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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 70 - Wildlife Resources
Chapter 1 - General and Administrative Provisions
Part 3 - Wildlife Resources Agency
§ 70-1-308. Political activity prohibited -- Carrying of firearms authorized -- Retention by retired personnel.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 70-1-308 (2017)
- (a) No employee or officer of the agency shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns, nor shall such employee or officer use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results of an election, or for the purpose of coercing the political action of any person or body.
- (b) It is lawful for the commissioned personnel of the wildlife resources agency, regularly employed by the agency, acting through its executive director, to wear or carry pistols or other firearms.
- (c) After twenty-five (25) years of honorable service by a commissioned employee, the wildlife resources agency shall authorize the employee, upon retirement, to retain such employee's service weapon in recognition of the employee's many years of good and faithful service. A commissioned employee who retires on disability retirement also may be authorized to retain that employee's service weapon.
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