§585. Death benefits of surviving spouse
The surviving spouse of any member with twenty-five years or more of service with the department, or commission, whose death results from injury received in line of duty, shall be pensioned at seventy-five percent of his average compensation and on sixty percent of his average compensation if said employee had credit for less than twenty-five years of service with the department, or commission; provided, however, that said pension shall be paid only so long as she is eligible under the provisions of this Subpart.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 135, §2, eff. July 26, 1972; Redesignated from R.S. 56:686 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.