19-13-210. Participation in retirement system. (1) Cities of the first and second class that employ full-paid firefighters shall participate in the retirement system. If a city of the first or second class is reduced to a city of the third class or a town under 7-1-4118, it shall continue to participate in the retirement system as long as it has retired firefighters or survivors eligible to receive retirement benefits.
     (2) Firefighters hired by the Montana air national guard on or after October 1, 2001, or on or after the date of the execution of an agreement between the department of military affairs and the board, whichever is later, shall participate in the retirement system.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 566, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 208, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-13-105, MCA 1991; redes. 19-13-210 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 290, L. 2001.