38-6-105 - Retired agents.

38-6-105. Retired agents.

Any agent of the Tennessee bureau of investigation who retires after twenty-five (25) years of honorable service shall be issued a retired commission card by the bureau, which shall identify the agent, the agent's department and rank, and the fact that the agent is retired. Cards issued under this provision shall bear the inscription, in print of equal or larger size than the rest of the printing on the card, the words “Not a handgun permit.” After twenty-five (25) years of honorable service by an agent of the bureau, the bureau shall authorize such agent, upon retirement, to retain the agent's service weapon, in recognition of the agent's many years of good and faithful public service.

[Acts 1974, ch. 710, § 2; 1980, ch. 636, § 5; T.C.A., § 38-505; Acts 1995, ch. 273, § 1; 1996, ch. 675, § 18.]