Tex. Gov't Code § 614.051 · Subchapter D. PURCHASE OF FIREARM OR UNIFORM OF HONORABLY RETIRED, MEDICALLY DISCHARGED, OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER
PURCHASE OF FIREARM BY HONORABLY RETIRED PEACE OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual may purchase a firearm from a governmental entity if:
(1) the individual was a peace officer commissioned by the entity;
(2) the individual was honorably retired from the individual's commission by the entity;
(3) the firearm had been previously issued to the individual by the entity; and
(4) the firearm is not a prohibited weapon under Section 46.05, Penal Code.
(b) An individual may purchase only one firearm from a governmental entity under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (H.B. 2135), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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