{"data":{"id":"us-mt/19-8-1001","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"19-8-1001","heading":"Benefits upon employment-related death.","body":"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 monthly survivorship benefit must be paid to the member's designated beneficiary equal to 50% of the highest average compensation of the member. If the deceased member has completed more than 25 years of service credit, the survivorship benefit must equal 2.5% of the member's highest average compensation for each year of service credit.","path":["TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 8. GAME WARDENS' AND PEACE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT","Part 10. Survivorship Benefits and Death Payments"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0190/chapter_0080/part_0100/section_0010/0190-0080-0100-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:58Z","sha256":"1d521abecadeb70598d6478bb03fb83207af8dd7638af1c9a37abd3b59463149","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/19-8-906","next":"us-mt/19-8-1002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}