1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public safety; defining certain employees 
  1.3             of the commissioner of public safety as public safety 
  1.4             officers for purposes of public safety officer's 
  1.5             survivor benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.6             section 299A.41, subdivision 4.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299A.41, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.] "Public safety officer" 
  1.11  includes: 
  1.12     (1) a peace officer defined in section 626.84, subdivision 
  1.13  1, paragraph (c) or (f); 
  1.14     (2) a correction officer employed at a correctional 
  1.15  facility and charged with maintaining the safety, security, 
  1.16  discipline, and custody of inmates at the facility; 
  1.17     (3) an individual employed on a full-time basis by the 
  1.18  state or by a fire department of a governmental subdivision of 
  1.19  the state, who is engaged in any of the following duties: 
  1.20     (i) firefighting; 
  1.21     (ii) emergency motor vehicle operation; 
  1.22     (iii) investigation into the cause and origin of fires; 
  1.23     (iv) the provision of emergency medical services; or 
  1.24     (v) hazardous material responder; 
  1.25     (4) a legally enrolled member of a volunteer fire 
  1.26  department or member of an independent nonprofit firefighting 
  2.1   corporation who is engaged in the hazards of firefighting; 
  2.2      (5) a good samaritan while complying with the request or 
  2.3   direction of a public safety officer to assist the officer; 
  2.4      (6) a reserve police officer or a reserve deputy sheriff 
  2.5   while acting under the supervision and authority of a political 
  2.6   subdivision; 
  2.7      (7) a driver or attendant with a licensed basic or advanced 
  2.8   life support transportation service who is engaged in providing 
  2.9   emergency care; ~~and~~ 
  2.10     (8) a first responder who is certified by the ~~commissioner~~ 
  2.11  ~~of health~~ emergency medical services regulatory board to perform 
  2.12  basic emergency skills before the arrival of a licensed 
  2.13  ambulance service and who is a member of an organized service 
  2.14  recognized by a local political subdivision to respond to 
  2.15  medical emergencies to provide initial medical care before the 
  2.16  arrival of an ambulance; and 
  2.17     (9) a person, other than a state trooper, employed by the 
  2.18  commissioner of public safety and assigned to the state patrol, 
  2.19  whose primary employment is the enforcement of commercial motor 
  2.20  vehicle laws and regulations.