Bill Text: MS SB2573 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Firemen; may purchase helmet and badge upon retirement or death in the line of duty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-13 - Approved by Governor [SB2573 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2573-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Hopson, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jordan, Lee, McDaniel, Parker, Smith, Sojourner, Ward, Watson
Senate Bill 2573
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT TO SELL TO A RETIRING FIREMAN OR THE SPOUSE OF A FIREMAN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THE BADGE AND HELMET ISSUED TO THAT FIREMAN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or county, a member of any municipal or county fire protection department who retires or the spouse of a fireman who is killed in the line of duty may be allowed to purchase the helmet and badge that were issued to the fireman by the fire protection department from which he or she retired or by whom he or she was employed at the time of death. The governing authority of the municipality or county shall determine the amount to be paid for the helmet and badge by the retiring fireman or the spouse of the fireman. The governing authority of the municipality or county may approve such a sale for a helmet and badge issued to a volunteer fireman if the equipment was originally purchased using municipal or county funds.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
