[r20] Rep. Dermody's Legislation Establishes Fund for Correctional Employees (2/24/2009)

"By creating this fund, we are ensuring that correctional employees and their families are helped when in need," said Dermody. "They help protect Hoosiers every day, and it's our turn to protect them when they need us the most."

Financial support may be paid from the fund to the correctional employee or a family member of a correctional employee if:

• The employee or employee's family member attends a postsecondary educational institution.
• The employee suffers a loss as the result of natural disaster.
• The employee is killed or injured in the line of duty.

The expenses of administrating the fund are paid from the money in the fund consisting of grants, donations, employee contributions and appropriations.

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