Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 6. Termination of Membership and Refunds

Reinstatement After Withdrawal Of Contributions

19-2-603. (Temporary) Reinstatement after withdrawal of contributions. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3, part 21, of this title and this section, a person who again becomes an active member of a defined benefit plan subsequent to the refund of the person's accumulated contributions after a termination of previous membership is considered a new member without previous membership service or service credit. The person, while either an active or inactive vested member, may reinstate that membership service or service credit by redepositing the sum of the accumulated contributions that were refunded to the person at the last termination of the person's membership plus the interest that would have been credited to the person's accumulated contributions had the refund not taken place. If the person makes this redeposit, the membership service and service credit previously canceled must be reinstated.

19-2-603. (Effective July 1, 2024) Reinstatement after withdrawal of contributions. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3, part 21, of this title and this section, a person who again becomes an active member of a defined benefit plan subsequent to the refund of the person's accumulated contributions after a termination of previous membership is considered a new member without previous membership service or service credit. The person, while either an active or inactive vested member, may reinstate that membership service or service credit by redepositing the sum of the accumulated contributions that were refunded to the person at the last termination of the person's membership plus interest at the actuarial assumed rate of return in effect at the time of the redeposit. If the person makes this redeposit, the membership service and service credit previously canceled must be reinstated.

History: En. 68-1906 by Sec. 27, Ch. 323, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 128, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1906; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-3-704, MCA 1991; redes. 19-2-603 by Sec. 238, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 429, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 99, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 195, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 400, L. 2023.