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Attachment A service pension to the retiring member in a lump sum, or upon written election of the retiring member, in up to three (3) consecutive annual installments. The amount of the payment pursuant to this Section 44, whether payable in a lump sum or on an installment basis shall be determined by reference to Minnesota Statutes §424A.02 Subds. 3 and 8 and shall be the aggregate of the Maximum Lump Sum Service Pension amount payable for each Year of Service as determined and adjusted therein for installment payment.— Any person electing to receive, a lump sum or installment distribution as provided herein, shall thereby waive any right or claim to share in increases in the pension benefits payable, if any. In the event that the Pensioner dies after making such election but before receiving the lump sum, or dies in the course of the three (3) year installment payment period, the benefit so elected shall be paid, as elected, to the Surviving Spouse. If there is not a Surviving Spouse, it shall be paid, as elected, to the surviving minor children pro rata. If there shall be no Surviving Spouse or minor children, payment of benefits shall not be made or shall cease, if previously commenced. Section 44A Less Than 20 Years Service Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, a member who separates from active service and who has been a member of this Association for at least ten (10) years, but less than twenty (20) years, and who has completed not less than ten (10) years of active service as an active firefighter, shall upon attaining the age of fifty (50) years be entitled to receive a lump sum service pension in such amount as is earned to the date of separation from active service for each full year of service completed as follows: COMPLETED YEARS PRO RATE SERVICE OF SERVICE PENSION AMOUNT 10 60% 11 64% 12 68% 13 72% 14 76% 15 80% 16 84% 17 88% 18 92% 19 96% 20 and thereafter 100% Qualification for receipt of benefits shall be conclusively determined by the Board of Trustees only upon completion of the following by the separating member: 1. Execution of a Severance Statement and Acknowledgment of Forfeiture by the member in the form provided by the Association, within thirty (30) days next following separation from active service. 2. Within thirty (30) days next following the attainment of the age of fifty �