The surviving spouse of a disability retiree under the Law Enforcement Officers’ Retirement System as consolidated into the South Dakota Retirement System pursuant to § 3-12C-1601 shall upon the death of the member be entitled to an annuity equal to one-half the member’s annuity at the time of death. The retirement for disability upon which annuity was based shall have been approved prior to July 1, 1974.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 3-12C-1613

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.

Source: SL 1979, ch 26, § 3A; SDCL § 3-12-94.1; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2021, ch 27, § 7.