19-5-801. Payments upon employment-related death. 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. The survivorship benefit is the greater of the actuarial equivalent of a member's service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit on the date of death or of the contingent annuitant's benefit, if applicable.

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