WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-11 of Article 33 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws does hereby certify that at the General Election
held in the State of Maryland on November 8, 1988, an Act known
as Chapter 533 of the Acts of 1988 was submitted to the voters of
the State of Maryland under the provisions of Article XVI of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT concerning

Handguns - Prohibition of Manufacture and

Sale - Prohibition of Strict Liability for Damages

Caused by Certain Criminal Use of Firearms

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the manufacture for distribution
or sale, sale, and offer for sale of certain handguns;
establishing a Handgun Roster Board in the Department of
Public Safety and Correctional Services; requiring the Board
to establish and publish by a certain date a handgun roster,
and thereafter maintain the handgun roster; establishing
certain considerations before a handgun is placed on the
handgun roster; defining certain terms; authorizing the
Superintendent of the Maryland State Police to seek
injunctive relief under certain circumstances; authorizing
the revocation of certain licenses for willful violations of
this Act; establishing procedures for hearings and appeals;
requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services to adopt rules and regulations to implement this
Act; making the provisions of this Act severable; providing
for publication of the handgun roster; providing for
judicial review of certain actions by the Board; providing
that compliance with the prohibition against the manufacture
for distribution or sale, sale, or offer for sale of certain
handguns is not required until a certain date; making
certain technical changes; providing that a person or entity
may not be held strictly liable for damages resulting from
injuries to another person sustained as a result of the
criminal use of any firearm by a third person; and generally
relating to handguns; and submitting this referendum to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption
or rejection.

And it is hereby certified that at said election, 927,947
votes were cast for the adoption of said Chapter 533 and 663,424
votes were cast against the adoption of said Chapter 533, the
said Chapter 533 of the Acts of 1988 has therefore been ratified.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Seal of the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws of the State of Maryland, Done at the City
of Annapolis, this 8th day of December, In the Year of Our Lord,

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