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2016 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 59.1-148.3, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 59.1-148.3. (Effective until July 1, 2018) Purchase of handguns of certain officers.
A. The Department of State Police, the Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Virginia
Lottery, the Marine Resources Commission, the Capitol Police, the Department of
Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, any sheriff, any
regional jail board or authority, and any local police department may
allow any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer, deputy, or regional jail
officer, a local fire department may allow any full-time sworn fire marshal,
the Department of Motor Vehicles may allow any law-enforcement officer, and
any institution of higher learning named in § 23-14 may allow any campus police
officer appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 23-232 et seq.) of Title 23,
retiring on or after July 1, 1991, and the Department of Corrections may
allow any employee with internal investigations authority designated by the
Department of Corrections pursuant to subdivision 11 of § 53.1-10 who
retires (i) after at least 10 years of service, (ii) at 70 years of age or
older, or (iii) as a result of a service-incurred disability or who is receiving
long-term disability payments for a service-incurred disability with no
expectation of returning to the employment where he incurred the disability to
purchase the service handgun issued or previously issued to him by the agency
or institution at a price of $1. If the previously issued weapon is no longer
available, a weapon of like kind may be substituted for that weapon. This
privilege shall also extend to any former Superintendent of the Department of
State Police who leaves service after a minimum of five years. This privilege
shall also extend to any person listed in this subsection who is eligible for
retirement with at least 10 years of service who resigns on or after July 1,
1991, in good standing from one of the agencies listed in this section to
accept a position covered by the Virginia Retirement System. Other weapons
issued by the Department of State Police for personal duty use of an officer,
may, with approval of the Superintendent, be sold to the officer subject to the
qualifications of this section at a fair market price determined as in
subsection B, so long as the weapon is a type and configuration that can be
purchased at a regular hardware or sporting goods store by a private citizen
without restrictions other than the instant background check.
B. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow any full-time
sworn law-enforcement officer who retires with 5 five or more
years of service, but less than 10, to purchase the service handgun issued to
him by the agency at a price equivalent to the weapon's fair market value on
the date of the officer's retirement. Any full-time sworn law-enforcement
officer employed by any of the agencies listed in subsection A who is retired
for disability as a result of a nonservice-incurred disability may purchase the
service handgun issued to him by the agency at a price equivalent to the
weapon's fair market value on the date of the officer's retirement.
Determinations of fair market value may be made by reference to a recognized
pricing guide.
C. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow the immediate survivor of any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer (i) who is killed in the line of duty or (ii) who dies in service and has at least 10 years of service to purchase the service handgun issued to the officer by the agency at a price of $1.
D. The governing board of any institution of higher learning named in § 23-14 may allow any campus police officer appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 23-232 et seq.) of Title 23 who retires on or after July 1, 1991, to purchase the service handgun issued to him at a price equivalent to the weapon's fair market value on the date of the officer's retirement. Determinations of fair market value may be made by reference to a recognized pricing guide.
E. Any officer who at the time of his retirement is a full-time sworn law-enforcement officer with a state agency listed in subsection A, when the agency allows purchases of service handguns, and who retires after 10 years of state service, even if a portion of his service was with another state agency, may purchase the service handgun issued to him by the agency from which he retires at a price of $1.
F. The sheriff of Hanover County may allow any auxiliary or volunteer deputy sheriff with a minimum of 10 years of service, upon leaving office, to purchase for $1 the service handgun issued to him.
G. Any sheriff or local police department, in accordance with written authorization or approval from the local governing body, may allow any auxiliary law-enforcement officer with more than 10 years of service to purchase the service handgun issued to him by the agency at a price that is equivalent to or less than the weapon's fair market value on the date of purchase by the officer.
H. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer currently employed by the agency to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency, at a fair market price. This subsection shall only apply when the agency has purchased new service handguns for its officers, and the handgun subject to the sale is no longer used by the agency or officer in the course of duty.
