AB93

Existing law defines “police officer” to include various law enforcement officers of this State for the purposes of certain provisions relating to eligibility for benefits under the Nevada Occupational Diseases Act. (NRS 617.135) Section 1 of this bill expands the definition of “police officer” to include: (1) a school police officer employed or appointed by the board of trustees of a school district; (2) a juvenile probation officer; (3) a bailiff or deputy marshal of a municipal court; (4) a marshal or deputy marshal of a city or town; and (5) all category I, II and III peace officers. Furthermore, because various other provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes reference “police officer” as that term is defined in the Act, this bill makes applicable to all category I, II and III peace officers, school police officers employed or appointed by the board of trustees of a school district, juvenile probation officers, bailiffs and deputy marshals of municipal courts and marshals and deputy marshals of cities or towns: (1) industrial insurance coverage for police officers; (2) exemption from service as grand or trial jurors; (3) compensation for police officers with temporary disabilities; and (4) eligibility for certain programs of group insurance or other medical or hospital service for the surviving spouse or any surviving child of a police officer or firefighter. (NRS 6.020, 281.153, 287.021, 287.0477; chapters 616A-616D of NRS) Section 1.5 of this bill makes an appropriation