Montana § 19-6-901 Survivorship Benefits -- Employment-Related Death

Montana Statutes

§ 19-6-901 — Survivorship Benefits -- Employment-Related Death

Montana·Title 19 PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS·Ch. 6 HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT·Part 9 Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments

19-6-901 . Survivorship benefits -- 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, a survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's surviving spouse or dependent child in the same manner as provided for in 19-6-505 (2) through (4).

(2)The retirement benefit must equal 50% of the highest average compensation of the member.

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19-6-901 . Survivorship benefits -- 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, a survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's surviving spouse or dependent child in the same manner as provided for in 19-6-505 (2) through (4).
(2) The retirement benefit must equal 50% of the highest average compensation of the member.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 18, Ch. 37, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 243, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 31-218; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 114, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 278, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 127, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-6-603 , MCA 1991; redes. 19-6-901 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 99, L. 2001.