2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 11:3516 — Death benefits

§3516.  Death benefits

A.  On and after September 11, 1981, if a member of a police department dies while in police service, while on or off official duty, or while receiving a pension, and leaves a child or children under eighteen years of age, or a child or children who are under twenty-two years of age and who are full-time students at an accredited institution of higher learning or at an accredited trade or vocational school, or a widow, or a dependent mother, these survivors shall be paid as follows:

(1)  Each child who is under eighteen years of age or who is under twenty-two years of age and enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited institution of higher learning or trade or vocational school: one hundred fifty dollars per month.  

(2)  A widow: four hundred dollars per month for as long as she remains unmarried.  

(3)  A dependent mother: one hundred dollars per month.  

B.  The benefits provided for in this Section shall be paid to all beneficiaries, including those whose rights to receive these benefits accrued prior to September 11, 1981, but otherwise without any retroactive effect.

C.(1)  With respect to the police pension and relief fund for the city of Bogalusa, child or children as referred to in this Section shall include, regardless of age, any child who is physically and/or mentally handicapped and such child shall receive benefits throughout life if medical and/or psychological information indicates such child is totally and permanently disabled.  

(2)  If, however, medical or psychological information indicates that such disabled child can benefit from specialized training in order to be rendered self supporting, then such child will receive benefits so long as he is actively enrolled in a specialized school or training program until such time as such child is certified as being qualified to engage in gainful employment.  

(3)  The board of trustees may demand at reasonable intervals that such child submit to a medical and/or pyschological examination for current evaluation, subject to the penalty of all monthly payments being suspended until submission to examination within fifteen days after request.  

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 460, §2; Acts 1970, No. 489, §1; Acts 1972, No. 495, §2; Acts 1981, No. 577, §1; Acts 1984, No. 860, §1, eff. upon approval of the City Council of Bogalusa (approved Jan. 10, 1984); Redesignated from R.S. 33:2236 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.