Upon retirement for duty disability, prior to becoming eligible for service retirement, as provided by Section 21-29-35, a member shall receive a duty disability retirement allowance, payable monthly, in a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of his monthly salary from the employer at the time when the injury was sustained or the sickness occurred. This amount shall be paid to the member throughout such total disability for service. If the municipality pays a salary to such member in an amount equal to or in excess of the amount to be paid under this section, said member shall not be entitled to any payments under this section for the period of time during which such salary is paid.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 29 - Employees' Retirement and Disability Systems
Article 1 - General Municipal Employees' Retirement
§ 21-29-5. Creation of City Employees Retirement Fund; election to come under provisions of article
§ 21-29-9. Board of the General Retirement System; advisory board
§ 21-29-11. Powers and duties of board
§ 21-29-15. Statement of clerk of municipality; issuance of prior service certificates
§ 21-29-19. Cessation of membership
§ 21-29-21. Refunds to members withdrawing from service
§ 21-29-25. Expenses of operation of retirement system
§ 21-29-29. Discontinuance, reduction, or reassessment of taxes
§ 21-29-31. Service retirement
§ 21-29-33. Service retirement allowance
§ 21-29-35. Duty disability retirement
§ 21-29-37. Duty disability retirement allowance
§ 21-29-39. Non-duty disability retirement
§ 21-29-41. Non-duty disability retirement allowance
§ 21-29-49. Proration of payments
§ 21-29-51. Rights to any benefit under this Article governed by Section 21-29-307
§ 21-29-53. Other retirement laws not affected
§ 21-29-55. Effect of change in form of government
§ 21-29-57. Vacation and sick leave; payment for unused time