HB298 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, any dependent child or spouse of a full-time law enforcement officer, full-time firefighter, or rescue squad member who was killed or became totally disabled in the line of duty is eligible to receive free tuition and costs for undergraduate studies at any state college, state community college, state junior college, or state technical college in the state

Under existing law, the beneficiaries or dependents of a peace officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or rescue squad member who was killed, or died as a result of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or died as a direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke are entitled to receive compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be paid from the State Treasury

This bill would extend the educational assistance provided to full-time law enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue squad members under existing law to include reserve deputies and reserve police officers

This bill would also expand the definition of peace officer to include reserve deputies and reserve police officers to extend death benefits to these individuals

Relating to reserve deputies and reserve police officers; to amend Sections 36-21-102 and 36-30-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide educational assistance to reserve deputies and reserve police officers; and to expand the definition of peace officer to include reserve deputies and reserve police officers for purposes of the payment of death benefits.