Sec. 16.3. (a) This section applies to:
(1) an active participant, regardless of the participant's years of creditable service; and
(2) an inactive participant with at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service;
who dies other than 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 fifty percent (50%) 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 fifty percent (50%) 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 fifty percent (50%) 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.5.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 10. Public Employee Benefits
5-10-5.5-2. Creation; Investment of Plan Assets
5-10-5.5-2.5. Qualification of Plan Under Internal Revenue Code
5-10-5.5-3. Management; Confidentiality of Retirement Plan Records
5-10-5.5-3.5. Administration of Retirement Plan Consistent With Americans With Disabilities Act
5-10-5.5-4. Participants' Saving Fund; Creation
5-10-5.5-5. Participants; Eligibility
5-10-5.5-6. Transfer of Funds to Savings Fund
5-10-5.5-7. Transfer of Creditable Service; Credit During Disability
5-10-5.5-7.5. Purchase of Service Credit Earned in Certain Indiana Public Retirement Funds
5-10-5.5-8. Contributions; Rate; Payroll Deductions; Employer Pick-Up of Contributions
5-10-5.5-8.5. Submission of Contributions, Reports, and Records Electronically
5-10-5.5-9. Retirement Provisions
5-10-5.5-10. Retirement Allowance
5-10-5.5-12. Early Retirement Allowance; Monthly Installments
5-10-5.5-13. Permanent or Temporary Disability
5-10-5.5-14. Disability Occurring Before July 1, 1987; Allowance; Monthly Installments; Cessation
5-10-5.5-15. Surviving Mothers, Fathers, Spouses, or Unmarried Children; Eligibility for Benefits
5-10-5.5-16. Survivors' Benefits; Death Before February 1, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.3. Survivors' Benefits; Other Than Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.6. Survivors' Benefits; Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-17. Lump Sum Refund of Contributions or Payments
5-10-5.5-18. Termination of Service Before Accumulating 15 Years of Creditable Service
5-10-5.5-19. Public Employees Retirement Fund Law; Applicability
5-10-5.5-21. Increase in Monthly Benefits