Montana Code 19-21-202. Effect on rights under teachers’ retirement system
19-21-202. Effect on rights under teachers’ retirement system. (1) An election under 19-21-201 to participate in the program is a waiver of all rights and benefits under the teachers’ retirement system except as provided in this section.
Terms Used In Montana Code 19-21-202
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Program: means the university system retirement program established pursuant to this chapter. See Montana Code 19-21-102
- system: means the teachers' retirement system provided for in Title 19, chapter 20. See Montana Code 19-21-102
(2)A member of the teachers’ retirement system who elects to participate in the program is considered, for the purpose of determining eligibility for rights and benefits under that system, to be no longer employed in a capacity that allows active membership in that system as of the effective date of the election. Thereafter, the member is considered an inactive member of the system if qualified under 19-20-303, with the rights and privileges provided under 19-20-603.
(3)A person who elects to participate in the program is ineligible to be an active member of the teachers’ retirement system while continuously employed in a position eligible to participate in the program.