55 ILCS 5/3-6042

Current through Public Act 103-1052

Section 55 ILCS 5/3-6042 - Retiring employee; purchase of service firearm and badge

Each Sheriff shall establish a program to allow an employee of the Sheriff's Department who is honorably retiring in good standing to purchase either one or both of the following:

(1) any badge previously issued to the employee by the Sheriff's Department; or

(2) if the employee has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the service firearm issued or previously issued to the employee by the Sheriff's Department. The badge must be permanently and conspicuously marked in such a manner that the individual who possesses the badge is not mistaken for an actively serving law enforcement officer. The cost of the firearm shall be the replacement value of the firearm and not the firearm's fair market value.

55 ILCS 5/3-6042

Added by P.A. 102-0719,§ 20, eff. 5/6/2022.