19-7-503. Service retirement benefit. - Montana Statutes

     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) If a retired member dies without designating a contingent annuitant under 19-7-1001, the member's designated beneficiary 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.

     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.