2005 Idaho Code - 72-1462 — DEATH BENEFITS -- SPOUSE OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER

                                  TITLE  72
                      WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED
                        LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
                                  CHAPTER 14
                          FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT FUND
    72-1462.  DEATH BENEFITS -- SPOUSE OF RETIRED FIREFIGHTER. (1) In the
event a paid firefighter, retired on retirement pay, shall die and leave
surviving a spouse, but no minor children, such surviving spouse shall receive
for life the retirement benefits to which the deceased firefighter was
entitled, less any portion of the benefit transferred to an alternate payee as
provided in sections 59-1319 and 59-1320, Idaho Code.
    (2)  Those benefits payable under the provisions of subsection (1) which
were ordered prior to July 1, 1978, shall continue under the provisions of
this chapter in effect at the time such benefit payment was ordered.
    (3)  Eligibility for benefits of surviving spouses that was terminated on
or after July 1, 1987, solely because of the spouse's remarriage is hereby
reinstated effective July 1, 1992. Such spouses are entitled to have the
benefits, including any cost of living allowances approved by the board
effective on or after July 1, 1987, commence prospectively effective July 1,
1992, or upon their application to the retirement system, whichever is later.