 19-5-902, 3 1/3% a year of the member's current salary for the first 15 years of service credit and 1.785% …

(1) If a member is involuntarily discontinued from service after having completed 5 years of membership service but before reaching normal retirement age, the member must, upon filing with the board an application in the manner prescribed by the board, be paid an involuntary reti…

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), in the case of the disability of a vested member, a disability retirement benefit must be granted the member in an amount actuarially equivalent to the service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit at the time of the…

(1) The board, in its discretion, may require the recipient of a disability retirement benefit to undergo a medical examination. The examination must be made by a board-approved physician or surgeon at a place mutually agreed on by the board, the disabled member, and the physicia…

(1) The retirement benefit of a member or the survivorship benefit of a designated beneficiary who so elects must be converted, in lieu of all other benefits under this chapter, into an optional retirement benefit that is the actuarial equivalent of the original benefit. If the m…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), if the board finds that a member died as a direct and proximate result of injury received in the course of the member's service or duty, a survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's designated beneficiary. (2) The survivorship bene…

(1) (a) If a vested member dies before reaching normal retirement age, the member's designated beneficiary is entitled to a monthly survivorship benefit that is the actuarial equivalent of the retirement benefit provided in 19-5-502. (b) If a nonvested member dies before reaching…

(1) Subject to subsection (2), on January 1 of each year, the permanent monthly benefit payable during the preceding January to each recipient who is eligible under subsection (3) must be increased by 3%. (2) (a) If a recipient's benefit payable during the preceding January has b…

(1) Subject to subsection (2), on January 1 of each year, the permanent monthly benefit payable during the preceding January to each recipient who is eligible under subsection (3) must be increased by 3%. (2) (a) If a recipient's benefit payable during the preceding January has b…