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(2) "ASSAULT WEAPON" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY FIREARM
MODIFIED TO RENDER IT PERMANENTLY INOPERATIVE.

(B)  (1) A DEALER OR PERSON MAY NOT SELL OR TRANSFER ANY
ASSAULT WEAPON TO A PERSON WHOM THE DEALER OR PERSON KNOWS OR HAS
REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE:

(I)  HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE
OR OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE;

(II)  IS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE;

(III)  IS AN HABITUAL DRUNKARD OR IS ADDICTED TO
OR AN HABITUAL USER OF NARCOTICS, BARBITURATES, OR AMPHETAMINES;

(IV)  IS OF UNSOUND MIND;

(V)  IS VISIBLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
OR DRUGS; OR

(VI)   IS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE.

(2) A DEALER MAY NOT SELL OR TRANSFER ANY ASSAULT
WEAPON UNTIL THE DEALER COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER AS PROVIDED FOR
UNDER § 442 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(C)  A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION OR WHO KNOWINGLY GIVES FALSE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO
OBTAIN AN ASSAULT WEAPON SHALL, ON CONVICTION, BE FINED NOT MORE
THAN $10,000 OR IMPRISONED FOR NOT MORE THAN 3 YEARS OR BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989 January 1, 1990.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 294

(Senate Bill 13)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax Credit - Elderly or Disabled Renters -
Application Date

FOR the purpose of altering the date that an elderly or disabled
renter must file an application to receive a property tax
credit; authorizing the Department to accept a late

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