§ 19-3-401 Membership — inactive vested members — inactive nonvested members
§ 19-3-402 Federally subsidized employees eligible
§ 19-3-403 Exclusions from membership
§ 19-3-404 Renumbered 19-3-1211
§ 19-3-405 Renumbered 19-3-318
§ 19-3-406 Renumbered 19-2-601
§ 19-3-411 Eligible employees
§ 19-3-412 Optional membership — employees not in elected office
§ 19-3-413 Optional membership — elected officials

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 19 > Chapter 3 > Part 4 - Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contracting employer: means any political subdivision or governmental entity that has contracted to come into the system under this chapter. 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • retirement system: means the public employees' retirement system established in 19-3-103. See Montana Code 19-3-108
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203