19-19-502. Disability retirement allowance. When a police officer is transferred from the active list to the retired list of a city, he shall thereafter receive monthly payments from the city's police retirement fund, as follows:
     (1) A police officer who is eligible under 19-19-402 before completing 20 years of service shall receive a sum equal to one-half the base salary, excluding overtime and payments in lieu of sick leave and annual leave, he was receiving as an active officer computed on the highest salary received in any one month during his last year of active service.
     (2) A police officer who is placed on the retired list under 19-19-402 and who, at the time of his injury or disability, was eligible at his option to be placed on the retired list under 19-19-401(1) or (2) but had elected to serve additional years and was then serving such additional years shall be paid for the additional years over his original eligibility at the rate prescribed in 19-19-501(2).

     History: En. 11-1844 by Sec. 14, Ch. 335, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 224, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 456, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1844(part); amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 114, L. 1979; Sec. 19-10-502, MCA 1991; redes. 19-19-502 by Code Commissioner, 1993.