HLS 21RS-815 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 194
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCKNIGHT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SHERIFFS: Allows a sheriff or deputy sheriff to purchase a duty weapon upon retirement
for fair market value
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2185, relative to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; to provide
3 relative to the criteria for a sheriff or a deputy sheriff to purchase his firearm upon
4 retirement; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 11:2185 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2185. Retirement; purchase of firearm
8 A. Any sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires with at least sixteen years of
9 active service and who is in good standing with the Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension and
10 Relief Fund shall be entitled to purchase his firearm at fair market value upon
11 retirement, subject to approval by the sheriff. If the qualifying sheriff or deputy
12 sheriff was unable to purchase his firearm prior to his death, an immediate family
13 member listed in Subsection B of this Section has the right of first refusal to
14 purchase the firearm unless the immediate family member is prohibited from
15 possessing a firearm under the provisions of R.S. 14:95.1 or any other state or federal
16 law.
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are additions. HLS 21RS-815 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 194
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 194 Original 2021 Regular Session McKnight
Abstract: Allows a sheriff or deputy sheriff to purchase his firearm at fair market value
upon retirement.
Present law provides that a sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires with at least 16 years of
active service and who is in good standing with the La. Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund
is entitled to purchase his firearm at fair market value upon retirement, subject to approval
by the sheriff.
Proposed law removes the years of active service requirement and otherwise retains present
law.
(Amends R.S. 11:2185)
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