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.
S.D. Codified Laws § 3-12C-1613
Allowance to surviving spouse of law enforcement officer retired for disability
Known as the South Dakota Retirement Act
The act spans §§ 3-12C-1001 to 3-12C-907 (298 sections).
Source: SL 1979, ch 26, § 3A; SDCL § 3-12-94.1; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2021, ch 27, § 7.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.