IC 36-8-6-20 Special Lump Sum Death Benefit In Addition to Other Benefits

• Library: Indiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 255-2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: IC 36-8-6-20

(a) As used in this section, "dies in the line of duty" has the meaning set forth in section 10.1 of this chapter.

(b) A special death benefit of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a fund member who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2020, and two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for a fund member who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2020, shall be paid in a lump sum by the Indiana public retirement system from the special death benefit fund established under IC 5-10-9.8 to the following relative of a fund member who dies in the line of duty:

(1) To the surviving spouse.