Montana Code 19-3-315. Member’s contribution to be deducted
19-3-315. Member’s contribution to be deducted. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2), each member’s contribution is 7.9% of the member’s compensation.
Terms Used In Montana Code 19-3-315
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- Compensation: means remuneration paid out of funds controlled by an employer in payment for the member's services or for time during which the member is excused from work because of a holiday or because the member has taken compensatory leave, sick leave, annual leave, banked holiday time, or a leave of absence before any pretax deductions allowed by state or federal law are made. See Montana Code 19-3-108
- Defined benefit plan: means the plan within the public employees' retirement system established in 19-3-103 that is not the defined contribution plan. See Montana Code 19-3-108
- Employer: means the state of Montana, its university system or any of the colleges, schools, components, or units of the university system for the purposes of this chapter, or any contracting employer. See Montana Code 19-3-108
- retirement system: means the public employees' retirement system established in 19-3-103. See Montana Code 19-3-108
(b)The board shall annually review the required contributions and recommend future adjustments to the legislature as needed to maintain the amortization schedule set by the board for the payment of the system’s unfunded liability.
(2)Each member’s contribution must be reduced to 6.9% on January 1 following the system’s annual actuarial valuation if the valuation determines that reducing the employee contribution pursuant to this subsection and reducing the employer contribution pursuant to 19-3-316(4) would not cause the system’s amortization period to exceed 25 years.
(3)Payment of salaries or wages less the contribution is full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for the service rendered by members during the period covered by the payment, except their claims to the benefits to which they may be entitled under the provisions of this chapter.
(4)Each employer, pursuant to section 414(h)(2) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 414(h)(2), shall pick up and pay the contributions that would be payable by the member under subsection (1) or (2) for service rendered after June 30, 1985.
(5)(a) The member’s contributions picked up by the employer must be designated for all purposes of the retirement system as the member’s contributions, except for the determination of a tax upon a distribution from the retirement system.
(b)In the case of a member of the defined benefit plan, these contributions must become part of the member’s accumulated contributions but must be accounted for separately from those previously accumulated.
(c)In the case of a member of the defined contribution plan, these contributions must be allocated as provided in 19-3-2117.
(6)The member’s contributions picked up by the employer must be payable from the same source as is used to pay compensation to the member and must be included in the member’s wages, as defined in 19-1-102, and compensation. The employer shall deduct from the member’s compensation an amount equal to the amount of the member’s contributions picked up by the employer and remit the total of the contributions to the board.