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Attachment A Section 40 Death Benefits - Causes During Active Duty Upon the death of a member caused while acting and performing duties as a firefighter, the Surviving Spouse, or if none, the member's estate, shall receive the sum of 10% of the 20 year service pension; provided written notice of the injury and evidence of it as the cause of death is given to the Board of Trustees within thirty (30) days after such injury. Any payment made pursuant to the terms of this Section 40 shall not preclude a Surviving Spouse, or if no spouse survives, a minor child or minor children from making any application and receiving any additional benefits to which the Surviving Spouse or minor children might otherwise be entitled pursuant to the terms of these Bylaws. Section 41 Death Benefits - Causes Other Than During Active Duty Upon the death of a member who does not qualify for a service pension by reason of having less than 20 years of service in the Roseville Fire Department and less than 10 years as a member of this Association, from causes while not acting and performing duties as a firefighter, the sum of 1/20t" of the 20 year service pension per year of service not to exceed the ten year vested pension for each year of service shall be paid to the Surviving Spouse or if no spouse survives, a minor child or pro rata to the surviving minor children. Year of service shall mean the quotient obtained by dividing total months of service by twelve. A remainder of less than six months shall be disregarded, and a remainder of six months or more shall be counted as one year. Section 42 Pension - 10 Years in Association - 20 Years Roseville Fire Department Anyone who has been a member of this Association for at least ten (10) years and who has served twenty (20) years in the Roseville Fire Department and who has reached the age of fifty (50) years, may make application to the Board of Trustees for a service pension and receive the service pension hereafter set out, providing the application therefore is received by the Board of Trustees not later than sixty (60) days after the applicant retired from service. This service pension may be increased or decreased by the Board of Trustees from time to time within the limits set herein and in accordance with Minnesota law and the provisions of these Bylaws. The applicant for such service pension shall release this Association from any and all claims and payment of benefits except the sum established for such pension. Neither said years of service nor said years of inembership need be consecutive; however, time while on leave of absence and time under suspension shall not be included in determining total time preconditions for pension benefits. Upon the death of such Pensioner, the Surviving Spouse shall continue to receive the service pension so long as the spouse does not remarry. In the event that such Pensioner does not leave a surviving spouse, then the balance of the service pension benefits to which such Pensioner was entitled shall be payable as limited herein to the surviving minor child or pro rata to the surviving minor children. The Pension benefits payable to such 16