Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Part 9. Service Retirement Benefits

Eligibility For Early Retirement

19-3-902. Eligibility for early retirement. (1) A member hired prior to July 1, 2011, who:

(a) is not eligible for service retirement but has attained age 50 and has 5 years of membership service is eligible for early retirement; or

(b) has completed 25 years or more of membership service is eligible for early retirement.

(2) A member hired on or after July 1, 2011, who is not eligible for service retirement but has attained age 55 and has 5 years of membership service is eligible for early retirement.

History: En. 68-2001 by Sec. 29, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 128, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2001(2); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 496, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 369, L. 2011.