GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 122

HOUSE BILL 485

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO PURCHASE ANY WEAPON WORN OR CARRIED BY THE OFFICER WHEN THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CHANGES THE TYPE OF WEAPONS USED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-187.2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20-187.2. Badges and service side arms of deceased or retiring members of State, city and county law-enforcement agencies; revolvers of active members.-(a) Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of members of North Carolina State, city and county law-enforcement agencies killed in the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive upon request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by such deceased or retiring member. The governing body of a law-enforcement agency may, in its discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving relatives as provided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a price determined by such governing body, upon securing a permit as required by G.S. 14-402 et seq. or 14-409.1 et seq., or without such permit provided the revolver weapon shall have been rendered incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control; for all other law-enforcement officers with jurisdiction limited to a municipality or town, the city or town council; for all other law-enforcement officers with countywide jurisdiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State law-enforcement officers, the head of the department.

(b)       Active members of North Carolina State law-enforcement agencies, upon change of type of revolvers, weapons, may purchase the revolver weapon worn or carried by such member at a price which shall be the average yield to the State from the sale of similar revolvers weapons during the preceding year."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of May, 1987.