Citations Affected: IC 5-10; noncode.
Synopsis: Death benefit for probation officers. Retroactively expands
the law to provide that survivors of a probation officer who dies in the
line of duty are entitled to receive certain death benefits. Provides that
a probation officer killed in the line of duty after April 27, 1997, and
before January 1, 1998, is entitled to a $150,000 special death benefit.
Effective: April 27, 1997 (retroactive).
November 17, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor.
January 20, 2000, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 24, 2000, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 25, 2000, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 45, nays 0.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
and local administration.
SECTION 1. IC 5-10-10-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE APRIL 27, 1997 (RETROACTIVE)]: Sec.
4. As used in this chapter, "public safety officer" means a state police
officer, county sheriff, county police officer, correctional officer, excise
police officer, county police reserve officer, city police reserve officer,
conservation enforcement officer, town marshal, deputy town marshal,
probation officer, or state university police officer appointed under
IC 20-12-3.5.
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE APRIL 27, 1997 (RETROACTIVE)]:
Notwithstanding IC 5-10-10-6, the amount of the special death
benefit payable under IC 5-10-10, as amended by this act, to the
surviving spouse of a probation officer who died in the line of duty
after April 27, 1997, and before January 1, 1998, is one hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.