CONCERNING SPOUSAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

This bill extends spousal retirement benefits to spouses of specific city officials upon their death. It applies to city attorneys in first/second-class cities, deputy city clerks in first-class cities, mayors in second-class cities, and treasurers in first-class cities. Eligible spouses married to the official for at least 10 years can receive half the deceased's retirement benefit (either what they were receiving or what they would have received if they died in office), at the city's discretion. Benefits terminate upon the spouse's remarriage. The policy change directly affects these municipal employee roles and their surviving spouses.