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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-9-82. Establishment of indemnification program.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-9-82. Establishment of indemnification program.

(a) There is established a program to provide for indemnification with respect to the:

(1) Death of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(2) Permanent disability of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, or prison guard who is or has been permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(3) Death or permanent disability of any emergency medical technician who is killed or permanently disabled or who has been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977;

(4) Death or permanent disability of any emergency management rescue specialist who is killed or permanently disabled on or after January 1, 1991; and

(5) Death or permanent disability of any state highway employee who is killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1990.

(b) Such program shall be administered by the department.

## History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 1914, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 700, § 3; Ga. L. 1987, p. 822, § 3; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1312, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 660, § 4(16); Ga. L. 2002, p. 1259, §§ 4, 11(16); Ga. L. 2008, p. 470, § 1/SB 254; Ga. L. 2023, p. 580, § 1/HB 437, effective May 3, 2023.

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective May 3, 2023, deleted “, subject to review by the commission” at the end of subsection (b).