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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-2-16. Retaining department issued weapons.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-2-16. Retaining department issued weapons.

(a) An employee leaving the service of the department under honorable conditions who has accumulated 20 or more years of service with the department as a certified officer shall be entitled as part of such employee’s compensation to retain his or her department issued weapon.

(b) The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, § 42-2-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 82, § 1/HB 482.