Law Enforcement Offiers and Fire Fighters Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand to include certain county and municipal road employees.

HB 536 expands Mississippi's Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Disability Benefits Trust Fund to cover county road employees and municipal public works employees injured while performing official duties. The bill adds these workers - defined as those maintaining roads and bridges for counties or municipalities - to the list of "covered individuals" currently including law enforcement officers and firefighters. Eligible workers would receive 34% of their regular base salary (for up to 12 payments) for line-of-duty injuries, in addition to workers' compensation benefits but only for the difference between the two amounts. The bill updates definitions to clarify qualifying roles without changing the fund's existing benefit structure or funding mechanisms.