§ 59.1-148.3. (Effective July 1, 2018) Purchase of handguns of certain officers.
A. The Department of State Police, the Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the
Virginia Lottery, the Marine Resources Commission, the Capitol Police, the
Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, any
sheriff, any regional jail board or authority, and any local police
department may allow any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer, deputy, or
regional jail officer, a local fire department may allow any full-time sworn
fire marshal, the Department of Motor Vehicles may allow any law-enforcement
officer, and any institution of higher learning named in § 23-14 may
allow any campus police officer appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 23-232 et
seq.) of Title 23, retiring on or after July 1, 1991, and the Department of
Corrections may allow any employee with internal investigations authority
designated by the Department of Corrections pursuant to subdivision 11 of §
53.1-10 who retires (i) after at least 10 years of service, (ii) at 70
years of age or older, or (iii) as a result of a service-incurred disability or
who is receiving long-term disability payments for a service-incurred
disability with no expectation of returning to the employment where he incurred
the disability to purchase the service handgun issued or previously issued to
him by the agency or institution at a price of $1. If the previously issued
weapon is no longer available, a weapon of like kind may be substituted for
that weapon. This privilege shall also extend to any former Superintendent of
the Department of State Police who leaves service after a minimum of five
years. This privilege shall also extend to any person listed in this subsection
who is eligible for retirement with at least 10 years of service who resigns on
or after July 1, 1991, in good standing from one of the agencies listed in this
section to accept a position covered by the Virginia Retirement System. Other
weapons issued by the Department of State Police for personal duty use of an
officer, may, with approval of the Superintendent, be sold to the
officer subject to the qualifications of this section at a fair market price
determined as in subsection B, so long as the weapon is a type and
configuration that can be purchased at a regular hardware or sporting goods
store by a private citizen without restrictions other than the instant
background check.
B. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow any full-time
sworn law-enforcement officer who retires with 5 five or more
years of service, but less than 10, to purchase the service handgun issued to
him by the agency at a price equivalent to the weapon's fair market value on
the date of the officer's retirement. Any full-time sworn law-enforcement
officer employed by any of the agencies listed in subsection A who is retired
for disability as a result of a nonservice-incurred disability may purchase the
service handgun issued to him by the agency at a price equivalent to the
weapon's fair market value on the date of the officer's retirement.
Determinations of fair market value may be made by reference to a recognized
pricing guide.
C. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow the immediate survivor of any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer (i) who is killed in the line of duty or (ii) who dies in service and has at least 10 years of service to purchase the service handgun issued to the officer by the agency at a price of $1.
D. The governing board of any institution of higher learning named in § 23-14 may allow any campus police officer appointed pursuant to Chapter 17 (§ 23-232 et seq.) of Title 23 who retires on or after July 1, 1991, to purchase the service handgun issued to him at a price equivalent to the weapon's fair market value on the date of the officer's retirement. Determinations of fair market value may be made by reference to a recognized pricing guide.
E. Any officer who at the time of his retirement is a full-time sworn law-enforcement officer with a state agency listed in subsection A, when the agency allows purchases of service handguns, and who retires after 10 years of state service, even if a portion of his service was with another state agency, may purchase the service handgun issued to him by the agency from which he retires at a price of $1.
F. The sheriff of Hanover County may allow any auxiliary or volunteer deputy sheriff with a minimum of 10 years of service, upon leaving office, to purchase for $1 the service handgun issued to him.
G. Any sheriff or local police department, in accordance with written authorization or approval from the local governing body, may allow any auxiliary law-enforcement officer with more than 10 years of service to purchase the service handgun issued to him by the agency at a price that is equivalent to or less than the weapon's fair market value on the date of purchase by the officer.
H. The agencies listed in subsection A may allow any full-time sworn law-enforcement officer currently employed by the agency to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency, at a fair market price. This subsection shall only apply when the agency has purchased new service handguns for its officers, and the handgun subject to the sale is no longer used by the agency or officer in the course of duty.