Whenever, according to the procedure established under State law, a majority of the members of the County Police elect to be covered by the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, the Act applies to all members of the County Police in their police positions without any reduction or loss of the benefits provided them or their widows, or domestic partners, and children under the County police relief and retirement fund law.
The provisions of this section do not apply to police officers whose appointments took effect on or after August 15, 1965. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 18-13; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1; 1999 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 2.)