Bill Text: VA HB1416 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Left in Appropriations [HB1416 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1416-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §9.1-402, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§9.1-402. (Effective until July 1, 2017) Payments to beneficiaries of certain deceased law-enforcement officers, firefighters, etc., and retirees.
A. The beneficiary of a deceased person whose death occurred on or before December 31, 2005, while in the line of duty as the direct or proximate result of the performance of his duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of $75,000, which shall be payable out of the general fund of the state treasury, in gratitude for and in recognition of his sacrifice on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth.
B. The beneficiary of a deceased person whose death occurred
on or after January 1, 2006, while in the line of duty as the direct or
proximate result of the performance of his duty shall be entitled to receive
the sum of $100,000 $125,000,
which shall be payable out of the general fund of the state treasury, in
gratitude for and in recognition of his sacrifice on behalf of the people of
the Commonwealth.
C. Subject to the provisions of §§27-40.1, 27-40.2, 51.1-813, or §65.2-402, if the deceased person's death (i) arose out of and in the course of his employment or (ii) was within five years from his date of retirement, his beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the sum of $25,000, which shall be payable out of the general fund of the state treasury.
§9.1-402. (Effective July 1, 2017) Payments to beneficiaries of certain deceased law-enforcement officers, firefighters, etc., and retirees.
A. The beneficiary of a deceased person whose death occurred on or before December 31, 2005, while in the line of duty as the direct or proximate result of the performance of his duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of $75,000, which shall be paid by the nonparticipating employer or from the Fund on behalf of a participating employer, as applicable, in gratitude for and in recognition of his sacrifice on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth.
B. The beneficiary of a deceased person whose death occurred
on or after January 1, 2006, while in the line of duty as the direct or
proximate result of the performance of his duty shall be entitled to receive
the sum of $100,000 $125,000,
which shall be paid by the nonparticipating employer or from the Fund on behalf
of a participating employer, as applicable, in gratitude for and in recognition
of his sacrifice on behalf of the people of the Commonwealth.
C. Subject to the provisions of §27-40.1, 27-40.2, 51.1-813, or 65.2-402, if the deceased person's death (i) arose out of and in the course of his employment or (ii) was within five years from his date of retirement, his beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the sum of $25,000, which shall be paid by the nonparticipating employer or from the Fund on behalf of a participating employer, as applicable.