1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the survivor beneficiary of a deceased member of the Judicial Retirement Plan is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $450 per month. If a member has designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to NRS 1A.620, the cumulative benefit paid pursuant to this subsection must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the member pursuant to NRS 1A.620. The payments must begin on the first day of the month immediately following the death of the member and must cease on the last day of the month in which the survivor beneficiary dies.
2. The benefits paid pursuant to this section are in addition to any benefits paid pursuant to NRS 1A.580.
3. As used in this section, “survivor beneficiary” means a person designated pursuant to NRS 1A.620.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 85; A 2003, 2072)