Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-7-4 NMSA 1978 and in addition to all other benefits provided adult correctional officers and correctional officer specialists, the corrections department shall provide life insurance coverage in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each adult correctional officer and correctional officer specialist to be paid to his designated beneficiary. The coverage shall include double indemnity provisions for death incurred in the line of duty. The coverage shall be provided by a group term insurance policy, the premium for which shall be paid out of state funds appropriated to the department.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 311, § 1; 1990, ch. 29, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For group insurance by state departments and institutions and all political subdivisions of the state, see 10-7-4 NMSA 1978.
The 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, substituted "corrections department" for "corrections and criminal rehabilitation department" in the catchline and the first sentence, deleted "and juvenile correctional officers" following "specialists" and "specialist" in the first sentence, deleted "corrections and criminal rehabilitation" preceding "department" at the end of the third sentence, and made minor stylistic changes.