MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That [[Section 36E(b)]] Sections 36E(b) and (c)
of Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974
Supplement) be and [[it is]] they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

36E.

(b) The Superintendent may charge a nonrefundable
fee not to exceed [$15.00,] $25, payable at the time an
application for a permit or renewal of a permit is filed.
[[A PERMIT FEE MAY NOT BE CHARGED A PERSON WHO IS
EMPLOYED BY THE STATE, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE
STATE, OR ANY OF THEIR GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, IF HIS DUTIES
REQUIRE HIM TO CARRY A HANDGUN.]] All [such] fees
collected by the Superintendent shall be credited to a
special fund for the account of the Maryland State
Police. The expenses of administering the provisions of
this section, except for the per diem compensation and
expenses of the Handgun Permit Review Board, shall be
paid from the [said] special fund, but nothing shall
preclude the Governor from including general fund
appropriations in his executive budget for such purposes
if the special fund is inadequate therefor.

(c) A permit issued under this section shall
expire on the last day of the holder's birth month
following two years after its issuance. The permit may
be renewed, upon application and payment of the renewal
fee, for successive periods of [two] THREE years each, if
the applicant, at the time of application, possesses the
qualifications set forth in this section for the issuance
of a permit.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 666
(House Bill 263)
AN ACT concerning

Civil Defense — Maryland Disaster Act