A special death benefit of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2020, and two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2020, shall be paid in a lump sum from the special death benefit fund established under IC 5-10-9.8 to the following relative of a motor carrier inspector or special police employee who dies in the line of duty:

1. (1) The surviving spouse.
2. (2) If there is no surviving spouse, the surviving children (to be shared equally).

3. (3) If there is no surviving spouse and there are no surviving children, the parent or parents in equal shares.

   [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1-28(b).]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.40-2017, SEC.18; P.L.99-2020, SEC.8.