7-33-4133. Payment of partial salary to firefighter injured in performance of duty. (1) A member of a fire department of a first-class or second-class municipality who is injured in the performance of duty must be paid by the municipality the difference between the member's net salary, following adjustments for income taxes and pension contributions, and the amount received from workers' compensation until the disability has ceased, as determined by workers' compensation, or for a period not to exceed 1 year, whichever occurs first.
(2) To qualify for the partial salary payment provided for in subsection (1), the firefighter must require medical or other remedial treatment and must be incapable of performing the firefighter's duties as a result of the injury.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 396, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 729, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 41. Municipal Fire Departments
7-33-4101. Fire protection services
7-33-4102. Applicability of part
7-33-4103. Composition of fire department
7-33-4104. Duties of chief and assistant chief of fire department
7-33-4105. Appointment of chief engineer of fire department
7-33-4106. Appointment of firefighters
7-33-4107. Qualifications of firefighters
7-33-4108. Physical examination
7-33-4110. Volunteer companies not affected
7-33-4112. Mutual aid agreements -- request if no agreement exists -- definitions
7-33-4113. Personnel of fire department not considered municipal officers
7-33-4116. through 7-33-4120 reserved
7-33-4121. Rules governing employment in fire departments
7-33-4122. Term of appointment of firefighters -- probationary period
7-33-4123. Authority to suspend firefighters
7-33-4124. Suspension procedure
7-33-4125. Reduction and subsequent increase in number of firefighters based on seniority
7-33-4127. Compensation of fire department personnel
7-33-4128. Minimum wages of firefighters in cities of first and second class
7-33-4130. Group insurance for firefighters -- funding
7-33-4131. Firefighter's rights in event of city-county consolidation
7-33-4133. Payment of partial salary to firefighter injured in performance of duty