Lump-sum payment to survivors of police officer killed in line of duty
KRS 49.420
in effect49.420. Lump-sum payment to survivors of police officer killed in line of duty
(1) The Crime Victims Compensation Board may award a lump-sum payment not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the family of a police officer employed by a city, county, or urban-county government who is killed in the line of duty as a police officer for such city, county, or urban-county and who is not eligible to receive death or disability benefits under a pension plan of the city, county, or urban-county.
(2) This section shall apply to any officer killed in the line of duty since January 1, 1986.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 49, effective June 29, 2021. -- Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 43, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 409, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 1, effective April 14, 1986. Formerly codified as KRS 346.155.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51487Fetched: 10/20/2026
