Sec. 16.6. (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.

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