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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 Subtitle A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 Chapter 614. PEACE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS  
 Subchapter D. PURCHASE OF AGENCY-ISSUED FIREARM OF HONORABLY RETIRED OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER  

  Sec. 614.052. PURCHASE OF FIREARM BY SURVIVING SPOUSE, CHILD, OR PARENT OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER    

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  • (a) An individual listed under Subsection (b) may purchase a firearm from a state agency if:

    (1) the firearm had been previously issued by the agency to a peace officer commissioned by the agency who died while commissioned, without regard to whether the officer died while discharging the officer's official duties; and

    (2) the firearm is not a prohibited weapon under Section 46.05, Penal Code.

    (b) Individuals who may purchase the firearm under Subsection (a) are, in order of precedence:

    (1) the surviving spouse of the deceased peace officer;

    (2) a child of the deceased peace officer; and

    (3) a parent of the deceased peace officer.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.