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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="1-201" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Employees Killed in Performance of Duty">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor may offer a reward in the name of the State for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of an individual who causes the death of any of the following individuals who is killed in the performance of duty:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a law enforcement officer of the State or a political subdivision of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a career or volunteer member of a fire department or ambulance or rescue squad; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a sworn member of the office of State Fire Marshal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On request of the State’s Attorney of the county in which the death occurred, the Governor may set a reward for the information in an amount not exceeding $25,000 in each case.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The determination of the Governor of the individual to whom a reward is to be paid is conclusive.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor shall include in the State budget each year the amount of any reward made under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
