Section 5-10-11-5 - Lump sum payment; dependency of children and stepchildren defined(a) The board shall pay a death benefit of: (1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2013; and(2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2013.(b) The death benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as follows: (1) To the surviving spouse.(2) If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving dependent children and surviving dependent stepchildren in equal shares. For purposes of this subsection, a child or stepchild is dependent on a state employee if the state employee claimed the child or stepchild as a dependent on the federal income tax return filed by the state employee in the year before the year in which the state employee died.
Amended by P.L. 245-2013, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 49-1989, SEC.7.