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MT Code § 19-3-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-301. Renumbered 19-2-401

  19-3-301. Renumbered 19-2-401. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-302. Renumbered 19-2-402

  19-3-302. Renumbered 19-2-402. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-303. Repealed

  19-3-303. Repealed. Sec. 4, Ch. 254, L. 1981.   History: En. 68-1802 by Sec. 19, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 453, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1802(part).
MT Code § 19-3-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-304. Renumbered 19-2-403

  19-3-304. Renumbered 19-2-403. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-305. Renumbered 19-2-405

  19-3-305. Renumbered 19-2-405. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-306. Renumbered 19-2-407

  19-3-306. Renumbered 19-2-407. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-307. Repealed

  19-3-307. Repealed. Sec. 236, Ch. 265, L. 1993.   History: En. 68-2512 by Sec. 60, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 132, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2512.
MT Code § 19-3-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-308. Terminated

  19-3-308. Terminated. Sec. 7, Ch. 328, L. 1987.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 328, L. 1987.
MT Code § 19-3-309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-309. through 19-3-314 reserved

  19-3-309 through 19-3-314 reserved.
MT Code § 19-3-315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-315. Member's contribution to be deducted

  19-3-315. Member's contribution to be deducted. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2), each member's contribution is 7.9% of the member's compensation.   (b) The board shall annually review the required contributions and recommend future adjustments to the legislature as needed to maintain the amortization schedule set by the board for the payment of the system's unfunded liability.   (2) Each member's contribution must be reduced to 6.9% on January 1 following the system's annual actuarial valuation if the valuation determines that reducing the employee contribution pursuant to this subsection and reducing the employer contribution pursuant to 19-3-316(4) would not cause the system's amortization period to exceed 25 years.   (3) Payment of salaries or wages less the contribution is full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for the service rendered by members during the period covered by the payment, except their claims to the benefits to which they may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter.   (4) Each employer, pursuant to section 414(h)(2) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 414(h)(2), shall pick up and pay the contributions that would be payable by the member under subsection (1) or (2) for service rendered after June 30, 1985.   (5) (a) The member's contributions picked up by the employer must be designated for all purposes of the retirement system as the member's contributions, except for the determination of a tax upon a distribution from the retirement system.   (b) In the case of a member of the defined benefit plan, these contributions must become part of the member's accumulated contributions but must be accounted for separately from those previously accumulated.   (c) In the case of a member of the defined contribution plan, these contributions must be allocated as provided in 19-3-2117.   (6) The member's contributions picked up by the employer must be payable from the same source as is used to pay compensation to the member and must be included in the member's wages, as defined in 19-1-102, and compensation. The employer shall deduct from the member's compensation an amount equal to the amount of the member's contributions picked up by the employer and remit the total of the contributions to the board.   History: En. 68-1902 by Sec. 23, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 128, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1902; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 464, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 558, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-3-701, MCA 1991; redes. 19-3-315 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 287, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 284, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 369, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 390, L. 2013.
MT Code § 19-3-316 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-316. Employer contribution rates

  19-3-316. Employer contribution rates. (1) Each employer shall contribute to the system. Except as provided in subsection (2), the employer shall pay as employer contributions 6.9% of the compensation paid to all of the employer's employees plus any additional contribution under subsection (3), except for those employees properly excluded from membership. Of employer contributions made under this subsection for both defined benefit plan and defined contribution plan members, a portion must be allocated for educational programs as provided in 19-3-112. Employer contributions for members under the defined contribution plan must be allocated as provided in 19-3-2117.   (2) Local government and school district employer contributions must be the total employer contribution rate provided in subsection (1) minus the state contribution rates under 19-3-319.   (3) (a) Subject to subsection (4), each employer shall contribute to the system an additional employer contribution equal to the percentage specified in subsection (3)(b) of the compensation paid to all of the employer's employees, except for those employees properly excluded from membership.   (b) The percentage of compensation to be contributed under subsection (3)(a) is 1.27% for fiscal year 2014 and increases by 0.1% each fiscal year through fiscal year 2024. For fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2024, the percentage of compensation to be contributed under subsection (3)(a) is 2.27%.   (4) (a) The board shall annually review the additional employer contribution provided for under subsection (3) and recommend adjustments to the legislature as needed to maintain the amortization schedule set by the board for payment of the system's unfunded liabilities.   (b) The employer contribution required under subsection (3) terminates on January 1 following the board's receipt of the system's actuarial valuation if the actuarial valuation determines that terminating the additional employer contribution pursuant to this subsection (4)(b) and reducing the employee contribution pursuant to 19-3-315(2) would not cause the amortization period to exceed 25 years.   History: En. 68-2504 by Sec. 52, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 128, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2504(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 254, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 549, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 663, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 558, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-3-801, MCA 1991; redes. 19-3-316 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 287, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 51, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 329, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 371, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 283, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 390, L. 2013.
MT Code § 19-3-317 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-317. State employer to include costs in budget

