19-20-1004. Compliance with federal act. With respect to a member's death occurring on or after January 1, 2007, while a member is performing qualified military service covered under the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, Public Law 110-245, and to the extent required by section 401(a)(37) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(37), the designated beneficiaries are entitled to benefits that the system would have provided if the member had resumed employment and then died and that are contingent on the member's death while employed.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 282, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 19. Public Retirement Systems
Chapter 20. Teachers' Retirement
19-20-1001. Payments upon death of member prior to retirement
19-20-1002. Payments upon death of retiree
19-20-1003. Payment of death benefits
19-20-1004. Compliance with federal act
19-20-1005. Alternate beneficiaries
19-20-1006. When beneficiaries designated -- eligible beneficiaries -- right to renounce
19-20-1007. Requirements for beneficiary designation to be effective
19-20-1009. Payment to minor child -- opportunity to name custodian