52:18A-218.1 Definitions relative to funeral payments for public safety personnel. 1. As used in this act: 'Family' means the spouse, parent, children, or other person who pays the funeral expenses of a public safety employee who is killed in the line of duty. 'Public safety employee' means a permanent, full-time member of a State, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or a county sheriff's office who is statutorily empowered to act for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State; an active member in good standing of a paid, part-paid, or volunteer fire department or of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squad; or a State or county correctional police officer. L.2013, c.177, s.1; amended 2019, c.219, s.10.
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