WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 550

public safety personnel; establishing scholarship

eligibility for certain disabled public safety personnel;
altering the maximum amount of a certain scholarship award;
altering the age criteria for determining the eligibility of
a child for a certain scholarship; and generally relating to
the program of scholarships for certain public safety
personnel and their families.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 18-602 18-601

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

18-602.

(a)(1) IN THIS SECTION, "SPOUSE" MEANS A PERSON:

(I) LEGALLY MARRIED TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE

FIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE OR RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER AT THE TIME
OF DEATH OR DISABILITY, AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION; AND

(II) NOT MARRIED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AFTER THE

DEATH OR DISABILITY SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS

SUBSECTION.

(2) There is a program of scholarships for SPOUSES
AND children of volunteer fire fighters or volunteer ambulance or
rescue squad members who died or were disabled by an accident
resulting from:

[(1)] (I) Performing any duties necessary to the

operation or maintenance of the fire company; or

[(2)] (II) Actively participating in the ambulance or
rescue squad work of an incorporated volunteer fire company or
volunteer ambulance or rescue squad in the State.

(b) The recipient of a scholarship under this section shall
be a graduate of an accredited high school.

(c) The Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Firemen's
Association, in its discretion, shall:

(1) Determine the amount of each award; and

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