Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 30 - Compensation for Death or Disability of Peace Officers, Firemen, Etc

• Article 1 Compensation for Death of Peace Officers and Firemen.
• Section 36-30-1 Definitions; dependents; persons eligible for compensation
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. The State Board of Adjustment,...
• Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount of compensation
  (a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department registered with the...
• Section 36-30-3 Payment of compensation - Generally
  The compensation payable to surviving beneficiaries or dependents of peace officers, firefighters, or rescue squad members who are killed under the circumstances prescribed in Section...
• Section 36-30-4 Payment of compensation - Paid only to residents of United States
  Compensation pursuant to this article for the death of a peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member shall be paid only to his or her...
• Section 36-30-5 Presentation of claims for compensation; forms; rules of evidence and procedure
  (a) All claims for compensation as provided in this article shall be presented to the awarding authority within two years from the date of the...
• Section 36-30-6 Hearing and determination of claims by Board of Adjustment; entry of judgment and order for payment of compensation
  The Board of Adjustment when serving as the awarding authority under this article shall hear and determine claims for compensation under this article in the...
• Section 36-30-7 Construction of article; decision of awarding authority final
  (a) This article shall not be construed to give any person a right of action against the State of Alabama in any court for the...
• Article 2 Compensation for Death or Disability of Municipal Policemen and State Troopers From Occupational Diseases.
• Section 36-30-20 Definitions
  When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance...
• Section 36-30-21 Authorized
  (a) If a law enforcement officer who qualifies for benefits under the provisions of this article suffers disability as a result of a law enforcement...
• Section 36-30-22 Eligibility for benefits - Generally
  The provisions of this article shall apply to a law enforcement officer who, upon entering the service of the city or county as a law...
• Section 36-30-23 Eligibility for benefits - Where physical examination not required at time of entry into service
  (a) If a physical examination was not required at the time of entry into service, a policeman or state trooper who has had at least...
• Article 3 State Firefighters' Death and Disability Benefits for Certain Occupational Diseases.
• Section 36-30-40 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Any monetary allowance payable by the state for a firefighter...
• Section 36-30-41 Applicability; compensation for qualified firefighters; burden of proof
  (a) This article shall apply to firefighters who, upon entering the service of the state as firefighters, have successfully passed a physical examination which failed...
• Article 4 Insurance Coverage for Firefighters with Cancer.
• Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal,...

Last modified: May 3, 2021