  19-3-317. State employer to include costs in budget. Every state employer shall include in its budget and request for legislative appropriations an amount necessary to defray the state's part of the costs of this chapter for its employees to the end that the legislature may make definite appropriation for the cost incurred by each employer the employees of which are within the retirement system created by this chapter.   History: En. 68-2505 by Sec. 53, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 99, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2505(2); Sec. 19-3-803, MCA 1991; redes. 19-3-317 by Code Commissioner, 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-318 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-318. Credit of contributions made after member becomes inactive

  19-3-318. Credit of contributions made after member becomes inactive. Contributions made on the basis of compensation earned by members after they are considered to be inactive members, as provided in 19-3-403(4), must be credited to the employer.   History: En. Sec. 68-1602 by Sec. 6, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 16, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 99, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 132, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1602(8)(c); amd. Sec. 54, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-3-405, MCA 1991; redes. 19-3-318 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 58, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 329, L. 2005.
MT Code § 19-3-319 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-319. State contributions for local government and school district employers

  19-3-319. State contributions for local government and school district employers. (1) The state shall contribute monthly from the general fund to the pension trust fund a sum equal to 0.1% of the compensation paid to all employees of local government entities and school districts on and after July 1, 1997, except those employees properly excluded from membership.   (2) (a) Subject to subsection (2)(b), in addition to the contribution required under subsection (1), the state shall contribute monthly from the general fund to the pension trust fund a sum equal to 0.27% of the compensation paid to all employees of school districts except for those employees properly excluded from membership.   (b) The additional contribution under subsection (2)(a) terminates when the additional contribution under 19-3-316(3) terminates.   (3) The board shall certify amounts due under this section on a monthly basis, and the state treasurer shall transfer those amounts to the pension trust fund within 1 week. The payments in this section are statutorily appropriated as provided in 17-7-502.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 287, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 39(1)(a), Ch. 532, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 329, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 371, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 99, L. 2011.
MT Code § 19-3-320 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 3. Contributions and Refunds|19-3-320. Supplemental state contribution -- appropriation

  19-3-320. Supplemental state contribution -- appropriation. (1) (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, the state shall contribute $31.386 million and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, the state shall contribute $31.958 million from the general fund to the public employees' retirement system pension trust as a supplemental contribution to the public employees' retirement system.   (b) Starting in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, the state shall contribute from the general fund to the public employees' retirement system pension trust 101% of the contribution from the previous years as a supplemental contribution to the public employees' retirement system.   (c) The 69th legislature shall review the performance of subsection (1)(b) and make recommendations for adjustments as needed.   (2) This contribution is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, from the general fund to the pension trust fund.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 351, L. 2017.
MT Code § 19-3-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-401. Membership -- inactive vested members -- inactive nonvested members

  19-3-401. Membership -- inactive vested members -- inactive nonvested members. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all employees become members of the defined benefit plan on the first day of service. Each employer shall file with the board information affecting the employer's employees' status as members as the board may require. An employee may become a member of the defined contribution plan only as provided in Title 19, chapter 3, part 21.   (2) (a) An inactive member of the defined benefit plan with at least 5 years of membership service is an inactive vested member and retains the right to purchase service credit and to receive a service retirement benefit subject to the provisions of this chapter.   (b) If an inactive vested member of the defined benefit plan chooses to take a lump-sum payment rather than a retirement benefit, the lump-sum payment consists of only the member's accumulated contributions and not the employer's contributions.   (3) (a) An inactive member of the defined benefit plan with less than 5 years of membership service is an inactive nonvested member and is not eligible for any benefits from the retirement plan.   (b) An inactive nonvested member of the defined benefit plan is eligible only for a refund of the member's accumulated contributions.   (4) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a member of either the defined benefit plan or the defined contribution plan is an active member of the system and is not eligible for a refund of contributions or for benefit payments if the member either:   (a) returns to service within 30 days of termination of employment; or   (b) terminates one employment but remains employed in another position covered by the system.   (5) Time during which an employee of a school district, the Montana school for the deaf and blind, or a public institution of higher education is absent from service during official vacation is counted as membership service in determining eligibility for retirement benefits.   History: En. 68-1601 by Sec. 5, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 132, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1601; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 370, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Secs. 24, 99(1)(d), Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 429, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 329, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 128, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 99, L. 2011.
MT Code § 19-3-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-402. Federally subsidized employees eligible

