HOUSE BILL NO. 4119
February 22, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Slagh, Smit, St. Germaine, Bezotte, Johnsen, Wozniak,
Martin, Markkanen, Roth, Prestin, Snyder, DeBoyer, Greene, Tyrone Carter, McKinney and
O'Neal and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2004 PA 46, entitled
"Public safety officers benefit act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 28.634).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 4. (1) If a public safety officer dies or is permanently
2 and totally disabled as the direct and proximate result of a
3 personal injury sustained in the line of duty, the this state shall
4 pay a benefit of $25,000.00 $50,000.00 to 1 of the following:
5 (a) If the deceased public safety officer leaves a surviving
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1 spouse, to that surviving spouse.
2 (b) If the deceased public safety officer does not leave a
3 surviving spouse, to his or her the deceased public safety
4 officer's dependents.
5 (c) If the public safety officer does not leave a surviving
6 spouse or any surviving dependents, payment shall must be made to
7 the estate of the deceased public safety officer.
8 (d) If the public safety officer is permanently and totally
9 disabled, to the spouse, but if there is no spouse, to the
10 dependents, and if there are no dependents, then to the entity
11 providing care to the permanently and totally disabled public
12 safety officer.
13 (2) The benefit shall must be paid in addition to any other
14 benefit that the beneficiary receives due to the death of the
15 public safety officer.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 28.634