2616                            County Local Laws

Section 20-25. Death benefits.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if a member (1)
either dies in service while eligible for service retirement under the
provisions of section 20-18 of this Code, or (2) dies after having at-
tained the age of fifty and after having completed fifteen or more
years of creditable service, without having nominated by written des-
ignation a beneficiary other than his spouse and no benefit is payable
in accordance with subsection (c) above, there shall be paid to the
member's surviving spouse in lieu of such lump sum under subsec-
tions (a) and (b) above an allowance which shall be equal to the al-
lowance which would have been payable had the member retired im-
mediately prior to his death and elected Option 2 with the spouse the
person designated thereunder. For a member who is not eligible for
service retirement, but who comes within the scope of (2) [(1)]
above, the allowance without optional modification shall [consist of
an annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of the member's accumu-
lated contributions at the date of his death and a pension which is]
be the actuarial equivalent at the date of his death of the service re-
tirement allowance [pension] which would be payable at his normal
service retirement age based on his creditable service and average final
compensation at the date of his death.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if such spouse is the
person nominated by the member to receive the benefit under subsec-
tions (a) and (b) above, he may, by written notice filed with the
board of trustees prior to the commencement of such allowance, but
not more than sixty days after such member's death, elect to receive
the lump sum benefit under subsections (a) and (b) above in lieu of
such allowance.

Section 20-30. Supplementary benefit payments.

The county shall have the power and authority, in their discre-
tion, to pay to any county employee who became a member of the sys-
tem prior to July 1, 1965, and who is receiving any retirement bene-
fits under the provisions of this article, where such benefits in the ag-
gregate are less than one hundred dollars per month, an additional
sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month where such employee
has less than ten years of creditable service; or an additional sum not
exceeding fifty dollars per month where such employee has ten or more
years of creditable service; provided, that the sum granted to any
such employee by the county shall be such that when added to what-
ever sum any such employee is receiving as retirement pay under the
provisions of this article, prior to optional modification, the total
shall not exceed one hundred dollars per month. The county shall also
have the power and authority in their discretion, to pay to any
county employee who became a member of the system on or after
July 1, 1965, and who is receiving any retirement benefits under the
provisions of this article, an amount, which when added to whatever
sum any such employee is receiving as retirement pay under the pro-
visions of this article, prior to optional modification, shall not exceed
fifty dollars per annum multiplied by the number of years of his