Payment of benefits to surviving spouse

39-73-109 . Payment of benefits to surviving spouse. (1) Upon the death of a person receiving payments for silicosis under 39-73-104 or 39-73-108 , the surviving spouse, as long as the spouse remains unmarried, is entitled to receive the payments granted to the deceased spouse. (2) A person who otherwise is qualified to receive payments under subsection (1) but whose spouse died prior to March 14, 1974, is eligible to begin receiving $350 a month.