Montana § 19-7-503 Service Retirement Benefit

Montana Statutes

§ 19-7-503 — Service Retirement Benefit

Montana § 19-7-503

Title 19PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

Ch. 7SHERIFFS' RETIREMENT

Part 5Service Retirement Benefits

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Mont. Code Ann. § 19-7-503 (2026).

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19-7-503 . Service retirement benefit.

(1)The amount of any service retirement benefit granted to a member is 2.5% of the member's highest average compensation for each year of service credit.

(2)When a retired member receiving an option 1 retirement benefit under 19-7-1001 dies, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.

(3)If a retired member who elected an option 2 or 3 benefit under 19-7-1001 dies with no surviving contingent annuitant, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated

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19-7-503 . Service retirement benefit. (1) The amount of any service retirement benefit granted to a member is 2.5% of the member's highest average compensation for each year of service credit.
(2) When a retired member receiving an option 1 retirement benefit under 19-7-1001 dies, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.
(3) If a retired member who elected an option 2 or 3 benefit under 19-7-1001 dies with no surviving contingent annuitant, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.
(4) This section does not apply if the member was receiving a disability benefit. The member's accumulated contributions may not be reduced by the disability benefits already paid unless the disability benefit was converted to a service retirement benefit pursuant to 19-2-406 (5).

Legislative History

En. 68-2608, 68-2612 by Secs. 8, 12, Ch. 178, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2608(part), 68-2612; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 114, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 401, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 78, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 146, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 162, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 248, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 178, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 248, L. 2015.