104.254. Spouses of deceased retired members appointed as special consultants, when--duties--compensation--not to affect other benefits.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

104.254. Spouses of deceased retired members appointed as special consultants, when--duties--compensation--not to affect other benefits.

Spouses of deceased retired members appointed as special consultants,when--duties--compensation--not to affect other benefits.

104.254. 1. Any spouse of a deceased member of the patrol whoretired prior to October 1, 1984, shall, upon application, be made,constituted, appointed, and employed by the board as a special consultanton the problems of retirement, aging, and other matters relating to spousesof deceased members of the patrol, and upon the request of the board, shallgive opinions and be available to give opinions, in writing or orally, inresponse to such requests of the board. As compensation for the servicesrequired by this section, spouses of deceased members of the patrol shallbe compensated monthly in an amount based on the monthly amount which themember would have been receiving had the selection of options been made onthe date of the spouse's application to be made a consultant under theprovisions of this section and the member had elected the option of hischoice pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of section 104.090, or anamount which, when added to any survivorship benefits received initiallyupon the death of the member of the patrol, shall be equal to two hundreddollars per month or fifty percent or the percentage so selected by themember at retirement of the monthly benefit amount which the member wasreceiving immediately prior to his death, whichever amount is greater, plusan annual monthly increase in an amount computed by multiplying thespouse's current monthly benefit amount by eighty percent of the increasein the consumer price index calculated in the manner specified in section104.415. The annual increase provided by this subsection shall not exceedfive percent nor be less than four percent, and the total increase incompensation granted as annual increases in accordance with this subsectionshall not exceed sixty-five percent of the total compensation granted eachspouse by this section on August 13, 1986.

2. The employment provided for by this section shall in no way affectany person's eligibility for retirement or survivor benefits under thischapter, or in any way have the effect of reducing any retirement orsurvivor benefits, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.