(40 ILCS 5/22-301) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-301)
Sec. 22-301.
Payments to families or dependents of policemen and firemen
killed or fatally injured.
The corporate authorities of any city or village by general ordinance
may provide for the payment of an allowance of money to the family or
dependents of any policemen or firemen employed by such city or village in
case he is killed or fatally injured while in the performance of his
duties. Such allowance shall not exceed $15,000. It shall be payable only
in case the injury arises from violence or other accidental cause and death
is directly due to such cause and results within one year after such injury.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
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