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(4)  THE TERM "SHORT-BARRELED RIFLE" MEANS A
RIFLE HAVING ONE OR MORE BARRELS LESS THAN SIX-
TEEN INCHES IN LENGTH AND ANY WEAPON MADE FROM
A RIFLE (WHETHER BY ALTERATION, MODIFICATION, OR
OTHERWISE) IF SUCH WEAPON, AS MODIFIED, HAS AN
OVERALL LENGTH OF LESS THAN TWENTY-SIX INCHES.

(5)  THE TERM "SHOTGUN" MEANS A WEAPON DESIGNED
OR REDESIGNED, MADE OR REMADE, AND INTENDED TO
BE FIRED FROM THE SHOULDER AND DESIGNED OR RE-
DESIGNED AND MADE OR REMADE TO USE THE ENERGY
OF THE EXPLOSIVE IN A FIXED SHOTGUN SHELL TO FIRE
THROUGH A SMOOTH BORE EITHER A NUMBER OF BALL
SHOT OR A SINGLE PROJECTILE FOR EACH SINGLE PULL
OF THE TRIGGER.

(b)   The term "vehicle" as used in this Act shall include any motor
vehicle, as defined in Article 66½, Section 1-149 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, trains, aircraft, and vessels. , except a vehicle

owned by the United States government and operated by an agent

or employee thereof in the course of his employment.

(c)   The term "law enforcement personnel" shall mean any full-
time member of a police force or other agency of the United States,
a State, a county, a municipality or other political subdivision who is
responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the en-
forcement of the laws of the United States, a State, or of a county
or municipality or other political subdivision of a State. THE TERM
SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY PART TIME MEMBER OF A
POLICE FORCE OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY WHO IS
CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY AS BEING
TRAINED AND QUALIFIED IN THE USE OF HANDGUNS.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That Section 594B (e) of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume),
title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "II. Venue, Procedure and
Sentence," subheading "Arrests" be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

594B.

(e) The offenses referred to in subsection (d) of this section are:

(1) Those offenses specified in the following sections of Article 27,
as they may be amended from time to time:

(i) Section 8 (relating to burning barracks, cribs, hay, corn, lum-
ber, etc.; railway cars, watercraft, vehicles, etc.);

(ii) Section 11 (relating to setting fire while perpetrating crime);
(iii) Section 36 (relating to carrying or wearing weapon);

(iv) Section 111 (relating to destroying, injuring, etc., property
of another);

(v) Section 297 (relating to possession of hypodermic syringes,
etc., restricted);

(vi) Section 341 (relating to stealing goods worth less than
$100.00);