2012 Minnesota Statutes

353G.12 SURVIVOR BENEFIT.

Subdivision 1.Entitlement.

(a) A survivor of a deceased active member of the retirement plan or a deceased deferred member of the retirement plan, upon application as prescribed by the executive director, is entitled to receive a survivor benefit.

(b) A survivor is the spouse of the member, or if none, the minor child or children of the member, or if none, the estate of the member.

Subd. 2.Survivor benefit amount.

The amount of the survivor benefit is the amount of the service pension that would have been payable to the member of the retirement plan on the date of death if the member had been age 50 or older on that date.

History:

2009 c 169 art 9 s 21