19-3-906. Early retirement benefit. - Montana Statutes

     19-3-906. Early retirement benefit. (1) The amount of retirement benefit payable to a member following early retirement is the actuarial equivalent of the accrued portion of the service retirement benefit that would have been payable to the member commencing at age 60 or upon completion of 30 years of membership service pursuant to 19-3-904.
     (2) The early retirement benefit must be determined as prescribed in 19-3-904, with the exception that the benefit must be reduced as follows:
     (a) by 1/2 of 1% multiplied by the number of months up to a maximum of 60 months by which the retirement date precedes the date on which the member would have retired had the member attained 60 years of age or had the member completed 30 years of membership service; and
     (b) by 3/10 of 1% multiplied by the number of months in excess of the 60 months in subsection (2)(a) but not to exceed 60 additional months that the retirement date precedes the date on which the member would have retired had the member attained 60 years of age or had the member completed 30 years of membership service.
     (3) The actuarial reduction provided for in this section must be adjusted for any one-for-five service purchased under 19-3-513 once the member has at least 25 years of membership service.

     History: En. 68-2005 by Sec. 33, Ch. 323, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 496, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 60, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 73, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 71, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 429, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 283, L. 2009.