19-13-903. Payments in absence of spouse or dependent child. If a member dies without leaving a surviving spouse or dependent child and if the member had designated a beneficiary in writing to the board as provided in 19-2-801, the board shall pay to the designated beneficiary the amount, if any, of the retired member's accumulated contributions minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account. If the deceased member did not designate a beneficiary or the beneficiary predeceased the member, the amount must be paid to the member's estate.

     History: En. Sec. 45, Ch. 566, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 186, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 229, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 562, L. 1999.