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Sep 9, 2003

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act

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Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that a public safety officer who dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours after participating in a training exercise or responding to an emergency situation shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, for purposes of survivor benefits.

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Introduced(2/26/03)
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Mr. ETHERIDGE

(D) NC – 2

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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8065-8066)

Sep 9, 2003

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