Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-51-911. Commencement of survivor benefits or single payment

(1) When a single payment is payable pursuant to the provisions of this part 9, said payment shall be made when the full amount of moneys credited to the member contribution account of the member, the full amount of matching employer contributions, and the person to receive the benefit have been determined.

(2) Survivor benefits shall become payable to qualified children either at the time of the death of the member or within six months after the death of the member if the children attain eligibility by enrolling in school full time.

(3) Survivor benefits pursuant to option 3 paid to a spouse specified in section 24-51-906(1)(b) shall become payable immediately upon the death of the member. Survivor benefits pursuant to option 3 paid to a spouse specified in section 24-51-905(2)(a) shall become payable when the deceased inactive member would have become eligible for reduced service retirement.

(4) Survivor benefits pursuant to option 3 paid to a spouse specified in section 24-51-905(1)(b) shall become payable immediately if the death of the member occurred on or after July 1, 1979. If the death of the member occurred prior to July 1, 1979, the option 3 benefits shall become payable on and after July 1, 1985, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, surviving spouse's benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-909 shall become payable upon reaching sixty years of age, or on December 31 of the calendar year in which the deceased member would have reached seventy and one-half years of age, whichever occurs earlier.

(6) Surviving spouse's benefits defined in section 24-51-909 which are payable to a spouse found by the board to be mentally or physically incapacitated from gainful employment shall become payable on the day of the death of the deceased member without regard to the age of such spouse.

(7) Survivor benefits shall become payable to dependent parents immediately upon the death of the member.

(8) If at the time of the death of the member there is a supplemental needs trust established before or within ninety days after the death of the member for the benefit of the qualified child eligible for survivor benefits, survivor benefits payable pursuant to this part 9 to the beneficiary of the supplemental needs trust are payable to the trust.