INTRODUCED
BY D. Harvey
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR BURIAL EXPENSES; INCREASING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS PAID FOR BURIAL EXPENSES; and AMENDING SECTION 39-71-725, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 39-71-725, MCA, is amended to read:
"39-71-725. Payment of burial expense. There There must be paid, in case of the death of an employee whose death is the result of an accidental injury arising out of the employment and happening in the course of the employment, the reasonable burial expenses of the employee, not exceeding $4,000 $10,000. The payment is not a part of the compensation that might be paid but is a benefit in addition to and separate from compensation."