WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

PERSON OR SELF, OR HAS BEEN CONFINED FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS TO A FACILITY AS DEFINED IN § 10-101 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL
ARTICLE, UNLESS THE PERSON POSSESSES A PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION
THAT THE PERSON IS CAPABLE OF POSSESSING A PISTOL OR REVOLVER
WITHOUT UNDUE DANGER TO THE PERSON OR TO OTHERS.

481D.

(A)  A PERSON MAY NOT POSSESS A RIFLE OR A SHOTGUN IF THE
PERSON IS MENTALLY ILL SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL DISORDER AS
DEFINED IN § 10-101(F)(2) OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE AND HAS
A HISTORY OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON OR SELF, OR
HAS BEEN CONFINED FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS TO A FACILITY
AS DEFINED IN § 10-101 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE, UNLESS
THE PERSON POSSESSES A PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION THAT THE PERSON
IS CAPABLE OF POSSESSING A RIFLE OR A SHOTGUN WITHOUT UNDUE
DANGER TO THE PERSON OR TO OTHERS.

(B)  ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS, OR
BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

May 27, 1988

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 546.

This bill requires the Parole Commission, if the sentencing judge
requests, to notify the sentencing judge of a parole release
hearing and provides that the victim of a violent crime or a
family member may make a written recommendation to the Parole
Commission.

House Bill 1062, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 17, 1988, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 546.

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