| 121st Maine Legislature | |||||||
| Office of Fiscal and Program Review | |||||||
| LD 1352 | |||||||
| An Act to Amend the Benefit for Accidental Death in the Line of Duty for Law Enforcement Officers | |||||||
| LR 0536(02) | |||||||
| Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " " | |||||||
| Committee: Labor | |||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||
| Minor cost increase - All Funds | |||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||
| This legislation includes law enforecement officers as part of an existing rebuttable presumption under the workers' compensation law relating to firefighters. Because the number of fatalities that the State has experienced in this area has been low, this bill is not expected to have a significant fiscal impact on the State as an employer. | |||||||