1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 19
  3. CHAPTER 18
  4. Part 5
  5. 19-18-503 Fund to be soundly funded

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 18. FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT

Part 5. Contributions to Fund

Fund To Be Soundly Funded

19-18-503. Fund to be soundly funded. (1) Each disability and pension fund must be soundly funded at fiscal yearend. The fund is soundly funded if, subject to subsection (2):

(a) assets in the fund are maintained at a level equal to at least three times but no more than five times the benefits paid by the fund in the previous or current fiscal year, whichever is greater; or

(b) funding is maintained at a level determined by an actuarial valuation to be sufficient to keep the fund actuarially sound.

(2) An actuarial valuation may be requested only by a city, town, or association.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 71, L. 1907; Sec. 3336, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5119, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 58, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 5119, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 43, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 159, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 183, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 208, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 170, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 157, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1912(1); amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 372, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 606, L. 1989; Sec. 19-11-503, MCA 1991; redes. 19-18-503 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 553, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 29, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 112, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 193, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 2017.