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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0171* |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 171 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E4 5lr1414 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 329/24 – JUD (PRE–FILED) CF SB 180 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Valentine |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: October 26, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Public Safety – Handgun Permits – Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Law Enforcement Officer 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | permit issued to a certain retired law enforcement officer; and generally relating to 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | handgun permits. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Public Safety 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 5–301(a) and (c) and 5–304(b)(1) and (d)(2) 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Public Safety 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 5–309 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Article – Public Safety 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | |
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| 43 | 43 | | 5–301. 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) “Permit” means a permit issued by the Secretary to carry, wear, or transport 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | a handgun. 23 2 HOUSE BILL 171 |
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| 51 | 51 | | |
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| 52 | 52 | | 5–304. 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) (1) Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the Secretary may 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | charge a nonrefundable fee payable when an application is filed for a permit. 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | (d) The Secretary may not charge a fee under subsection (b) of this section to: 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) a retired law enforcement officer of the State or a county or municipal 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | corporation of the State. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | |
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| 62 | 62 | | 5–309. 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (a) Except as provided in [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (d) AND (E) of this section, 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | a permit expires on the last day of the holder’s birth month following 2 years after the date 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the permit is issued. 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (b) [Subject] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS SECTION 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | AND SUBJECT to subsection (c) of this section, a permit may be renewed for successive 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | periods of 3 years each if, at the time of an application for renewal, the applicant possesses 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the qualifications for the issuance of a permit and pays the renewal fee stated in this 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | subtitle. 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (c) A person who applies for a renewal of a permit is not required to be 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | fingerprinted unless the Secretary requires a set of the person’s fingerprints to resolve a 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | question of the person’s identity. 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (d) The Secretary may establish an alternative expiration date for a permit to 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | coincide with the expiration of a license, certification, or commission for: 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) a private detective under Title 13 of the Business Occupations and 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Professions Article; 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) a security guard under Title 19 of the Business Occupations and 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Professions Article; or 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (3) a special police officer under § 3–306 of this article. 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (E) A PERMIT ISSUED TO A R ETIRED LAW ENFORCEME NT OFFICER WHO 26 |
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| 90 | 90 | | RETIRED IN GOOD STAN DING FROM SERVICE WI TH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 27 |
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| 91 | 91 | | OF THE STATE OR A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIO N OF THE STATE: 28 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (1) EXPIRES ON THE LAST DAY OF THE HOLDER ’S BIRTH MONT H 29 |
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| 94 | 94 | | FOLLOWING 5 YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED ; AND 30 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (2) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIO N (C) OF THIS SECTION, MAY BE RENEWED 31 HOUSE BILL 171 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | |
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| 99 | 99 | | FOR SUCCESSIVE PERIO DS OF 5 YEARS EACH IF, AT THE TIME OF AN AP PLICATION 1 |
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| 100 | 100 | | FOR RENEWAL , THE APPLICANT POSSES SES THE QUALIFICATIO NS FOR THE 2 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT . 3 |
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| 102 | 102 | | |
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| 103 | 103 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 |
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| 104 | 104 | | October 1, 2025. 5 |
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