Amendment ASA1-SB18

SB18-ASA1,5,17 (c) Provide all documentation required by the department to verify the salary of the deceased spouse.

SB18-ASA1,5,20 (d) Enter into an agreement with the department that any loan made under this subsection shall be secured by the proceeds of a life insurance policy that covered his or her deceased spouse.

SB18-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 20.505 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,5,25 20.505 (1) (cr) Payment of loans for law enforcement officers or fire fighters who die in line of duty. A sum sufficient to make loans for surviving spouses of law enforcement officers or fire fighters under s. 16.14 and for surviving spouses identified in s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. or 1m.

SB18-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 66.0137 (1) (ae) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0137 (1) (as) and amended to read:

SB18-ASA1,6,6 66.0137 (1) (as) "Local governmental unit" means a municipality, county political subdivision, school district (as enumerated in s. 67.01 (5)), sewerage district, drainage district, and, without limitation because of enumeration, any other political subdivision of the state.

SB18-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 66.0137 (1) (af) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,6,12 66.0137 (1) (af) "Dies in the line of duty" means a death that occurs, or occurred, as a direct and proximate result of one or more of the following, sustained by a law enforcement officer or fire fighter while he or she was engaged in a line of duty activity or that arose out of and as a result of such an individual's performance of a line of duty activity:

SB18-ASA1,6,13 1. A personal injury.

SB18-ASA1,6,14 2. The contraction of an infectious disease.

SB18-ASA1,6,15 3. Exposure to hazardous materials or conditions.

SB18-ASA1, s. 5 Section 5. 66.0137 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,6,17 66.0137 (1) (am) "Law enforcement officer" means all of the following:

SB18-ASA1,6,21 1. Any person employed by a political subdivision for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce.

SB18-ASA1,6,23 2. Any jailer who, under the direction of a sheriff under s. 59.27 (1), keeps persons in a county jail.

SB18-ASA1, s. 6 Section 6. 66.0137 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,7,6 66.0137 (1) (ap) "Line of duty activity" means any employment-related action taken by a law enforcement officer or fire fighter that is required or authorized by law, rule, regulation, or condition of employment and for which compensation is provided by his or her employing agency or would have been eligible to have been provided by the employing agency if the law enforcement officer or fire fighter had been on duty when he or she took the action in question.

SB18-ASA1, s. 7 Section 7. 66.0137 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,7,8 66.0137 (1) (c) "Political subdivision" means any municipality or county.

SB18-ASA1, s. 8 Section 8. 66.0137 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18-ASA1,7,13 66.0137 (3) Health insurance for unemployed persons. Any municipality or county political subdivision may purchase health or dental insurance for unemployed persons residing in the municipality or county who are not eligible for medical assistance under s. 49.46, 49.468, 49.47, or 49.471 (4) (a) or (b).

SB18-ASA1, s. 9 Section 9. 66.0137 (4m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB18-ASA1, s. 10 Section 10. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18-ASA1,7,20 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., if a municipality provides for the payment of premiums for hospital, surgical, and other health insurance for its fire fighters, it shall continue to pay such premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a the fire fighter who dies in the line of duty.

SB18-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB18-ASA1,8,2 66.0137 (5) (c) 1m. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., if a political subdivision provides for the payment of premiums for hospital, surgical, and other health insurance for its law enforcement officers, it shall continue to pay such premiums for the surviving spouse and dependent children of the law enforcement officer who dies while in the line of duty.

SB18-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. 66.0137 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18-ASA1,8,7 66.0137 (5) (c) 2. A municipality political subdivision may not be required to pay the premiums described in subd. 1. or 1m. for a surviving spouse upon the remarriage of the surviving spouse or upon the surviving spouse reaching the age of 65.

SB18-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13. 66.0137 (5) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB18-ASA1,8,11 66.0137 (5) (c) 3. (intro.) An individual is not a dependent child for the purposes of subd. 1. or 1m. after the individual reaches the age of 18 unless one of the following applies:

SB18-ASA1, s. 14 Section 14. Initial applicability.

SB18-ASA1,8,16 (1) This act first applies, retroactively, to a law enforcement officer or fire fighter who has died in the line of duty before the effective date of this subsection, but only with respect to the payment of health insurance premiums that come due on or after the effective date of this subsection.

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