Sec. 6. (a) The department may establish, operate, and make necessary contributions to a dependent's pension reserve account for the payment of pensions to dependent parents, surviving spouses, and dependent unmarried children of employee beneficiaries who are killed in the line of duty.
(b) The maximum monthly pension amount payable to dependent mothers, dependent fathers, and surviving spouses:
(1) may not exceed the then current basic monthly pension amount paid to retirees; and
(2) shall cease with the last payment before the dependent parent's or surviving spouse's death.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) through (f), the maximum monthly pension amount payable to each dependent unmarried child may not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the current basic monthly pension amount paid to retirees. The payment shall cease with the last payment before the child's marriage or nineteenth birthday, whichever occurs first.
(d) The total monthly pension amount paid to all dependent unmarried children of an employee beneficiary may not exceed the current basic monthly amount paid to retirees.
(e) Each unmarried dependent child who is at least nineteen (19) years of age but less than twenty-three (23) years of age is eligible to receive a pension payment while enrolled as a full-time student in a school, college, or university.
(f) A dependent child, married or unmarried, of an employee beneficiary who is killed in the line of duty is eligible for an educational costs exemption as provided under IC 21-14-4.
(g) All dependent mothers, dependent fathers, surviving spouses, and dependent children who received a dependent pension on June 30, 1969, shall receive a pension calculated as provided by this section beginning on July 1, 1969. Any surviving spouse electing to, or who has previously elected to, receive joint survivorship benefits instead of pension payments is eligible to receive the full pension benefit.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-2-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.112-2019, SEC.1.
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