Police Officers and firefighters Benefits Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Police Officers and Firefighters Benefits Act - Provides a gratuity of $50,000 to the survivors of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty upon certification by the Governor of the State that such person had been killed in the line of duty. Directs that the gratuity shall be paid in the following order of procedence: (1) if there is no dependent child to the spouse; (2) if there is no spouse to the dependent child or children, in equal shares; (3) if there are both a spouse and one or more dependent children, one-half to the spouse and one-half to the child or children, in equal shares; and (4) if there is no survivor in the above classes, to the parent or parents dependent for support on the decedent, in equal shares. Defines a dependent as under 18, or over 18 and incapable of self-support, or over 18 and a student. Provides that the gratuity is in addition to any other benefits under existing law.…