19-3-1103. Disability benefit reduced by earnings. - Montana Statutes

     19-3-1103. Disability benefit reduced by earnings. (1) (a) If the recipient of a disability retirement benefit engages in a gainful occupation during any month other than in a position covered by the retirement system, the amount of the recipient's retirement benefit for that month must be reduced to an amount that, when added to the compensation earned by the recipient in that occupation, does not exceed the amount of the recipient's monthly compensation at the time of the recipient's retirement.
     (b) The board shall annually adjust the recipient's monthly compensation as it was at the time of retirement by an inflationary factor if the recipient has been receiving a disability retirement benefit for more than 36 consecutive months.
     (2) Benefit adjustments granted by the legislature may not be included in calculations required under this section.

     History: En. 68-2202 by Sec. 39, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 190, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2202; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 496, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 89, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 99, L. 2001.