Montana § 19-5-801 Payments Upon Employment-Related Death

Montana Statutes

§ 19-5-801 — Payments Upon Employment-Related Death

Montana § 19-5-801

Title 19PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

Ch. 5JUDGES' RETIREMENT

Part 8Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 19-5-801 (2026).

Text

19-5-801 . Payments upon employment-related death.

(1)Except as provided in subsection (3), 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 member's service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit on the date of death.

(3)If the member was retired at the time of death, the provisions of 19-5-701 and 19-5-802 (2) through (4) apply.

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19-5-801 . Payments upon employment-related death. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), 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 member's service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit on the date of death.
(3) If the member was retired at the time of death, the provisions of 19-5-701 and 19-5-802 (2) through (4) apply.

Legislative 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; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 283, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 178, L. 2013.