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making written application therefor as provided in Section 29. The lump sum service pension amount shall be the amount to which the member would have been entitled had that member been eligible for retirement on the date of separation from active service and membership in the Association. Section 47 Limitation on Retirement Benefits Other than Service Pension No retirement benefit other than service pensions paid or payable to a member, former member or qualified successor of a member or former member may exceed in amount the total service pension calculated using the service pension amount specified herein and the years of service credited to the member or former member as of the date the member or former member became entitled to the retirement benefit or dies. The limitation provided in this Section shall be subject to any special legislation mandating service pension increase to retired members, or upon amendment of these Bylaws pursuant to permissive legislation. Section 48 Survivor May Apply for Benefits of Deceased Member Should any eligible member or former member die before making Application for service pension benefits and have qualified for a service pension pursuant to Section 42 herein except for the age requirement, or such member died while on active duty as a Firefighter, then Application for service pension benefits may be made by the Surviving Spouse, if any, who is otherwise qualified as required by these Bylaws, and thereupon said Surviving Spouse will be entitled to the monthly benefits payable hereunder as if such Application had been made by the deceased Pensioner. If the Pensioner leaves no Surviving Spouse, application may be made on behalf of the Pensioner's minor child or children, if any, and said minor children will be entitled pro rata to the monthly benefits payable hereunder as if Application had been made by the deceased Pensioner, and said benefits shall continue during said child or children's minority. All applications for benefits must include a certified copy of the death certificate of the pensioner. Section 49 Maximum Pension Allowed if Permanently Disabled Any firefighter Permanently Disabled as a result of the member acting and performing the duties of a firefighter while in the line of duty shall receive the maximum pension. Maximum pension is hereby defined as the monthly pension one would be paid had the Pensioner qualified by age and served twenty (20) years in the Roseville Fire Department and had been a member of this Association for ten (10) years. If said disabled firefighter has more than twenty (20) years service in the Roseville Fire Department and then (10) years as a member of this Association at the time they are Permanently Disabled, the Pensioner shall receive a pension based on the total years of service as provided in Section 43 and Section 44 herein. Upon the death of said Pensioner, a Surviving Spouse shall receive the pension as long as they do not remarry. If Pensioner has no Surviving Spouse, the pension shall be paid to his surviving minor child or pro rata to his surviving minor children as provided in Section 42. If deceased pensioner shall have no Surviving Spouse or minor children, there shall be no further payments made. Section 50 Moved to Section 64 Section 51 Moved to Section 64 13