- (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any honorably retired law-enforcement officer may, at the discretion of the head of a law-enforcement agency, be reemployed subject to the provisions of this article: Provided, That a retired law-enforcement officer employed pursuant to this article must be certified pursuant to article twenty-nine, chapter thirty.
(b) Any person reemployed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall:
- (1) Receive the same compensation as a regularly enlisted officer of the same rank;
- (2) Receive credit for all years of service accrued prior to their retirement, as well as service rendered after the date of their reemployment;
- (3) Exercise the same authority as a regularly enlisted officer of the law-enforcement agency;
- (4) Wear the same uniform and insignia;
- (5) Be subject to the same oath;
- (6) Execute the same bond; and
- (7) Exercise the same powers and be subject to the same limitations as a regularly enlisted officer of the law-enforcement agency.
- (c) A person reemployed pursuant to the provisions of this article is ineligible for promotion or reclassification of any type nor eligible for appointment to a temporary rank.
- (d) A person reemployed pursuant to the provisions of this article may be employed for a period not to exceed two years from the date on which he or she is hired.
(e) As used in this article:
(1) "Law-enforcement officer" or "officer" means:
- (A) Any sheriff and any deputy sheriff of any county;
- (B) any member of a police department in any municipality as defined in section two, article one, chapter eight of this code; and (C) any natural resources police officer of the Division of Natural Resources; and
- (2) "Head of a law-enforcement agency" means the chief of police of an incorporated municipality; a county sheriff, or the chief natural resources police officer of the Division of Natural Resources.