South Carolina § 9-8-80 - Allowances payable in monthly installments.
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§ 9-8-80. Allowances payable in monthly installments.
All retirement allowances are payable in monthly installments. Upon the death of a retired member, the retirement allowance for the month the retired member died, if not previously paid, must be paid to the member's spouse, or if the member designated a nonspouse beneficiary or beneficiaries, then to the nonspouse beneficiary or beneficiaries living at the time of the member's death, otherwise to the estate of the member. A spouse's entitlement to a benefit pursuant to Section 9-8-110 commences in the month after the retired member's death. If the retired member elected a survivor option pursuant to the optional retirement allowances in Section 9-8-70, any allowance payable to a survivor beneficiary or beneficiaries commences in the month after the death of the retired member.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 150 SECTION 8; 2001 Act No. 1, Part II, SECTION 2B3, eff July 1, 2000.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-8-80 ("Allowances payable in monthly installments.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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