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House Journal: Page 1009: Wednesday, March 27, 1996

 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 85.36, subsection 9, paragraph
 6   a, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
 7   follows:
 8     a.  In computing the compensation to be allowed a
 9   volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical care
10   provider, reserve peace officer, volunteer ambulance
11   driver, volunteer emergency rescue technician as
12   defined in section 147A.1, or emergency medical
13   technician trainee, the earnings as a fire fighter,
14   emergency medical care provider, reserve peace
15   officer, volunteer ambulance driver, volunteer
16   emergency rescue technician, or emergency medical
17   technician trainee shall be disregarded and the
18   volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical care
19   provider, reserve peace officer, volunteer ambulance
20   driver, volunteer emergency rescue technician, or
21   emergency medical technician trainee shall be paid an
22   amount equal to the compensation the volunteer fire
23   fighter, emergency medical care provider, reserve
24   peace officer, volunteer ambulance driver, volunteer
25   emergency rescue technician, or emergency medical
26   technician trainee would be paid if injured in the
27   normal course of the volunteer fire fighter's,
28   emergency medical care provider's, reserve peace
29   officer's, volunteer ambulance driver's, volunteer
30   emergency rescue technician's, or emergency medical
31   technician trainee's regular employment or an amount
32   equal to one hundred and forty percent of the
33   statewide average weekly wage, whichever is greater.
34     Sec. ___.  Section 85.61, subsection 2, Code
35   Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
36     2.  "Employer" includes and applies to a person,
37   firm, association, or corporation, state, county,
38   municipal corporation, school corporation, area
39   education agency, township as an employer of volunteer
40   fire fighters, volunteer emergency rescue technicians,
41   and emergency medical care providers only, benefited
42   fire district, and the legal representatives of a
43   deceased employer.  "Employer" includes and applies to
44   a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase-of-
45   service contracts or for referrals by the department
46   of human services or the department of education.
47     Sec. ___.  Section 85.61, subsection 7, unnumbered
48   paragraph 3, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read
49   as follows:
50     Personal injuries sustained by volunteer emergency

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 1   rescue technicians or emergency medical care providers
 2   as defined in section 147A.1 arise in the course of
 3   employment if the injuries are sustained at any time
 4   from the time the volunteer emergency rescue
 5   technicians or emergency medical care providers are

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