§ 5-10-5.5-16.6 — Survivors' benefits; line of duty death after January 31, 2018; amount

Indiana § 5-10-5.5-16.6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 10: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Ch. 5.5: State Excise Police, Gaming Agent, Gaming Control

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6. (a) This section applies to participants
who die in the line of duty after January 31, 2018.
(b) Benefits provided under this section are subject to section 2.5 of
this chapter.
(c) A surviving mother or father nominated by the participant to
receive survivors' benefits under the provisions of this chapter is
entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the amount to which the participant would have
been entitled if the participant had retired with twenty-five (25) years
of service at fifty (50) years of age.
(d) A surviving spouse nominated by the participant to receive
survivors' benefits under the provisions of this chapter is entitled to an
annual survivors' allowance equal to one hundred percent (100%) of
the amount to which the participant would have been entitled if the
participant had retired with twenty-five (25) years of service at fifty
(50) years of age. A survivors' allowance payable to a surviving spouse
under this subsection ends with the last payment before the surviving
spouse's death.
(e) An eligible surviving child who is nominated by the participant
to receive survivors' benefits under this chapter is entitled to an annual
survivors' allowance equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
amount to which the participant would have been entitled if the
participant had retired with twenty-five (25) years of service at fifty
(50) years of age. If more than one (1) eligible surviving child is
nominated to receive survivors' benefits, the annual survivors'
allowance shall be divided equally between or among the eligible
surviving children who were nominated to receive survivors' benefits.
A survivors' allowance to a child ends when the child attains the age of
eighteen (18) years or marries, whichever occurs first. If a survivors'
allowance is divided between or among more than one (1) child, and
payments to one (1) or more children receiving the survivor's allowance
cease because of the age, marriage, or death of the child, the total
annual survivors' allowance payable under this subsection shall be
divided evenly among or between the surviving children, if any, who
remain eligible to receive the survivors' allowance.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.6-2020, SEC.6.