19-13-212. Termination of participation in retirement system or reduction of employer contributions. (1) If an employer voluntarily terminates its contributions in the retirement system or significantly reduces the number of full-paid firefighters it employs to a degree that, in the board's opinion, inadequately funds the accrued or accruing benefits of retirement system members, the board shall request as part of the required actuarial valuation an actuarial investigation of the funding status of the employer.
     (2) Based on the actuarial investigation, the board may request and the employer shall pay annually the amount determined to be necessary to provide adequate funding for the liabilities of the employer. This amount must be in addition to any other contributions required by the retirement act.
     (3) Six years after the actuarial investigation is conducted, an employer making payments as provided in subsection (2) may request the board to review the employer's funding status relative to the annual payments. As a result of the review, the board may adjust the payments.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 468, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 210, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-13-110, MCA 1991; redes. 19-13-212 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 290, L. 2001.