70. If an employee dies before being entitled to a pension, the employee's contributions are refunded to the employee's spouse or, if the employee has no spouse, to the employee's successors, subject to section 74 with interest, compounded annually, at the rates determined in Schedule II until the date of death and at the rate determined in Schedule III from the day following that date.
1987, c. 107, s. 70; 1990, c. 5, s. 15; 1995, c. 46, s. 31; 2004, c. 39, s. 22; 2013, c. 9, s. 17; 2022, c. 222022, c. 22, s. 28821.