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~ 20-187.2. Badges and service side arms of deceased or retiring members of State, city and county ~aw-enforcement agencies; weapons of active members. . (a) Surviving! spouses, or in the event such members die unsurvived by a spouse, survivin;g children of members of North Carolina State, city and county law-enforcement agencies killed in the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the : time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive up9n request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by such deceased or. retiring members. The governing body of a law-enforcement agency may, in iits discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving relative as pro/lided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a price determined by such governing body, upon securing a;, permit as required by G.S. 14-402 et seq. or 14-409.1 et seq., or without such permit provided the weapon shall have been rendered incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control; for all other la~-enforcement officers with jurisdictibn limited to a municipal' ity or town, the 9ity or town council; for all other law-enforcement officers with countywide jur1lldiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State law-enforcement officers, the head of the department. (b) Active me~bers of North Carolina State law-enforcement agencies, 1.1pon change oftype Qf weapons, may purchase the weapon worn or carried by s1.1ch member at a p~ce which shall be the average yield to the State from the sale of similar wea~pns d1.1ring the preceding year. (1971, c, 669; 1973, c. 1424; 1975, c. 44; 1977, c. 548; 1979, c. 882; 1987, c. 122.) Editor's Note. ~ Section 14-409.1, referred to in this section wa_ repealed by Session Laws, 1995, c,'487, s, 4. ' F-\