Section 3-403. Awards to survivors of certain civilian members of the police department

a. Awards to spouses and domestic partners of school crossing  guards.
  The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized and empowered to make an award to the
  spouse or domestic partner of a school crossing guard, appointed as such
  by the police commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section  14-118
  of this code, who has been or hereafter shall be killed while engaged in
  the  discharge  of  duty. Such award shall equal the annual compensation
  earnable by a school crossing guard as provided for in  the  budget  for
  the  fiscal  year  in  which death occurs. In case there is no spouse or
  domestic partner surviving the decedent, such award shall be made to the
  minor child or children surviving such decedent.  Such  award  shall  be
  paid  in  one  payment  as  soon after the death of such school crossing
  guard as may be possible and shall be in addition to any pension, award,
  or other allowance authorized by law.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and solely
  for the purposes of this subdivision, a member otherwise covered by this
  subdivision shall be deemed to have been killed  while  engaged  in  the
  discharge  of  duty  upon which his or her membership is based, provided
  that such member was in active service upon which his or her  membership
  is  based at the time that such member was ordered to active duty, other
  than for training purposes, pursuant to Title 10 of  the  United  States
  Code,  with  the armed forces of the United States, and such member died
  while on such active duty on or after the effective date of the  chapter
  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  five  which added this paragraph while
  serving on such active military duty.
    b.  Awards  to  spouses  and  domestic  partners  of  prevailing  rate
  employees.    The  mayor  is  hereby authorized and empowered to make an
  award to the spouse or domestic partner of a prevailing  rate  employee,
  appointed  as such by the police commissioner, who has been killed while
  engaged in the discharge of duty on or  after  October  first,  nineteen
  hundred  and  ninety-eight and before August first, nineteen hundred and
  ninety-nine.  Such award shall equal the annual compensation earnable by
  a person holding such prevailing rate  title  as  provided  for  in  the
  budget  for  the  fiscal year in which death occurs. In case there is no
  spouse or domestic partner surviving the decedent, such award  shall  be
  made  to the minor child or children surviving such decedent. Such award
  shall be paid in one payment as soon after the death of such  prevailing
  rate  employee  as  may  be  possible  and  shall  be in addition to any
  pension, award, or other allowance authorized by law.