1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 19
  3. CHAPTER 18
  4. Part 5
  5. 19-18-504 Special tax levy for fund required

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 18. FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT

Part 5. Contributions to Fund

Special Tax Levy For Fund Required

19-18-504. Special tax levy for fund required. (1) The fund must be reviewed on an annual basis to determine whether the fund is soundly funded pursuant to 19-18-503.

(2) Based on the annual review:

(a) if the fund contains an amount that is less than the minimum amount required to keep the fund soundly funded pursuant to 19-18-503, the city or town council shall, subject to 15-10-420, levy an annual tax on the taxable value of all taxable property within the city or town;

(b) if the fund contains an amount that is less than the maximum but more than the minimum required to keep the fund soundly funded pursuant to 19-18-503(1)(a), the city or town council may, if authorized by the voters as provided in 15-10-425, levy an annual tax.

(3) All revenue from the tax must be deposited in the fund.

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(2); amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 566, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 60, Ch. 614, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 606, L. 1989; Sec. 19-11-504, MCA 1991; redes. 19-18-504 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 553, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 29, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 495, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 113, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 193, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 64, L. 2017.