Bill Text: GA SB414 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: "Jarett Little Act"; Georgia State Indemnification Fund; payment shall be made to parents/siblings
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2010-06-08 - Veto V3 [SB414 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB414-Engrossed.html
10 LC 14 0327S
(SCS)
Senate
Bill 414
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Murphy of the 27th, Douglas of the 17th, Hawkins of
the 49th, Seay of the 34th and others
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to
provide a short title; to provide that, in the case of death or organic brain
damage suffered in the line of duty by a law enforcement officer, firefighter,
emergency medical technician, emergency management specialist, or prison guard,
if such person does not have an unremarried spouse or dependents, the
indemnification payment shall be made to the parents or siblings of such person;
to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and
applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Jarrett Little Act."
SECTION
2.
Part
1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, is amended by
revising paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Code Section 45-9-85, relating to
payment of indemnification for death or disability, as follows:
"(5)
In the case of death or organic brain damage suffered in the line of duty by a
law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, emergency
management specialist, or prison guard, payment shall be made to the surviving
unremarried spouse or the dependents of the spouse or deceased person as shown
in his or her most recent tax
return, to
such person's parents if such person does not have an unremarried spouse or
dependents, to his or her surviving siblings if such person has no surviving
parents, or to the legal guardian of the
organically brain damaged person. The surviving unremarried spouse, dependents,
parents,
siblings, or the legal guardian may elect
to receive payment in a lump sum payment of $100,000.00 paid in equal monthly
installments for five years or a lump sum of such amount reduced to its present
value upon the basis of interest calculated at the rate of 6 percent per annum;
or".
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval and shall apply to all claims filed or
pending on and after such date.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
