19-3-319. State contributions for local government and school district employers. - Montana Statutes

     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 the following percentage of the compensation paid to all employees of school districts on and after July 1, 2007, except for those employees properly excluded from membership:
     (i) beginning July 1, 2007, 0.135%; and
     (ii) beginning July 1, 2009, 0.27%.
     (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.