AN ACT to authorize local law enforcement officers to purchase prior weapon used.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑187.2 reads as rewritten:

§ 20‑187.2.  Badges and service side arms of deceased or retiring members of State, city city, and county law‑enforcement law enforcement agencies; weapons of active members.

(a)        Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of members of North Carolina State, city city, and county law‑enforcement law enforcement agencies killed in the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive upon request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by such deceased or retiring member. The governing body of a law‑enforcement law enforcement agency may, in its discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving relatives as provided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a price determined by such governing body, upon determining that the person receiving the weapon is not ineligible to own, possess, or receive a firearm under the provisions of State or federal law, or if the weapon has been rendered incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control; for all other law‑enforcement law enforcement officers with jurisdiction limited to a municipality or town, the city or town council; for all other law‑enforcement law enforcement officers with countywide jurisdiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State law‑enforcement law enforcement officers, the head of the department.

(b)        Active members of North Carolina State law‑enforcement State, city, and county law enforcement agencies, upon change of type of weapons, may purchase the weapon worn or carried by such member at a price which shall be the average yield to the State State, city, or county from the sale of similar weapons during the preceding year.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.