MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Albritton
AN ACT TO PERMIT RETENTION OF ONE SERVICE-ISSUED SIDEARM UPON RETIREMENT BY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Any district attorney, legal assistant to a district attorney, or criminal investigator employed by a district attorney who retires under the Public Employees' Retirement System for superannuation or for reason of disability shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm that was issued under authority of Section 97-37-7, if the sidearm is purchased from the entity that owns the sidearm by using funds that are not appropriated from either the State General Fund or the county general fund.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.