(a) When a canine that was utilized in the service of the highway patrol is retired due to age, service-related injury, or any other reason, and the canine is retired to the care and custody of a highway patrol officer, whether active or retired, the department of safety, from funds budgeted to the department through the general appropriations act, shall pay, on a monthly basis, the officer caring for the retired canine the sum of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) to be used exclusively for the medical care of the retired canine.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-7-117
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The officer with custody of the retired canine shall maintain records of all medical treatment provided to the retired canine in the officer’s care and custody and, by June 1 of each year, submit a copy of these medical records to the department of safety for the fiscal year ending at the end of that month.(c) Within thirty (30) days of the death of a retired canine in the care of a highway patrol officer, the officer shall notify the department of safety of the canine’s death. Upon receiving notification pursuant to this subsection (c), the monthly medical treatment payments to the officer provided by this section shall cease.(d) The monthly amount set out in subsection (a) shall be in addition to any amount that is otherwise due and paid to the officer by virtue of salary, retirement, disability, or other reason.
