RÉSUMÉ DIGEST ACT 89 (HB 15) 2019 Regular Session Carpenter Existing law provides for benefit options for Firefighters' Retirement System members and designated beneficiaries. Such options include providing for a beneficiary to receive retirement benefits after the death of the member. Prior law authorized a member who was single at the time of retirement but who married and had been married for at least 12 months to select such a benefit option for his spouse. New law repeals prior law. Effective August 1, 2019. (Repeals R.S. 11:2259(B))