February 18, 2000





ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 76

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DIGEST OF SB 76 (Updated February 17, 2000 11:51 AM - DI 58)



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).





Meeks C, Alexa, Craycraft, Bowser
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ MOSES, GIAQUINTA, POND, ALDERMAN)




    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.

HOUSE ACTION

    January 27, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
    February 17, 2000, reported _ Do Pass.






February 18, 2000

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 76



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    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.