Montana § 19-20-804 - Allowance For Service Retirement -- Professional Retirement Option Allowance -- Creditable Service Limitation
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§ 19-20-804. Allowance For Service Retirement -- Professional Retirement Option Allowance -- Creditable Service Limitation
Allowance for service retirement -- professional retirement option allowance -- creditable service limitation. (1) Upon termination, a tier one or tier two member who qualifies for benefits pursuant to 19-20-801 (1) or (2) must receive a retirement allowance equal to one-sixtieth of the member's average final compensation, as limited by 19-20-715 , multiplied by the sum of the number of years of creditable service. (2) (a) Upon termination, a tier two member who qualifies for benefits pursuant to 19-20-801 (3) must receive a professional retirement option allowance equal to 1.85% of the member's final average compensation, as limited by 19-20-715 , multiplied by the sum of the member's years of creditable service. (b) For the purpose of calculating the professional retirement option, creditable service does not include: (i) service credited before the member became a tier two member even if the member redeposits the member's withdrawn contributions pursuant to 19-20-427 ; or (ii) service credit transferred under 19-20-409 .
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-20-804 ("Allowance For Service Retirement -- Professional Retirement Option Allowance -- Creditable Service Limitation") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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