If a death annuity is payable on behalf of a member who dies in employer service before retirement, or for the portion of a disability annuity payable before a disability retirant's attainment of age fifty-five (55), the total amount of the system annuities based on paid service shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of his or her final average pay at the time of death or disability.
Ark. Code § 24-10-610