Section 3-12-98 - Eligibility for disability allowance--Filing deadline. - South Dakota Statutes

3-12-98. Eligibility for disability allowance--Filing deadline. A contributing member who becomes disabled and who has acquired at least three years of contributory service or noncontributory service as delineated in subsections (b), (e), (g) and (h) of § 3-12-47(24) since the member's most recent entry into active status and prior to becoming disabled or was disabled by accidental means while performing usual duties for an employer, is eligible for a disability allowance if the disability is expected to be of long, continued, and indefinite duration of at least one year. In order to be eligible for a disability allowance, a member shall be disabled on the date the contributory service ends. Any member who fails to file with the administrator an application for disability benefits within three years of the date on which the member's contributory service ends, forfeits all rights to disability benefits. For purposes of this section, a transfer within a participating unit, or a change in employment from one participating unit to another participating unit if there is no break in contributory service, does not constitute a new entry into active status.

Source: SL 1974, ch 35, § 52; SL 1977, ch 28, § 11; SL 1979, ch 30, § 2; SL 1980, ch 31, § 3; SL 1992, ch 3; SL 2004, ch 37, § 3; SL 2005, ch 24, § 5.