44-1-518. Contribution for retirement -- length of service credit -- transfer of retirement contributions and length of service credit. (1) When an officer receives compensation under 44-1-511, the officer's contribution for retirement under 19-6-402 must be paid on the compensation received under 44-1-511 and the state's contribution for retirement under 19-6-404 must be paid on the compensation received under 44-1-511.
     (2) The time for which contributions are paid under 44-1-511 shall be credited to the length of service computed for retirement purposes under 19-2-701.
     (3) When a disabled officer who qualifies for benefits under 44-1-511 accepts a transfer under 44-1-515 to a nonhighway patrol position within the department of justice that is covered under the Public Employees' Retirement System Act, all of the officer's length of service credited with the Montana patrol officers' retirement system must be transferred to the public employees' retirement system in the officer's credit and the officer's accumulated contributions and the state's adjusted contributions, with accrued interest, credited to the officer in the Montana highway patrol officers' retirement account must be transferred to the public employees' retirement account in the officer's credit. The state's "adjusted contributions" means an amount equal to the amount that would have been contributed by the state had the transferred service been employment covered under the public employees' retirement system.

     History: En Sec. 8, Ch. 317, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 235, Ch. 265, L. 1993.