  19-3-402. Federally subsidized employees eligible. A person whose compensation is paid either fully or in part from federal funds but who is not subject to the federal retirement system is considered an employee and is entitled to all benefits and is required to make all employee contributions under the retirement system based upon the full salary received by such employee, including that portion of salary paid from federal funds.   History: En. 68-2510 by Sec. 58, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 445, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2510; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 458, L. 1983.
MT Code § 19-3-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-404. Renumbered 19-3-1211

  19-3-404. Renumbered 19-3-1211. Code Commissioner, 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-405. Renumbered 19-3-318

  19-3-405. Renumbered 19-3-318. Code Commissioner, 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-406. Renumbered 19-2-601

  19-3-406. Renumbered 19-2-601. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-407. through 19-3-410 reserved

  19-3-407 through 19-3-410 reserved.
MT Code § 19-3-411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-411. Eligible employees

  19-3-411. Eligible employees. Subject to 19-3-402, 19-3-403, 19-3-412, and 19-3-413, eligible employees under the system who are not covered by a separate retirement system under this title include the following:   (1) any employee of the state of Montana, its university system or any of the colleges, schools, components, or units of the university system; and   (2) any employee of a contracting employer eligible to participate under the contract between the board and the contracting employer under 19-3-201.   History: En. Sec. 48, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 248, L. 2015.
MT Code § 19-3-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 4. Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting|19-3-413. Optional membership -- elected officials

  19-3-413. Optional membership -- elected officials. (1) (a) Except as provided in 5-2-304, 19-20-302(1)(g) and (2), and subsection (2) of this section, a person who is elected or appointed to an elected office and paid a salary or wage by an employer shall elect either to become an active member of the retirement system or to decline this optional membership by filing an irrevocable, written application with the board in the manner prescribed in subsection (3).   (b) If the elected official is a retired member, the elected official may make an election under this section to become an active member or to decline membership and remain a retired member with no limitation on the number of hours worked or wages earned in the elected office.   (2) An elected official who works more than 960 hours in a fiscal year in that elected office and who was an active or inactive member before becoming an elected official is not eligible to make an election under subsection (1). An active member remains an active member for all covered employment, and an inactive member shall become an active member.   (3) (a) The board shall prescribe the form of the written application required pursuant to this section and provide the form to each employer.   (b) An election form must be completed and returned to the board within 90 days after the elected official assumes office. Failure to file the written application form within 90 days is considered an election to decline membership.   (c) The employer shall retain a copy of the elected official's written application.   (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), an elected official who declines optional membership may not receive membership service or service credit for any employment in the position for which membership was declined.   (5) An elected official who declined optional membership under this section but who later becomes a member may purchase service credit for the period of time the person was employed in the optional position and declined membership. Purchase of service credit pursuant to this subsection must comply with 19-3-505.   (6) An elected official who has made an election under this section and who is reelected or reappointed to the same office is not eligible to make a new election.   (7) For purposes of this section, "elected official" means all persons covered by subsection (1)(a).   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 248, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 195, L. 2017.
MT Code § 19-3-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 5. Service Credit|19-3-501. Absence not included in service

  19-3-501. Absence not included in service. Except as otherwise provided in this part, time during which a member is absent from service may not be included in the calculation of service credit.   History: En. 68-1604 by Sec. 8, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 99, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1604; amd. Sec. 55, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-502 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 5. Service Credit|19-3-502. Renumbered 19-2-705

  19-3-502. Renumbered 19-2-705. Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993.
MT Code § 19-3-503 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 19. Public Retirement Systems|Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System|Part 5. Service Credit|19-3-503. Application to purchase military service

  19-3-503. Application to purchase military service. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) and subject to 19-3-514, 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 member's active service in the armed forces of the United States, including the first special service force or the American merchant marine in oceangoing service during the period of armed conflict, December 7, 1941, to August 15, 1945.  (b) A member is not eligible to purchase active military service credit and membership service under subsection (1)(a) if the member is eligible to receive credit in the system for that service under 19-2-707.   (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b) and subject to 19-3-514, 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 member's reserve military service in the armed forces of the United States.   (b) A member is not eligible to purchase reserve military service credit and membership service under subsection (2)(a) if the member is eligible to receive credit in the system for that service under 19-2-707.   (3) To purchase service credit and membership service under this section, the member shall pay the actuarial cost of the member's active or reserve military service credit based on the system's most recent actuarial valuation.   History: En. 68-1605.1 by Sec. 10, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 128, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1605.1; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 609, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 287, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 58, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 494, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 26, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 289, L. 2003; amd. Secs. 22, 122(1), Ch. 429, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 172, L. 2021.