Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

CHAPTER 3. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Part 12. Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments

Eligibility For Death Payments

19-3-1201. Eligibility for death payments. Upon receipt of a written application filed with the board by a designated beneficiary, the board shall grant a death payment to the designated beneficiary of any member who dies:

(1) while in service;

(2) while a recipient of a disability retirement benefit, if the benefit has been in effect less than 6 months;

(3) while disabled, if the member has been continuously disabled since discontinuance of the member's service but is not receiving a disability retirement benefit; or

(4) while an inactive member.

History: En. 68-2301 by Sec. 42, Ch. 323, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 68-2301; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 196, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 429, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 99, L. 2011.