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Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
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TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS - Requires that before any fire fighter or police officer is eligible to receive benefits for illness or injury sustained off duty, they prove they had reasonable grounds to believe that an emergency existed that required immediate need of their assistance.
Source: OpenStates · fetched June 10, 2026
- D · PrimePeter Appollonio
- D · CoTodd Patalano
- D · CoDavid Tikoian
- D · CoFrank Ciccone
- D · CoRobert Britto
- D · CoLori Urso
- D · CoJohn Burke
- D · CoMatthew LaMountain
- D · CoLeonidas Raptakis
- D · CoBrian Thompson
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