Senate Bill sb1786

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1786

    By Senator Posey





    24-1134-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public officers and

  3         employees; amending s. 112.19, F.S.; providing

  4         a short title; providing additional death

  5         benefits for certain officers killed at the

  6         scene of a traffic accident or while enforcing

  7         a traffic law or ordinance; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Deputy James

13  M. Weaver Act."

14         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

15  112.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         112.19  Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional

17  probation officers; death benefits.--

18         (2)

19         (b)  The sum of $50,000, as adjusted pursuant to

20  paragraph (j), shall be paid as provided in this section if a

21  law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation

22  officer is accidentally killed as specified in paragraph (a)

23  and the accidental death occurs as a result of the officer's

24  response to fresh pursuit or to the officer's response to what

25  is reasonably believed to be an emergency, or if the officer

26  is accidentally killed at the scene of a traffic accident or

27  while enforcing what is reasonably believed to be a traffic

28  law or ordinance. This sum is in addition to any sum provided

29  for in paragraph (a). Notwithstanding any other provision of

30  law, in no case shall the amount payable under this subsection

31  be less than the actual amount stated therein.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1786
    24-1134-04




 1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 5    Provides as additional $50,000 death benefit for certain
      law enforcement or correctional officers who are killed
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      traffic law or ordinance.
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