19-8-701. Disability retirement benefit. (1) A member who is determined by the board to be disabled must be granted a disability retirement benefit in an amount calculated on the actuarial equivalent of the service retirement benefit standing to the member's credit at the time of the member's disability retirement.
     (2) If the disability is a direct result of any service to the state in the line of duty and the member has at least 5 years of membership service, the member who is disabled must be retired on a disability retirement benefit of not less than one-half of the member's highest average compensation.

     History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 130, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 326, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 68-1414; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 218, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 139, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 170, Ch. 265, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 223, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 91, Ch. 99, L. 2001.