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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	28		ENGROSSED SENATE
36	29		BILL NO. 462 By: Weaver of the Senate
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38	31		and
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45	38		An Act relating to municipal police officers;
46	39		authorizing retired municipal police officers to
47	40		retain firearm and badge; requiring request in
48	41		writing; providing excep tions; authorizing custody
49	42		and possession of the firearm and badge to be awarded
50	43		to family of deceased officer; providing for
51	44		codification; and providing an effective date.
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57	50		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
58	51		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
59	52		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34 -109 of Title 11, unless there
60	53		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
61	54		A. A municipal police officer who retires under the Oklahoma
62	55		Police Pension and Retirement System pursuant to Sections 50 -101
63	56		through 50-136.8 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes may request to
64	57		retain custody and possession of his or her municip al-issued firearm
65	58		and badge. The retiring officer shall request in writing to the
66	59		head of the municipal law enforcement agency of the municipality in
	60	+	which the officer is retiring for permission to retain custody and
	61	+	possession of his or her municipal -issued firearm and badge. The
	62	+	agency head may grant the request except in the followin g cases:
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94		-	which the officer is retiring for permission to retain custody and
95		-	possession of his or her municipal-issued firearm and badge. The
96		-	agency head may grant the request except in the following cases:
97	89		1. The officer is not in good standing with the municipal law
98	90		enforcement agency from which he or she is retiring;
99	91		2. The officer has been convicted of a felony involving moral
100	92		turpitude;
101	93		3. The officer is mentally incapacitated and could not p erform
102	94		duties if recalled; or
103	95		4. When good cause is shown that granting approval of the
104	96		request would be detrimental to public health, safety, and welfare.
105	97		B. Upon the death of a municipal police officer prior to
106	98		retirement, custody and possession of the firearm and badge may be
107	99		awarded by the head of the municipal law enforcement agency to a
108	100		spouse or next of kin of the deceased officer in accordance with the
109	101		agency’s policy.
110	102		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
	103	+	Passed the Senate the 4th day of March, 2025.
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112		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY , dated
113		-	04/17/2025 – DO PASS.
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	107	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	110	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
	111	+	2025.
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