Terms Used In Montana Code 19-20-1101

• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Benefit recipient: means a retired member, a joint annuitant, or a beneficiary who is receiving a retirement allowance. See Montana Code 19-20-101
• Employer: means :

  (a)the state of Montana;

  (b)a public school district, as provided in 20-6-101 and 20-6-701;

  (c)the office of public instruction;

  (d)the board of public education;

  (e)an education cooperative;

  (f)the Montana school for the deaf and blind, as described in 20-8-101;

  (g)the Montana youth challenge program, as defined in 10-1-101;

  (h)a correctional facility, as defined in 41-5-103;

  (i)the Montana university system;

  (j)a community college; or

  (k)any other agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state that employs a person who is designated a member of the retirement system pursuant to 19-20-302. See Montana Code 19-20-101

• Joint annuitant: means the one person that a retired member who has elected an optional allowance under 19-20-702(2), (4), or (5) has designated to receive a retirement allowance upon the death of the retired member. See Montana Code 19-20-101
• Member: means a person who has an individual account in the annuity savings account. See Montana Code 19-20-101
• plan: means the teachers' retirement system of the state of Montana provided for in 19-20-102. See Montana Code 19-20-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• retirement benefit: means a monthly payment due to a retired member who has qualified for service or disability retirement or due to a joint annuitant or beneficiary. See Montana Code 19-20-101