Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. § 29-207 – Death of former member before payment of allowance or withdrawal of contributions

(a) If a former member who is eligible for a vested allowance dies before payment of the vested allowance starts, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member's accumulated contributions to:
1. (1) the designated beneficiary; or
2. (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member's estate.
(b) If a former member who is not eligible for a vested allowance dies before withdrawing the former member's accumulated contributions, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member's accumulated contributions to:
1. (1) the designated beneficiary; or
2. (2) if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member's estate.

Added by Acts 1994, c. 6, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 191, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 192, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 73B, §§ 2-419, 3-416, 4-416, 5-415, 6-413, 7-412, 8-410, 10-226.