§88-338 Ordinary death benefit. (a) Upon receipt by the system of proper proof of a class H member's death occurring in service or while on authorized leave without pay and if no pension is payable under section 88-339, there shall be paid to the member's designated beneficiary an ordinary death benefit as follows:
(b) If the member's designation of beneficiary is void as specified in section 88-93, or if the member did not designate a beneficiary, the death benefit in the case of ordinary death shall be payable:
(c) For the purposes of this section, a year round school employee shall be considered in service during the July and August preceding a transfer to a traditional school schedule if the employee was in service for the entire prior school year and has a contract for the upcoming traditional school year.
(d) The application for ordinary death benefits shall be filed no later than three years from the date of the member's death. [L 2004, c 179, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 169, §37; am L 2007, c 215, §26; am L 2012, c 153, §4]