§ 21539 Pre-1973 Special Death Benefit

• •This law is about a special death benefit for certain workers who died before March 7, 1973.
• •The workers covered are wardens, forestry workers, harbor police, and law enforcement officers.
• •The benefit continues to be paid following the rules that were in place before March 7, 1973.
• •This law started on January 1, 1996.

A police officer died in a car crash while on duty in 1970.

Because the officer died before March 7, 1973, their family still gets the special death benefit according to the old rules from before that date.