19-17-404. Amount of pension and disability benefits. - Montana Statutes

     19-17-404. Amount of pension and disability benefits. (1) Each eligible member must receive a pension or disability benefit as provided in this section.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(c), the full pension benefit paid to eligible members is $150 a month.
     (b) A partial pension benefit is calculated by multiplying the full pension benefit in subsection (2)(a) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the eligible member's years of service and the denominator of which is 20.
     (c) The full pension benefit of a member who continued to be an active member after completing 20 years of service must be increased by $7.50 a month for each additional year of active service the member completed after 20 years of service, up to 30 total years of service.
     (3) The disability benefit paid to an eligible member is calculated in the same manner as partial pension benefits described in subsection (2)(b), except that the numerator may not be less than 10.
     (4) If any fraudulent change or any inadvertent mistake in records results in any member, surviving spouse, or dependent child receiving more or less than entitled to, then on the discovery of the error, the board shall correct the error and adjust the payments to the member, surviving spouse, or dependent child in an equitable manner.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 65, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5158.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 160, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 199, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 69, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 157, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 480, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2022(5)(a) thru (5)(c); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 57, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 81, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 283, L. 1993; Sec. 19-12-404, MCA 1991; redes. 19-17-404 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 175, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 124, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 209, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 262, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 391, L. 2005.