| This bill, based on federal law, establishes a death benefit |
of $50,000 for state police officers killed in the line of duty. |
The bill designates to whom the benefit is paid and in what |
proportion and allows for an interim payment to the surviving |
spouse, child or parent of the slain state police officer. If |
the state police officer received or the officer's estate |
received a disability payment from the Maine State Retirement |
System, the death benefit is not payable. |