19-20-1002. Payments upon death of retiree. (1) In the event of the death of a member after retirement, a death benefit of $500 is payable to the designated beneficiary.
     (2) In the event that payments made to a benefit recipient do not equal the amount of the member's accumulated contributions before the member's retirement, the difference between the total retirement allowance paid and the amount of the accumulated contributions must be paid to the beneficiary.
     (3) If a deceased member had 5 or more years of creditable service and was retired at the time of death, the sum of $200 a month must be paid to each minor child of the deceased retiree until the child reaches 18 years of age.

     History: En. 75-6208 by Sec. 103, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 57, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 422, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 507, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 26, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 127, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 331, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 443, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-6208(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 56, L. 1989; Sec. , MCA 1991; redes. by Code Commissioner, 1993; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 442, L. 1997.