(A) Pursuant to the provisions of IC 36-8-6-9.8, the funeral benefits provided for therein are fixed at $3000.
(B) Pursuant to the provisions of IC 36-8-6-9.8, the benefits for the widow and dependent children of the deceased police officer are fixed at an amount equal to the maximum benefits provided for a member of the police force who retires after 20 years active service, which are 50% of the salary of a first-class patrol officer.
(C) The benefits fixed in division (B) of this section are to be distributed as follows:
(1) The entire benefits to a qualifying widow, if the deceased police officer has no dependent children.
(2) A sum equal to 30% of the pay of a first-class patrol officer to a qualifying widow and equal shares of 20% of the pay of a first-class patrol officer to each of the deceased patrol officer's dependent children.
(3) In the event there is no qualifying widow of the deceased police officer, the entire benefits shall be distributed in equal shares to the dependent children of the deceased police officer.
(D) In the event that at any time after the initial benefit distribution is determined circumstances change to the extent that a different benefit distribution is called for either due to the widow dying or remarrying, or there being more or less dependent children, a redistribution of benefits shall be made according to the provisions of division (B) of this section based on the then current status of the widow and dependent children.
(E) The provisions of this section are subject to the statutory power of the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund provided in IC 36-8-6-1 et seq. and shall have no effect on the 1977 Police Officer's Pension and Disability Fund, IC 36-8-8-1 et seq.
(F) The effective date of this section is January 1, 1978, and applies to the existing pension dependents and widows as well as the dependents and widows of those employees who remain under the existing system established by IC 36-8-6-1 et seq.
('80 Code, § 20-23) (Ord. 2189, passed 7-18-77)