South Dakota § 3-12C-828 - Surviving spouse benefit where member dies after normal retirement age while receiving disability benefits.
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§ 3-12C-828. Surviving spouse benefit where member dies after normal retirement age while receiving disability benefits.
If a member dies after normal retirement age while receiving disability benefits, and no other benefits are being paid on behalf of the member, the member's surviving spouse shall receive a surviving spouse benefit, payable in monthly installments, equal to sixty percent of the monthly disability benefit that the member received before death.
Source: SL 2014, ch 20, § 16; SDCL § 3-12-216; SL 2019, ch 22, §§ 37, 45.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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