§ 30-2. Benefits to volunteers.

Volunteer workers shall be town employees for the purpose of receiving benefits pursuant to the Workmen's Compensation Law, and shall be held harmless by the town against any claim for property damage and personal injury, including death, arising out of the performance of their assigned duties. Within the appropriation therefor and when authorized by the department head, such volunteer workers may be granted maintenance and reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their assigned duties.