{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-299a.44","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 299A.44","heading":"DEATH BENEFIT.","body":"Subdivision 1. Payment required.\n(a) On certification to the governor by the commissioner of public safety that a public safety officer employed within this state has been killed in the line of duty, the commissioner of management and budget shall pay $100,000 from the public safety officer's benefit account, as follows:\n(1) if there is no dependent child, to the spouse;\n(2) if there is no spouse, to the dependent child or children in equal shares;\n(3) if there are both a spouse and one or more dependent children, one-half to the spouse and one-half to the child or children, in equal shares;\n(4) if there is no surviving spouse or dependent child or children, to the parent or parents dependent for support on the decedent, in equal shares; or\n(5) if there is no surviving spouse, dependent child, or dependent parent, to the public safety officer's estate.\n(b) If there are both a spouse and one or more dependent children under age 18, the spouse, at the spouse's discretion, may spend a maximum of one-third of a child's share on medical or dental treatment for the child or the child's education. Expenditures under this paragraph on behalf of a child do not diminish the shares of any other children. In addition, a spouse, at the spouse's discretion, may expend money from a child's share to pay state and federal taxes on any interest accrued on the share.\nSubd. 2. Adjustment of benefit.\nOn October 1 of each year beginning after July 1, 1995, the commissioner of public safety shall adjust the level of the benefit payable immediately before October 1 under subdivision 1, to reflect the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, occurring in the one-year period ending on June 1 immediately preceding such October 1.","path":["PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 299A. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY","PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/299A.44","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:41Z","sha256":"ef646136cc913d94ae2ce699a14ab699dec71749c798daa927a990b35d7039d1","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-299a.43","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-299a.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}