- Introduced -

SB 641 - This act provides college grants, subject to appropriation, for children of public safety officers and certain employees of the Department of Highways and Transportation who are killed or permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty. A child is only eligible under current law when such parent is killed in the line of duty.

A "permanent and total disability" is defined as one which renders a person unable to work and which is expected to result in death or to last for at least twelve months. "Line of duty" is defined as any action whose primary function is crime control, enforcement of criminal laws or suppression of fires, that is authorized by law or regulation.

If a person suffering from a permanent and total disability ceases to have such disability, a child shall no longer be eligible for grant money.

The bill is similar to SB 185 from 1997.

JOAN GUMMELS