Montana Code Annotated 2023

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

ARTICLE VIII. REVENUE AND FINANCE

Part VIII. REVENUE AND FINANCE

Public Retirement System Assets

Section 15. Public retirement system assets. (1) Public retirement systems shall be funded on an actuarially sound basis. Public retirement system assets, including income and actuarially required contributions, shall not be encumbered, diverted, reduced, or terminated and shall be held in trust to provide benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and to defray administrative expenses.

(2) The governing boards of public retirement systems shall administer the system, including actuarial determinations, as fiduciaries of system participants and their beneficiaries.

History: En. Sec. 2, Const. Amend. No. 25, approved Nov. 8, 1994.