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receive a decreased retirement allowance during his lifetime which represents the additional cost for a member's spouse who is younger than five (5) years of the member. The member may also elect to receive a decreased allowance during his lifetime based on the additional cos5 of a seventy-five percent (75%) or one hundred percent (100%) spousal option. If the member's retirement is for disability, the retirement allowance to be continued after the member's death shall be limited to a maximum of one-half of the retirement allowance received by the member during his lifetime. A member retired prior to July 1, 1992, who at date of retirement elected a spousal option, shall receive an increase in pension equal to the cost of a fifty percent (50%) spousal option calculated on a spousal age difference of no younger than five (5) years of the member. An unmarried member shall upon marriage, be provided a fifty percent (50%) spousal option, calculated on a spousal age difference of no younger than five (5) years of the member provided that the member submit written notification to the Board within 90 days after the marriage, and provided that evidence satisfactory to the Board of the good health of the retired member is submitted with the notification. (d) A retired member who has elected or has been provided a joint and last survivor option, may by written notification to the Board, elect a different spousal recipient if the following occurs: (1) the original spousal recipient has died, or (2) a final decree of divorce of the retired member from the original s~ousal recipient has been entered; (3) evidence satisfactory to the Board of the good health of'the retired member is submitted with the notification; and (4) the notification to the Board of the change in election occurs within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of one (1) or two (2) or within ninety (90) days after remarriage. If the'provisions of this subsection are invoked by a retired member on the basis of the member having been divorced from his former spousal recipient and the marriage had been of a duration of twenty years or more, the provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable until the death or remarriage of the former spouse unless such spouse consents in writing to the revocation. If such an election is made as a result of the death or divorce of the spousal recipient, the benefit payable to the retired member may be adjusted retroactively for a period of not more than thirty (30) days from the date the Board first receives notification of the member's election to make such a