Section 3-12-110 - Balance of accumulated contributions refunded to beneficiary or family--Reversionto system of unclaimed payments.
3-12-110. Balance of accumulated contributions refunded to beneficiary or family--Reversion to system of unclaimed payments. If the aggregate benefits payable to a member and the member's surviving spouse and minor children pursuant to §§ 3-12-75, 3-12-91, 3-12-92, 3-12-92.4, 3-12-92.6, 3-12-94, 3-12-95, 3-12-99, and 3-12-103, after all allowances currently or potentially payable under any provision of this chapter have terminated, do not total to the member's accumulated contributions including one hundred percent of employer contributions if the member died prior to July 1, 2010, or eighty-five percent of employer contributions if the member died on or after July 1, 2010, then the balance equal to the difference between the accumulated contributions and total payments made to date shall be paid in a lump sum as provided in this section.
Amounts payable under this section shall be paid as follows:
(1) To the beneficiary or entity designated by the member, if any is designated; or
(2) If no beneficiary or entity is designated, then to the member's surviving spouse; or
(3) If no beneficiary or entity is designated and there is no surviving spouse, then to all surviving children, irrespective of age, on a share alike basis; or
(4) If no beneficiary or entity is designated, there is no surviving spouse, and there are no surviving children, then to the member's estate.
If no claim for payment due upon the death of a deceased member is made within three years from date of death, the payment shall revert to the system. However, a claim may be honored after the expiration of the three-year reversion period if, in the opinion of the administrator, payment of the claim is warranted by exceptional circumstances.
This section does not apply to any member who withdraws accumulated contributions pursuant to § 3-12-76, 3-12-76.1, or 3-12-77 after termination of employment, or to any nonvested member who dies after termination of employment.
Source: SL 1974, ch 35, § 64; SL 1986, ch 37, § 9; SL 1995, ch 24, § 16; SL 1997, ch 29, § 1; SL 1998, ch 15, § 21; SL 1999, ch 15, § 7; SL 2006, ch 21, § 1; SL 2010, ch 20, § 12.