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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 2
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3. (II) ANY STUDIES, ANALYSES, OR OTHER EVALUATIONS
OF PERSONALIZED HANDGUNS CONDUCTED BY OR COMMISSIONED BY THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT LABORATORY, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY WITH AN EXPERTISE IN THE
FIELD OF HANDGUN TECHNOLOGY; AND
4. (III) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE COMMISSION
HANDGUN ROSTER BOARD CONSIDERS RELEVANT.
(4) IF THE COMMISSION'S REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT PERSONALIZED
HANDGUNS ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, AND THE GOVERNOR ACCEPTS THAT
RECOMMENDATION, THE GOVERNOR SHALL NOTIFY THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY
COMMITTEE IN WRITING BY JANUARY 1, 2000 THAT, BEGINNING ON JUNE 1, 2003,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A DEALER MAY NOT
SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, RENT, OR TRANSFER IN THE STATE A HANDGUN
MANUFACTURED AFTER MAY 31, 2003, UNLESS THE HANDGUN IS A PERSONALIZED
HANDGUN.
(5) (I) IF THE COMMISSION'S REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT
PERSONALIZED HANDGUNS ARE NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, AND THE
GOVERNOR ACCEPTS THAT RECOMMENDATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE A
SUBSEQUENT REPORT ON JULY 1 AND DECEMBER 31 OF EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR
(II) IF THE COMMISSION'S SUBSEQUENT REPORT REQUIRED
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH CONTAINS A RECOMMENDATION BY
THE COMMISSION THAT PERSONALIZED HANDGUNS ARE COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE, AND THE GOVERNOR ACCEPTS THAT RECOMMENDATION, THE
GOVERNOR SHALL NOTIFY THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE IN WRITING BY
JANUARY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR THAT, BEGINNING ON JUNE 1 OF THAT YEAR,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A DEALER MAY NOT
SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, RENT, OR TRANSFER IN THE STATE A HANDGUN
MANUFACTURED AFTER MAY 31 OF THAT YEAR UNLESS THE HANDGUN IS A
PERSONALIZED HANDGUN.
445B.
Any regulated firearm sold, rented, transferred, possessed, received or
purchased in violation of this subheading may be seized by a law enforcement agency
as contraband and, after a finding of guilt, disposed of [according to the regulations of
the seizing law enforcement agency] IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 36C OF THIS ARTICLE.
449.
(e) A PERSON WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE
AS DEFINED IN § 441(E) OF THIS ARTICLE OR CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF § 286 OR
§ 286A OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHO IS IN ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AS
DEFINED IN § 445(D)(1)(I) AND (II) OF THIS ARTICLE, IS GUILTY OF A FELONY AND
UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE IMPRISONED FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS, NO PART
OF WHICH MAY BE SUSPENDED AND THE PERSON MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE. EACH VIOLATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
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