POLICE & FIREFIGHTER PENSIONS; SURVIVING SPOUSE
House Bill 4182
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Wojno
Committee: Appropriations
Complete to 4-10-01
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4182 AS INTRODUCED 2-13-01
Under the Fire Fighters and Police Officers Retirement Act, the surviving spouse of a fire fighter or police officer who dies is eligible to receive a duty death pension, continuing throughout the surviving spouse's life or until he or she remarries. The bill would amend this provision to delete the reference to remarriage, so that a surviving spouse's duty death pension benefit would continue for the person's lifetime, despite remarriage.
MCL 38.556
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