Section 36-21-102

Assistance authorized; eligibility.

Upon July 23, 1987, when a full-time law enforcement officer or firefighter employed by the state, by any county, or by any municipality, is or was killed or becomes totally disabled in the line of duty, tuition assistance for undergraduate study at any state college, state community college, state junior college, state technical college, in the State of Alabama, and other costs officially prescribed for the classes in the course of study, shall be paid for the following:

(1) Any dependent child, natural or adopted, under 21 years of age at the time of death or total disability of the law enforcement officer or firefighter;

(2) A spouse who has not remarried, provided initial enrollment is within five years of the death or total disability of the law enforcement officer or firefighter unless the total disability occurred between July 23, 1987, and October 1, 2000, in which case the spouse has five years from October 1, 2000, to apply for available benefits.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-609, p. 1058, §3; Act 99-448, p. 1039, §1; Act 2000-808, p. 1920, §1.)