2038                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 254

to death benefits for survivors and scholarships for
children of correctional officers killed in the line of
duty.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 59A-1

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 18-601

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

59A-1.

(a)  (1) A death benefit shall be paid to the surviving
spouse, children, or designated beneficiary of any law
enforcement officer of the State or of any political subdivision
of the State, any sheriff or deputy sheriff, ANY CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER, or any volunteer or professional firefighter or rescue
squad member who is killed in the performance of duties on or
after January 1, 1980. The amount of the benefit shall be
$25,000.

(2) This sum shall be in addition to any:

(i) Workmen's compensation benefits; or

(ii) Proceeds of any form of life insurance,
regardless of who paid the premiums on the insurance.

(b)  The payments hereinabove provided for shall be made out
of funds which the Governor may appropriate for that purpose in
the State budget.

(c)  In the event there is no surviving spouse, children,
or designated beneficiary, payment shall be made to the estate.

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18-601.