Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such law enforcement officer or agent, who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159 . Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm. Laws, 1975, ch. 358; Laws, 1999, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 550, § 1, eff. 4/28/2010. Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 463, SB 2179,§ 2, eff. 4/30/2024. Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such law enforcement officer or agent, who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159 . Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm. Laws, 1975, ch. 358; Laws, 1999, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 550, § 1, eff. 4/28/2010. Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 463, SB 2179,§ 2, eff. 4/30/2024. Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such law enforcement officer or agent, who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159 . Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm. Laws, 1975, ch. 358; Laws, 1999, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 550, § 1, eff. 4/28/2010. Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 463, SB 2179,§ 2, eff. 4/30/2024. Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such law enforcement officer or agent, who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159 . Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm. Laws, 1975, ch. 358; Laws, 1999, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 550, § 1, eff. 4/28/2010.
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