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If you are an active member of TSERS and you die while still in active service (while being paid salary) after 1 year as a contributing member, your beneficiary will receive a lump sum payment. The payment equals the highest 12 months' salary in a row during the 24 months before you die, but no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000.

* Members of the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) are ineligible for this death benefit.

For additional information regarding State employees death benefits,review the Retirement Benefits Handbook, beginning on page 8.