HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1741

138 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1977 be and they
are hereby repealed.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 629

(House Bill 1341)

AN ACT concerning

Hunting of Deer

FOR the purpose of allowing a person to hunt deer with a
handgun of a certain muzzle energy during the firearms
deer hunting season in certain areas} and—directing the

Department of Natural Resources to develop and

distribute a list of handgun and cartridge combinations
which meet certain criteria.

BY adding to

Article — Natural Resources
Section 10-420.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

10-420.1.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY HUNTING LAW OR REGULATION TO
THE CONTRARY, A PERSON MAY HUNT DEER WITH A HANDGUN HAVING A
BARBEL LENGTH OF 6 INCHES OR LONGER AND AMMUNITION WHICH
PRODUCES A MUZZLE ENERGY OF 300 700 FOOT POUNDS OR MORE
DURING THE FIREARMS HUNTING SEASON ONLY IN HUNTING AREAS
WHERE A HIGH POWERED RIFLE IS ALLOWED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
10-415 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO

THE PUBLIC AN ADVISORY LIST OF HANDGUN AND CARTRIDGE

COMBINATIONS WHICH COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION

(A) OF THIS SECTION.