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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0983* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 983 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M2 4lr2144 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Lewis Young |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Hunting – Lead and Lead–Based Ammunition – Phase–Out 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a certain 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | process to phase out on or before a certain date the use of lead or lead–based 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ammunition for hunting; requiring the Department to establish a process to certify 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ammunition as nonlead ammunition; and generally relating to phasing out the use 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of lead or lead–based ammunition for hunting. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Natural Resources 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 10–428 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Natural Resources 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10–428. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “NONLEAD AMMUNITION ” INCLUDES: 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) AMMUNITION IN WHICH THERE IS NO LEAD CONTENT , EXCEPT 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | TRACE AMOUNTS OF LEA D; AND 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) ANY FEDERALLY APPROVED N ONTOXIC SHOTGUN AMMU NITION. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 983 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO PHASE OUT AND, ON OR BEFORE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | DECEMBER 31, 2026, PROHIBIT THE USE OF LEAD OR L EAD–BASED AMMUNITION 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | FOR HUNTING; 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO CERTIFY AMMUNITION AS NONLEA D 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | AMMUNITION ; AND 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) ADOPT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTION . 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (C) THE PROCESS TO PHASE OUT LEAD OR LEAD –BASED AMMUNITION 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SHALL PRIORITIZE DEER HUNTING. 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 1, 2024. 10 |
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