Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2011/cite/353.657/subd/353.657.1
Timestamp: 2019-07-21 17:46:37
Document Index: 744035141

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(a) The spouse of a deceased member is entitled to receive a monthly benefit for life equal to the following percentage of the member's average full-time monthly salary rate as a member of the police and fire plan in effect over the last six months of allowable service preceding the month in which death occurred:
(1) if the death was a line of duty death, 60 percent of the stated average salary is payable; and
(2) if the death was not a line of duty death or if death occurred while receiving disability benefits that accrued before July 1, 2007, 50 percent of the stated average salary is payable.
(b) If the member was a part-time employee in the position for which the employee qualified for participation in the police and fire plan, the monthly survivor benefit is based on the salary rate in effect for that member's part-time service during the last six months of allowable service. If the member's status changed from full time to part time for health reasons during the last year of employment, the monthly survivor benefit is based on the full-time salary rate of the position held as a member of the police and fire plan in effect over the last six months of allowable service preceding the month in which the death occurred.
(c) The benefit may be elected instead of a refund with interest under section 353.32, subdivision 1, or surviving spouse benefits otherwise payable under subdivisions 1 and 2. The benefit must be an annuity equal to the 100 percent joint and survivor annuity which the member could have qualified for on the date of death, computed as provided in sections 353.651, subdivisions 2 and 3, and 353.30, subdivision 3.
A dependent child, as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 15, is entitled to receive a monthly benefit equal to ten percent of the member's average full-time monthly salary rate as a member of the police and fire plan in effect over the last six months of allowable service preceding the month in which death occurred. Payments for the benefit of a dependent child must be made to the surviving parent, or to the legal guardian of the child or to any adult person with whom the child may at the time be living, provided only that the parent or other person to whom any amount is to be paid advises the board in writing that the amount will be held or used in trust for the benefit of the child.
(c) If the maximum under paragraph (a) is exceeded, the monthly benefit of the joint annuitant must be reduced to the amount necessary so that the total family benefit does not exceed the applicable maximum. The joint and survivor optional annuity must be restored, plus applicable postretirement adjustments under Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 356.41 or section 356.415, as the dependent child or children become no longer dependent under section 353.01, subdivision 15.
1971 c 297 s 4; 1973 c 753 s 75-77; 1974 c 229 s 20; 1975 c 102 s 22; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1978 c 471 s 7; 1978 c 796 s 39; 1980 c 607 art 15 s 3; 1981 c 180 s 17; 1982 c 404 s 9; 1Sp1985 c 7 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1986 c 458 s 13; 1987 c 284 art 5 s 16; 1987 c 372 art 1 s 8; art 9 s 22; 1989 c 319 art 13 s 45; art 17 s 16,17; 1990 c 570 art 11 s 11; 1991 c 269 art 2 s 7; 1991 c 341 s 24; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 20-22; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 97; 2007 c 134 art 4 s 26-29; 2008 c 349 art 4 s 5; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 42,43; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 39,40; 1Sp2011 c 8 art 6 s 13; art 7 s 13
NOTE: The amendments to subdivision 1 by Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 8, article 6, section 13, and article 7, section 13, are effective contingent on the approvals in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 8, article 6, section 19, and article 7, section 19. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 8, article 6, section 19, and article 7, section 19.