Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     19-5-801. Payments upon employment-related death. (1) If the board finds that a member died as a direct and proximate result of injury received in the course of the member's service or duty, a survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's designated beneficiary.
     (2) The survivorship benefit is the greater of the following:
     (a) the equivalent of the contingent annuitant's benefit, if applicable; or
     (b) the member's service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit on the date of death.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 289, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1123; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-5-603, MCA 1991; redes. 19-5-801 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 370, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 99, L. 2001.

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