§88-3 Payment on death of pensioner. Whenever any person receiving a pension from the State or from any county thereof dies, the amount next payable shall be prorated from the last payment date up to and including the date of death. The sum so prorated shall be paid to such person as may have been designated by the pensioner during the pensioner's lifetime in a statement filed with the officer charged with payment of the pension, or, if no such designation has been made and filed, then the amount so due shall be paid to the personal representative of the estate of the pensioner. [L 1931, c 172, §1; RL 1935, §7917; am L 1941, c 178, §1; RL 1945, §633; RL 1955, §6-2; HRS §88-3; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]