ENROLLED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 194
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCKNIGHT AND SENATORS FIELDS AND FOIL
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2185(A), 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.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 11:2185(A) 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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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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