Tex. Gov't Code § 614.052 · Subchapter D. PURCHASE OF FIREARM OR UNIFORM OF HONORABLY RETIRED, MEDICALLY DISCHARGED, OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER
PURCHASE OF FIREARM BY SURVIVING SPOUSE, CHILD, OR PARENT OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual listed under Subsection (b) may purchase a firearm from a governmental entity if:
(1) the firearm had been previously issued by the entity to a peace officer commissioned by the entity 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.
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. 14.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (H.B. 2135), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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