{"data":{"id":"us-mt/19-6-901","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"19-6-901","heading":"Survivorship benefits -- employment-related death.","body":"(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).\n(2) The retirement benefit must equal 50% of the highest average compensation of the member.","path":["TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 6. HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT","Part 9. Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0190/chapter_0060/part_0090/section_0010/0190-0060-0090-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:54Z","sha256":"7671afc521deb987aa043901c4d0120247f88f2692c96e7477fff2d43d8f8e8c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/19-6-810","next":"us-mt/19-6-902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}