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FISCAL NOTEWEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 350

By Senators Unger, Hamilton, Romano, Cline, and Prezioso

[Introduced January 18, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance
]

A BILL to amend and reenact §5H-1-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to defining terms to assure that correctional officers are considered law-enforcement officers for the purpose of the West Virginia Fire, EMS, and Law-Enforcement Survivor Benefit Act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


ARTICLE 1. WEST VIRGINIA FIRE, AND EMS and Law-Enforcement Officer SURVIVOR BENEFIT ACT.

§5H-1-1. Title, and legislative intent and definitions.

(a) This article is known as the “West Virginia Fire, EMS and Law-Enforcement Officer Survivor Benefit Act.”

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the payment of death benefits to the surviving spouse, designated beneficiary, children or parents of firefighters, EMS and law-enforcement personnel killed in the performance of their duties, as detailed in this article. For the purposes of this article, the terms “law-enforcement personnel”, “law-enforcement officer”, or “law-enforcement provider” incorporate the definition of “law-enforcement officer” contained in §30-29-1 of this code and, notwithstanding §15A-3-10 of this code, include all correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.


 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to assure that correctional officers are deemed law-enforcement officers for the purpose of the WV Fire, EMS and Law-Enforcement Officer Survivor Benefit Act.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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