Sections
Part 1 General Provisions § 19-6-101 – § 19-6-107
Part 3 Eligibility, Membership, and Vesting § 19-6-301 – § 19-6-306
Part 4 Contributions and Refunds § 19-6-401 – § 19-6-410
Part 5 Service Retirement Benefits § 19-6-501 – § 19-6-506
Part 6 Disability Retirement Benefits § 19-6-601 – § 19-6-612
Part 7 Postretirement Benefits and Benefit Increases § 19-6-701 – § 19-6-712
Part 8 Service Credit § 19-6-801 – § 19-6-810
Part 9 Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments § 19-6-901 – § 19-6-903
Part 10 Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) § 19-6-1001 – § 19-6-1008
Part 11 Reemployment of Retired Members § 19-6-1101 – § 19-6-1102

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 19 > Chapter 6 - Highway Patrol Officers' Retirement

  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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
  • Department: means a principal functional and administrative entity that:

    (a)is created by this chapter within the executive branch of state government;

    (b)is one of the 20 principal departments permitted under the constitution; and

    (c)includes its units. See Montana Code 2-15-102

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • DROP: means the deferred retirement option plan established pursuant to this part. See Montana Code 19-6-1002
  • DROP account: means the member's accumulated monthly DROP accruals, plus interest. See Montana Code 19-6-1002
  • DROP benefit: means the lump-sum benefit calculated and distributed as provided in this part. See Montana Code 19-6-1002
  • DROP period: means the period of time that a member irrevocably elects to participate in the DROP subject to the provisions of 19-6-1004. See Montana Code 19-6-1002
  • 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.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Participant: means a member of the retirement system who has elected to participate in the DROP pursuant to this part. See Montana Code 19-6-1002
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.