2020 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 38 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 38-1115 Officers; purchase of firearm; definitions
38-1115. Officers; purchase of firearm; definitions
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.
