Line of Duty Authorization (language only)

Item 273 #1h

Language
Page 263, after line 15, insert:
"In addition to such other payments as may be available, the full costs of group health insurance, net of any deductions and credits, for the surviving spouse and dependents of certain public safety officers killed in the line of duty and for certain public safety officers disabled in the line of duty, and the spouses and dependents of such disabled officers, are payable from this item pursuant to §§ 2.1-133.5 through 2.1-133.11, Code of Virginia.  To the extent the appropriation in this item is insufficient for these payments, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, is authorized to transfer sufficient funding from Item 548 of this act."

Explanation
(This amendment provides authority for the Department of Accounts to go to the economic contingency account if funds in this item are insufficient to pay the group health insurance payments required under §§ 2.1-133.5 through 2.1-133.11, Code of Virginia.)