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4:1 Death Benefits; Emergency Medical Technicians and Rescue Squad Members. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) "Family" means the surviving spouse of the police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member who was wholly or partially dependent, in fact, upon the earnings of the police officer firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member or, if there is no surviving spouse, the surviving dependent child or dependent children, of such police officer or firefighter or, if there is no surviving dependent child, a surviving person qualifying as a common-law spouse pursuant to RSA 457:39, or if there is no surviving common-law spouse, the surviving adult child or adult children, or if there is no surviving adult child or adult children, the surviving parent or parents of such police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member.
4:2 Death Benefits; Emergency Medical Technicians and Rescue Squad Members. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(h) to read as follows:
(h) "Rescue squad member" means any member of a rescue squad formed for the purposes of responding to a state of emergency as declared by the governor or as part of a search and rescue effort under the supervision of the fish and game department to recover a lost person.
4:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: April 23, 2021
Effective Date: April 23, 2021
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4:1 Death Benefits; Emergency Medical Technicians and Rescue Squad Members. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) "Family" means the surviving spouse of the police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member who was wholly or partially dependent, in fact, upon the earnings of the police officer , firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member or, if there is no surviving spouse, the surviving dependent child or dependent children, of such police officer , firefighter , emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member or, if there is no surviving dependent child, a surviving person qualifying as a common-law spouse pursuant to RSA 457:39, or if there is no surviving common-law spouse, the surviving adult child or adult children, or if there is no surviving adult child or adult children, the surviving parent or parents of such police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member.
4:2 Death Benefits; Emergency Medical Technicians and Rescue Squad Members. Amend RSA 21-I:29-a, I(h) to read as follows:
(h) "Rescue squad member" means any member of a rescue squad formed for the purposes of responding to a state of emergency as declared by the governor or as part of a search and rescue effort under the supervision of the fish and game department .
4:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: April 23, 2021
Effective Date: April 23, 2021