Montana § 19-8-1002 Postretirement Death Payments

Montana Statutes

§ 19-8-1002 — Postretirement Death Payments

Montana·Title 19 PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS·Ch. 8 GAME WARDENS' AND PEACE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT·Part 10 Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments

19-8-1002 . Postretirement death payments.

(1)When a retired member receiving an option 1 retirement benefit under 19-8-801 dies, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.

(2)If a retired member who elected an option 2 or 3 retirement benefit under 19-8-801 dies with no surviving contingent annuitant, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's reti

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19-8-1002 . Postretirement death payments. (1) When a retired member receiving an option 1 retirement benefit under 19-8-801 dies, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving designated beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.
(2) If a retired member who elected an option 2 or 3 retirement benefit under 19-8-801 dies with no surviving contingent annuitant, the member's designated beneficiary or, if there is no surviving beneficiary, the member's estate must be paid the amount, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions calculated as of the day of the member's retirement minus the total of any retirement benefits already paid from the member's account.
(3) This section does not apply if the member was receiving a disability benefit. The member's accumulated contributions may not be reduced by the disability benefits already paid unless the disability benefit was converted to a service retirement benefit pursuant to 19-2-406 (5).

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 18, Ch. 130, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1418; amd. Sec. 173, Ch. 265, L. 1993; Sec. 19-8-704 , MCA 1991; redes. 19-8-1002 by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 287, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 562, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 178, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 248, L. 2015.