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19-6-901. Survivorship benefits — employment-related death

19-6-901. Survivorship benefits — employment-related death. (1) 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 surviving spouse or dependent child in the same manner as provided for in 19-6-505(2) through (4). […]

19-6-902. Survivorship benefits — death from other causes

19-6-902. Survivorship benefits — death from other causes. If an active or inactive member dies before reaching retirement age, the member’s surviving spouse or dependent child must be paid a survivorship benefit that is the actuarial equivalent of the early retirement benefit provided in 19-6-503, in the same manner as provided for in 19-6-505(2) through (4). […]

19-6-903. Death payments in absence of survivors

19-6-903. Death payments in absence of survivors. If, after a member’s death, a benefit is not paid pursuant to 19-6-505, 19-6-601, 19-6-901, or 19-6-902, then the member’s designated beneficiary must be paid an amount equal to the member’s accumulated contributions minus the total of any benefits already paid from the member’s account. History: En. Sec. 129, Ch. […]