19-13-803. Amount of disability retirement benefit. (1) A member who becomes disabled:
     (a) before completing 20 years of membership service must receive a disability retirement benefit equal to one-half the member's final average compensation;
     (b) after completing 20 years or more of membership service must receive a disability retirement benefit equal to 2.5% of the member's final average compensation for each year of service credit.
     (2) A member's disability retirement benefit must be paid first to the member during the member's lifetime and, upon the member's death, to the member's surviving spouse. If upon a member's death the member leaves no surviving spouse or upon the death of the surviving spouse, the member's benefit must be paid to the member's dependent children as long as they remain dependent children as defined in 19-13-104.

     History: En. Sec. 40, Ch. 566, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 617, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 225, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 541, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 457, L. 1997.