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Montana Title 19. Public Retirement Systems § 19-50-104. Eligibility to catch up--normal retirement age

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), for the purposes of determining a participant's eligibility to catch up on making the maximum annual deferrals allowable, normal retirement age must be specified in writing by the participant and must be no earlier than:

(a) the age at which the participant is eligible to retire pursuant to the participant's Title 19 retirement system because of the participant's age or both age and length of service, without disability, and with the right to receive immediate retirement benefits without actuarial or similar reduction because of retirement before a specified age; or

(b) 65 years of age if the participant is not a member of a Title 19 retirement plan or system, is a member of a defined contribution retirement plan, or is an independent contractor.

(2) An eligible plan with participants that include qualified police or firefighters, as defined under 26 U.S.C. 415(b)(2)(H)(ii)(I), may either:

(a) designate a normal retirement age for the qualified police or firefighters that is no less than 50 years of age; or

(b) allow a qualified police or firefighter participant to designate a normal retirement age that is between 50 and 70 1/2 years of age.

(3) Qualified police or firefighters, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 415(b)(2)(H)(ii)(I), include:

(a) police who are members of the municipal police officers' retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 9;

(b) police who are members of a local police retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 19;

(c) firefighters who are members of the firefighters' unified retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 13;

(d) firefighters who are members of a local firefighters' retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 18; and

(e) firefighters who are members of the defined benefit retirement plan of the public employees' retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 3.

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