§88-84 Ordinary death benefit. (a) Upon receipt by the system of proper proof of a member's death occurring in service or while on authorized leave without pay, there shall be paid to the member's designated beneficiary an ordinary death benefit consisting of:
(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, there 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 1925, c 55, §6(8); RL 1935, pt of §7925; RL 1945, §708, subs 8; am L 1949, c 200, §1; am L 1951, c 127, §1; RL 1955, §6-51; am L 1963, c 127, §12; am L 1967, c 247, §1; HRS §88-77; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 299, §2; am L 1988, c 41, §3 and c 242, §1; am L 1993, c 67, §1; am L 1994, c 108, §3; am L 1997, c 212, §4 and c 383, §28; am L 2002, c 128, §8; am L 2006, c 169, §14; am L 2007, c 215, §14]