00SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 221(L&C)                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to workers' compensation for volunteer ambulance attendants,                                           
02 police officers, and fire fighters; and providing for an effective date."                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.30.243 (a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05  (a)  For the purposes of workers' compensation any injury, disability or death                                        
06 incurred by a fire fighter by reason of the fire fighter's participation in authorized                                 
07 training, proceeding to or engaging in a fire suppression or rescue operation, or the                                  
08 protection or preservation of life or property, anywhere in the state is considered to                                  
09 have arisen out of and been sustained in the course of employment, and the fire                                         
10 department or regularly organized volunteer fire department of the fire fighter's                                       
11 primary employment or registration is considered to be the employer, except when the                                    
12 injured, at the time of injury or death, is acting for compensation from another.                                       
13    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).