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Bill would let airport firefighters join statewide firefighters’ pension; fiscal note pins cost on state contribution increase
Summary
A bill to allow full‑time airport authority firefighters to move from the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the Firefighters’ Unified Retirement System drew questions about higher state contribution rates and limited scope; proponents said only about 13 workers statewide would qualify as drafted.
Mark Thane, House District 89, opened the hearing on House Bill 640 to allow ``full paid firefighters and sworn police at airport authorities'' to participate in the Firefighters Unified Retirement System rather than the Public Employees Retirement System.
The bill would change statutory definitions to allow airport authority firefighters who meet the bill’s job‑duty description to transfer into the firefighters’ system. ``Because of definitions and because of job titles currently [the bill] impacts only 13 individuals in the state,'' Thane told the committee.
William Hollahan, executive director of the Montana Public Employee Retirement Administration,…
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