{"data":{"id":"us-mt/19-17-108","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"19-17-108","heading":"Credit for service as volunteer firefighter -- records.","body":"(1) The annual period of service that may be credited under this chapter is the fiscal year. A fractional part of a year may not count toward the service required for participation in this system. To be eligible to receive credit for any particular year, a volunteer firefighter shall serve throughout the entire fiscal year with a single fire company that is organized under Title 7, chapter 33, and continues to meet the requirements of 19-17-109.\n(2) The years of service are cumulative and need not be continuous. Separate periods of service properly credited with different fire companies must be credited toward a member's eligibility for benefits.\n(3) A volunteer firefighter may not receive credit for service during any fiscal year unless:\n(a) during the fiscal year, the volunteer firefighter completes a minimum of 30 hours of training in firefighting duties as outlined in 19-17-105 under a formal program that has been formulated, supervised, and certified to the board by the chief or designated official of the fire company; and\n(b) the volunteer firefighter's participation in the training program is documented in the fire company's records maintained pursuant to 19-17-111 by the chief or designated official.","path":["TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 17. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' COMPENSATION ACT","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0190/chapter_0170/part_0010/section_0080/0190-0170-0010-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:04Z","sha256":"8e058a0872a0f09d02776c09f47f88cdce294c870f4041211fcc1217de87b7d9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/19-17-107","next":"us-mt/19-17-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}