Ch. 91

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d) (4) [(iv) Nothing in this section precludes the
necessity for reporting salary changes as required in §§ 7-109
and 7-209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 91

(House Bill 512)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes and Punishments - Handgun Permit Fees

FOR the purpose of authorizing payment of handgun permit fees
with certain negotiable instruments; and making a stylistic
change.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 36E(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

36E.

(b) The Superintendent may charge a nonrefundable fee not
to exceed $25, payable at the time an application for a permit or
renewal of a permit is filed. THE FEE MAY BE PAID WITH A PERSONAL
CHECK, BUSINESS CHECK, CERTIFIED CHECK, OR MONEY ORDER. All 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 special fund, but nothing shall
preclude the Governor from including general fund appropriations
in [his] THE executive budget for such purposes if the special
fund is inadequate therefor. Notwithstanding the above fees,
costs paid by the Maryland State Police in securing records from

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