§ 3.85.150. Death benefits—Plan III.

A.

When a member of Plan III dies regardless of the cause, the designated beneficiaries shall be eligible to receive a benefit equal to the greater of (1) or (2) below:

1.

100 percent of the disability benefit to which the member would have been entitled had the member survived with a disability, whether occupational or non-occupational,

2.

75 percent of the service retirement benefit to which the member would have been entitled had the member survived.

B.

In the absence of a designation of beneficiaries on the form prescribed by the board, benefits shall be payable in the same manner as occupational death benefits for Plans I and II where no beneficiary was designated.

C.

The manner of designation of beneficiaries shall be the same as prescribed for occupational death benefits for Plans I and II.

D.

If the member is survived by children under the age of 18, or disabled children, regardless of age, the survivor benefit shall be increased by the children's benefit. In the absence of a spouse survivor, payments to minor children shall be in the same manner as prescribed for occupational death benefits under Plans I and II in section 3.85.140.B.

E.

For active member deaths, the disability committee shall determine the cause of death in the same manner as the determination of disability benefits.

F.

No additional insurance, annuity, or other compensation shall have any bearing on the payment of death benefits provided for in this section.

(AO No. 2000-65, § 3, 4-18-00; AO No. 2002-54, § 17, 3-19-02)