Louisiana § RS 11:2222 - Survivor benefits; merger
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:2222 — Survivor benefits; merger, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:2222. Survivor benefits; merger
Any municipality which had a police pension and relief fund under the provisions of R.S. 11:3501 et seq. but which merged its retirees, beneficiaries, or survivors into the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System on or before September 10, 1981, is hereby authorized to amend its merger agreement with the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and is hereby authorized to pay through the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System the following survivor benefits:
(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 at a 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.
Acts 1984, No. 682, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2375.2 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 682, §2.}}
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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