Section 303.295  Vacation Benefits on Death of Employee

a)         Upon the death of a State employee, the person or persons specified in Section 14a of "An Act in relation to State Finance" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 127, par. 150a), as amended, shall be entitled to receive from the appropriation for personal services theretofore available for payment of the employee's compensation such sum for any accrued vacation period to which the employee was entitled at the time of death.

b)         Such sum shall be computed by multiplying the employee's daily rate by the number of days of accrued vacation due.