(A) Workers' compensation benefits may be provided for reserves by the governing body in the same manner as benefits are provided for full-time officers.
(B) For purposes of compensation or benefits arising from duty-related injury or death, reserves must be considered employees of the entity for which they were appointed and must be included with regular duty officers in the assigned responsibility for prevention, suppression, and control of crime.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 11; 1978 Act No. 599, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.
Effect of Amendment
The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); and, in subsection (B), deleted "political" preceding "entity" and made nonsubstantive language changes.