Montana § 19-13-1007 Minimum Benefit Adjustment

Montana Statutes

§ 19-13-1007 — Minimum Benefit Adjustment

Montana § 19-13-1007

Title 19PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

Ch. 13FIREFIGHTERS' UNIFIED RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Part 10Postretirement Benefits and Benefit Increases

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Mont. Code Ann. § 19-13-1007 (2026).

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19-13-1007 . Minimum benefit adjustment.

(1)The following applies to a member with 10 or more years of membership service who has not elected to be covered under 19-13-1010 :

(a)For the member or the member's surviving spouse or dependent children, the service retirement benefit provided in 19-13-704 , the disability retirement benefit provided in 19-13-803 , and the survivorship benefit provided in 19-13-902 may not be less than one-half the monthly compensation paid to a newly confirmed, active firefighter of the employer that last employed the member as a firefighter, as provided each year in the budget of that employer.

(b)If after a member retires, the employer that last employed the member no longer employs a full-paid firefighter, the member's or survivor's benefit under subsecti

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19-13-1007 . Minimum benefit adjustment. (1) The following applies to a member with 10 or more years of membership service who has not elected to be covered under 19-13-1010 :
(a) For the member or the member's surviving spouse or dependent children, the service retirement benefit provided in 19-13-704 , the disability retirement benefit provided in 19-13-803 , and the survivorship benefit provided in 19-13-902 may not be less than one-half the monthly compensation paid to a newly confirmed, active firefighter of the employer that last employed the member as a firefighter, as provided each year in the budget of that employer.
(b) If after a member retires, the employer that last employed the member no longer employs a full-paid firefighter, the member's or survivor's benefit under subsection (1)(a) must be adjusted on the basis of the average monthly compensation paid to all newly confirmed full-paid firefighters, as provided each year in the budgets of those employers that participate in the retirement system and employ a full-paid firefighter.
(2) If the employment of a vested member hired before July 1, 1981, who has not elected to be covered under 19-13-1010 is involuntarily discontinued because of the termination of employment of all full-paid firefighters of the employer that employed the member, the member's service retirement benefit provided in 19-13-704 and the member's spouse's or dependent child's survivorship benefit provided in 19-13-902 (1) may not be less than:
(a) if the member has earned 20 years or more of membership service, one-half the average monthly compensation paid to all newly confirmed, full-paid firefighters, as provided each year in the budgets of those employers that participate in the retirement system and employ a full-paid firefighter; or
(b) if the member has earned more than 5 but less than 20 years of membership service, 2.5% of the average monthly compensation paid to all newly confirmed, full-paid firefighters, as provided each year in the budgets of those employers that participate in the retirement system and employ a full-paid firefighter, for each year of the member's service.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 46, Ch. 566, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 468, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 231, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 541, L. 1995; amd. secs. 5, 8(6), Ch. 445, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 88, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 290, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 113, Ch. 429, L. 2003.