The purpose of this part is to:

(1) Implement the constitutional amendment ratified November 4, 1976, authorizing the General Assembly to provide by law for the indemnification with respect to the death of law enforcement officers, firemen, or prison guards who are killed or have been killed in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(2) Provide by law for the indemnification with respect to the permanent disability of law enforcement officers, firemen, or prison guards who are permanently disabled or have been permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1973;

(3) Provide by law for the indemnification with respect to the death or permanent disability of publicly employed emergency medical technicians who are killed or permanently disabled or who have been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty subsequent to January 1, 1977; and

(4) Provide by law for the indemnification with respect to the death or permanent disability of emergency management rescue specialists who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1991.