As used in section 44-08-17, "law enforcement officer" means any sheriff, sheriff's deputy, police chief, policeman, fireman, and any investigator or detective employed by a political subdivision on a salaried basis to perform police duties.
44-08-17. Political subdivisions authorized to purchase insurance on the life of law enforcement officer - Benefits payable to dependent survivor. Any political subdivision may purchase insurance on the life of a law enforcement officer employed by that political subdivision. Such insurance policy must be purchased from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state. If the insurance is purchased, the officer insured thereunder may designate that officer's dependent survivor or survivors to whom the death benefit provided under the policy must be paid. The word "dependent" means that the deceased officer provided some financial support within one year before the officer's death to the survivor and must be liberally construed for the purposes of this section. In the event the officer has not designated a dependent survivor or survivors, the death benefit payable must be paid to the closest survivor in the following order: 1. Spouse. 2. Children. 3. Parent. 4. Brother or sister. However, if there is more than one qualifying survivor in subsection 2, 3, or 4, the death benefit must be paid in equal shares to the survivors in that category. The death benefit provided by an insurance policy purchased pursuant to this section may not exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars on the life of one law enforcement officer. Any death benefit paid due to purchase of an insurance policy under the provisions of this section must be in addition to any benefits paid due to the death of that officer under any other provisions of law.
44-08-18. Officials and employees of agencies located in capitol building responsible for keys issued to them - Return upon termination of employment - Agency head responsibility. Every elected and appointed state official and all state employees employed by or administering any agency, department, board, commission, or other governmental organization with offices located in the state capitol building are responsible for the safekeeping and return of keys allowing entrance to any of such offices or to the capitol building proper. Each official or employee shall, upon or prior to termination of employment in the state capitol, return any and all keys which may have been issued to the official or employee by the highway patrol or by the legislative council to the person in charge of such keys in the office or department in which the official or employee was employed. The person in charge, or the person's designee, shall see to the return of the keys to the highway patrol in a manner provided by rules and regulations which must be promulgated by the highway patrol. Failure to return a key must be handled as provided in section 54-06-15.