19-5-404. Contributions by state. (1) The state of Montana shall contribute monthly to the pension trust fund a sum equal to 6% of the compensation of each member. In addition, the clerk of each district court shall transmit 68% of certain filing fees as required under 25-1-201(2) and that portion of the fee for filing a petition for dissolution of marriage and a motion for substitution of a judge specified in 25-1-201(4) and (6) to the state, which shall first deposit in the pension trust fund an amount equal to 34.71% of the total compensation paid to district judges and supreme court justices who are covered by the judges' retirement system and then deposit the balance in the state general fund. The clerk of the supreme court shall pay one-fourth of the fees collected under 3-2-403 to the division to be credited to the pension trust fund.
     (2) The state of Montana shall contribute monthly from the renewable resource grant and loan program account in the state special revenue fund to the judges' pension trust fund an amount equal to 34.71% of the compensation paid to the chief water court judge.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 289, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 63, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 548, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1116(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 524, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 318, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 642, L. 1987; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 664, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 344, L. 1991; (2)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 364, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 101, Ch. 265, L. 1993.