S.B. 203

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SURVIVOR BENEFIT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 OFFICER
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson
6 AN ACT RELATING TO RETIREMENT; AMENDING INSURANCE BENEFIT PROVISIONS
7 FOR CERTAIN PEACE OFFICERS' SURVIVORS.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 49-8-405, as last amended by Chapter 282, Laws of Utah 1998
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 49-8-405 is amended to read:
13 49-8-405. Insurance benefits for peace officers' beneficiaries.
14 (1) The beneficiary of a peace officer under Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer
15 Classifications, who is employed by the state and who dies in the line of duty as defined under
16 Subsection (3), shall receive:
17 (a) the proceeds of a group term life insurance policy in the amount of $50,000 to be
18 purchased by the division and paid for by the employing unit[.]; and
19 (b) a group health insurance policy paid for by the employing unit that covers each of the
20 peace officer's unmarried children to age 18.
21 (2) Any political subdivision which employs a peace officer under Title 53, Chapter 13,
22 Peace Officer Classifications, may provide the benefit under Subsection (1).
23 (3) "Line of duty death" means a death resulting from external force or violence
24 occasioned by an act of duty as a peace officer.

Legislative Review Note
as of 2-10-99 4:37 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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