§ 26-65. Destruction of prohibited weapons, controlled substances, narcotics and intoxicating beverages by police; trading in firearms.

(a)

All illegal firearms (sawed-off shotguns), dirks, daggers, knives, slingshots, and other weapons prohibited by the state Penal Code, and all controlled substances, and all intoxicating beverages in the possession of the police department which for a period of three (3) months or more have remained unclaimed, abandoned or unidentified by their rightful owners and which are not being held as evidence in any pending cases filed of record shall be destroyed in the presence of two (2) police officers, one (1) of whom shall be of the rank of sergeant or higher, who shall prepare and maintain a report listing the make, model, type, serial number, description or quantity of the property destroyed, together with the time, date, place and manner of destruction.

(b)

All firearms may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Ord. of 5-3-77, § 8; Ord. of 5-6-80, §§ 8, 9; Ord. No. 2011-O-046, § 1, 4-18-11)