2008 Minnesota Statutes

422A.20 DEATH BENEFITS; DISTRIBUTION.

Subdivision 1.Death benefits.

In all cases where the retirement board of the city pursuant to this chapter is required to refund the net accumulated credits of any contributing employee standing to the employee's credit on date of death, or to refund the balance remaining to the credit of a retired employee on the date of death, who has retired under the Option I plan of retirement, the retirement board shall, at the written request of such employee filed with the retirement board prior to death, or at the written request of a beneficiary filed with the retirement board after the employee's death, provide for the payment of such credits or balances or any portion thereof in monthly installments until such credits or balances are exhausted; provided that such beneficiary shall be of the class of persons permitted to receive a sum or sums standing to the credit of the employee at the time of death.

Subd. 2.Interest.

The retirement board shall provide for the payment of annual interest on the credits or balances remaining on deposit at the same rate that is paid to contributing employees on accumulated salary deductions.

Subd. 3.Applicability.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the method of determining the persons entitled to receive such refunds or the amount to be paid.

History:

1973 c 133 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 80