PRINTER'S NO. 752
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
581
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARD, SCAVELLO, FONTANA, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK,
BAKER, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH AND COSTA, APRIL 15, 2015
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a
result of the performance of their duties," providing for the
payment of death benefits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of June 24, 1976
(P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law
Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, amended October 9,
2009 (P.L.588, No.51), is amended to read:
Section 1. (a) In the event a law enforcement officer,
ambulance service or rescue squad member, firefighter, certified
hazardous material response team member or National Guard member
dies as a result of the performance of his duties, [such
political subdivision, Commonwealth agency or, in the case of
National Guard members, the Adjutant General, or, in the case of
a member of a Commonwealth law enforcement agency, the
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