19-8-301. Membership -- inactive vested members -- inactive nonvested members. (1) Except as provided in 19-8-302, each state game warden who is assigned to law enforcement in the department of fish, wildlife, and parks shall become a member of the retirement system when first becoming a state game warden. All state game wardens are members of the retirement system so long as they are actively employed in that capacity.
     (2) A member with at least 10 years of membership service who terminates service and does not take a refund of the member's accumulated contributions is an inactive vested member and retains the right to purchase service and to receive a retirement benefit under the provisions of this chapter.
     (3) A member with less than 10 years of membership service who terminates service and leaves the member's accumulated contributions in the pension trust fund is an inactive nonvested member and is not eligible for any benefits from the retirement system. An inactive nonvested member is eligible only for a refund of the member's accumulated contributions.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 130, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 326, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 8, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 330, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1407(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 159, Ch. 265, L. 1993.