2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement
RS 11:1316 - Death in the line of duty; certain members hired on or before December 31, 2010; pension of surviving spouse of deceased employee; minor children with no surviving spouse
§1316. Death in the line of duty; certain members hired on or before December 31, 2010; pension of surviving spouse of deceased employee; minor children with no surviving spouse
A. This Section shall apply to any sworn commissioned law enforcement officer of the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections whose first employment making him eligible for membership in one of the state systems occurred on or before December 31, 2010. The surviving spouse of any such sworn commissioned law enforcement officer of the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is killed in the discharge of his duties, or dies from immediate effects of any injury received as the result of an act of violence occurring while engaged in the discharge of his duties, shall be pensioned at seventy-five percent of the salary being received by the employee at the time of the decedent's death or injury, provided the surviving spouse was married to the decedent at the time of the event which resulted in the officer's death.
B. Notwithstanding the forfeiture provisions of R.S. 11:1321, the pension of a surviving spouse covered by Subsection A of this Section shall be paid until the death of the surviving spouse.
C.(1) If there is no surviving spouse of any state police employee whose death results from injury received in line of duty, then any surviving minor children shall be pensioned at the amounts set forth in Subsection A of this Section.
(2) As each minor child reaches eighteen years of age, or twenty-three years of age if a student, he shall receive no further benefits.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 19, §1; Acts 1976, No. 367, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1431 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 212, §1, eff. June 11, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1320, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 235, §1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 992, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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