7-51-207 - Compensation for death of volunteer rescue squad worker killed in the line of duty. - Tennessee Statutes

7-51-207. Compensation for death of volunteer rescue squad worker killed in the line of duty.

(a)  For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “In the line of duty” means in the course of duty and in the actual discharge of the duties of the position; and

     (2)  “Volunteer rescue squad worker” means any person who is trained in emergency and rescue work and who performs such work without compensation in a unit that is equipped to address such situations.

(b)  The estate of any volunteer rescue squad worker who is killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Payment shall be made from the general fund after receipt by the department of finance and administration of a certified death certificate and an affidavit from the decedent's employer or volunteer rescue squad that the decedent was killed in the line of duty.

[Acts 2005, ch. 450, § 1.]