19-3-2115. Transfers or rollovers into plan -- service transfers -- membership credit for purposes of vesting. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2), the board shall accept the rollover of contributions and the income on those contributions from another eligible retirement plan to the member's vested account as allowed under applicable federal law.
(b) To transfer service credit from another retirement system in this title, an employee must be a member of the defined benefit plan. The member must receive membership service and service credit for the service the member transfers. The transferring member may, within 12 months after joining the defined benefit plan, elect to become a member of the defined contribution plan. The transferred service credit may be used for purposes of vesting in the defined contribution plan pursuant to 19-3-2116.
(2) The board shall accept a direct rollover of eligible distributions from another eligible retirement plan only to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
History: En. Sec. 51, Ch. 471, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 490, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 429, L. 2003.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 19. Public Retirement Systems
Chapter 3. Public Employees' Retirement System
Part 21. Defined Contribution Plan
19-3-2104. Board powers and duties -- rulemaking
19-3-2105. Administrative expenses and fees
19-3-2106. Limited contract right
19-3-2107. through 19-3-2110 reserved
19-3-2111. Plan membership -- written election required -- failure to elect -- effect of election
19-3-2114. Amount available to transfer
19-3-2116. Vesting -- mandatory termination of membership -- forfeitures
19-3-2117. Allocation of contributions and forfeitures
19-3-2118. through 19-3-2120 reserved
19-3-2122. Investment alternatives -- notice of changes -- default fund
19-3-2123. Payout of vested account balances when terminating plan membership
19-3-2126. Refunds -- minimum account balance -- adjustment by rule
19-3-2127. through 19-3-2130 reserved
19-3-2133. Employee investment advisory council
19-3-2135. through 19-3-2140 reserved
19-3-2142. Disability benefit recipients to remain members -- access to account prohibited