38-1115. Officers; purchase of firearm; definitions

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A. On retirement, an officer who is a member of an eligible retirement system, subject to the officer's employer's approval, may purchase the firearms issued by the employer to the officer at a price determined by the administrator of the agency employing the law enforcement officer. This subsection applies to an officer who is a member of an eligible retirement system and to whom a firearm is issued during the course of the officer's employment by an employer as defined in section 38-711, 38-801, 38-842 or 38-881.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Eligible retirement system" means the Arizona state retirement system, the elected officials' retirement plan, the public safety personnel retirement system and the corrections officer retirement plan.

2. "Firearms" means any handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns or other weapons that are designed to, will or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of expanding gases.

3. "Officer" means a law enforcement officer as defined in section 38-1101 or a probation officer as defined in section 38-1131.