{"data":{"id":"us-mt/44-1-613","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"44-1-613","heading":"Recognition of meritorious service on retirement.","body":"(1) The highway patrol chief shall award to a highway patrol officer, on retirement, that highway patrol officer's badge, duty weapon, and handcuffs, providing that a committee of three of the highway patrol officer's peers certifies to the highway patrol chief that the retiring highway patrol officer has:\n(a) served meritoriously for a minimum of 20 years and must be so honored; or\n(b) taken medical retirement resulting from an in-the-line-of-duty injury sustained while providing meritorious service.\n(2) The highway patrol chief shall award to a surviving spouse or dependent of a highway patrol officer who died in the line of duty that highway patrol officer's badge, duty weapon, and handcuffs.","path":["TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 1. HIGHWAY PATROL","Part 6. Probationary Status and Tenure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0440/chapter_0010/part_0060/section_0130/0440-0010-0060-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:20Z","sha256":"7285bb25238df1646c4fd27de2a14776af2b437e94bdf1bc0961a352c805f8ee","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/44-1-612","next":"us-mt/44-1-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}