TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 33. FIRE PROTECTION

Part 41. Municipal Fire Departments

Payment Of Partial Salary To Firefighter Injured In Performance Of Duty

7-33-4133. Payment of partial salary to firefighter injured in performance of duty. (1) A member of a fire department of a first-class or second-class municipality who is injured in the performance of duty must be paid by the municipality the difference between the member's net salary, following adjustments for income taxes and pension contributions, and the amount received from workers' compensation until the disability has ceased, as determined by workers' compensation, or for a period not to exceed 1 year, whichever occurs first.

(2) To qualify for the partial salary payment provided for in subsection (1), the firefighter must require medical or other remedial treatment and must be incapable of performing the firefighter's duties as a result of the injury.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 396, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 729, Ch. 61, L. 2007.