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, a survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's designated beneficiary. The survivorship benefit is the actuarial equivalent of a member's retirement benefit provided for in 19-5-502.

     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.