(a) Any deputy city clerk in a city of the first class who shall have served twenty (20) years as deputy city clerk, who shall have attained sixty-five (65) years of age, and who shall retire from office or be succeeded by another deputy city clerk may receive for the remainder of his or her life the retirement pay provided for in this section.
(b) (1) Any deputy city clerk who shall retire or be succeeded by another deputy city clerk within the provisions of this section may be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.(2) The retirement pay shall be paid by the city when appropriated for that purpose by the governing body of the city.
(1) Any deputy city clerk who shall retire or be succeeded by another deputy city clerk within the provisions of this section may be paid monthly a sum equal to one-half (½) of the monthly salary received by him or her during the last preceding year of his or her service.
(2) The retirement pay shall be paid by the city when appropriated for that purpose by the governing body of the city.
(c) (1) Upon the death of a deputy city clerk who retired under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or a deputy city clerk who dies in office after becoming eligible to retire under subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute, the legally recognized spouse of the deputy city clerk married to the deputy city clerk for ten (10) years or longer may receive, at the option of the governing body of the city:(A) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the retired deputy city clerk was receiving; or(B) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the deputy city clerk who died in office was entitled to receive.(2) Upon remarriage of the spouse, the benefits shall cease.
(1) Upon the death of a deputy city clerk who retired under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or a deputy city clerk who dies in office after becoming eligible to retire under subsection (a) of this section or any other state statute, the legally recognized spouse of the deputy city clerk married to the deputy city clerk for ten (10) years or longer may receive, at the option of the governing body of the city:(A) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the retired deputy city clerk was receiving; or(B) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the deputy city clerk who died in office was entitled to receive.
(A) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the retired deputy city clerk was receiving; or
(B) One-half (½) of the retirement benefit the deputy city clerk who died in office was entitled to receive.
(2) Upon remarriage of the spouse, the benefits shall cease.