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• retirement allowance payable monthly for the life of such spouse. Such allowance shall be in the same amount and shall commence at the same date as the retirement allowance that would have been payable to the member, computed in accordance with section 19-96, subsections (a) and (b), whichever is applicable, had the member survived and retired on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which his death occurred after having elected an allowance paid under the full joint and last survivor option provided for in section 19-104(b), with his surviving spouse designated as contingent beneficiary. In the case of a member who had not become eligible for early service retirement at his date of death, it shall be assumed that the requirements of section 19-95(e) were such that he would have been eligible for early service retirement and that the retirement allowance payable in such event would be reduced by one-half percent for each complete month in the period between the member's date of death and a date five (5) years prior to his normal retirement date. (b) Should a member die in service at any time after July 1, 2000 and after completing five (5) years of creditable service and before either becoming eligible for early service retirement under section 19-95(e), or completing at least thirty (30) years of creditable service, the member's surviving_ spouse, if any, shall receive a retirement allowance payable monthly for the life of such spouse. Such allowance shall commence at the same date as the retirement allowance that would have been payable to the member, computed in accordance with section 19-96, subsection (b), had the member survived and retired on the first day of the month • coinciding with or next following the date on which the member's death occurred after having elected an allowance paid under the one-half joint and survivor option provided for in section 19- 104(b), with the surviving spouse designated as contingent beneficiary. (b) (c) Any allowance payable to the member's surviving spouse under this section shall be reduced by the amount of any payments made to such member's surviving spouse as required by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, and the excess of such allowance over such required payments, if any, shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse. When the time for payment of compensation under such act shall have elapsed, the member's surviving spouse shall thereafter receive the full amount of the allowance, as provided by subsections (a) and b of this section, monthly during tris such spouse's lifetime. Section 19-106. Death benefit for certain employees. 0 Page 5 of 6 ..... ... MNM 0 Page 5 of 6