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Senate committee approves amendment letting retiring brand and timber officers buy service firearms
Summary
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry voted to report House Bill 95 as amended, adopting an amendment that lets certain retired Livestock Brand Division and Timber Enforcement officers buy their service firearm at fair market value after 10 years of service.
House Bill 95, carried to the committee by Commissioner Strain on behalf of Representative Robbie Carter, would allow state police commission officers in the Livestock Brand Division and the Timber Enforcement Division who retire under the provisions of RS 11 4 41 to purchase their service firearm at fair market value upon retirement, subject to approval of the commissioner.
The committee adopted an amendment offered by Senator Bass that reduced the retirement-service threshold from 20 years to 10 years. "Those weapons fully depreciate to that point at about 10 years," Senator Bass said when offering…
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