1. A. If the Board adopts an objection to a handgun which was tentatively placed on the Handgun Roster upon its own initiative, the Board shall:

   1. (1) Publish notice in the Maryland Register, as soon as feasible, that the objection has been adopted;
   2. (2) Send a letter to all regulated firearms dealers licensed under Public Safety Article, §5-106, Annotated Code of Maryland, that an objection to the handgun has been finally adopted and the handgun has not been officially placed on the Handgun Roster; and
   3. (3) Send a copy of the letter in §A(2) of this regulation to the main branch of each public library system in the State.

2. B. If a handgun was placed on the Roster as the result of a petition, and the petitioner does not request a hearing within 15 days after receiving the Board's tentative adoption of an objection, the Board shall:

   1. (1) Publish notice in the Maryland Register, as soon as feasible, that the objection has been adopted;
   2. (2) Send a letter to all regulated firearms dealers licensed under Public Safety Article, §5-106, Annotated Code of Maryland, that an objection to the handgun has been finally adopted and the handgun has not been officially placed on the Handgun Roster; and
   3. (3) Send a copy of the letter in §B(2) to the main branch of each public library system in the State.

3. C. If a handgun was placed on the Roster as the result of a petition, and the petitioner does request a timely hearing after receiving the Board's tentative adoption of an objection, a hearing shall be held in accordance with Regulation .14C(3) of this chapter. If, after the hearing, the Board approves the objection, the Board shall:

   1. (1) Publish notice in the Maryland Register, as soon as feasible, that the objection has been adopted;
   2. (2) Send a letter to all regulated firearms dealers licensed under Public Safety Article, §5-106, Annotated Code of Maryland, that an objection to the handgun has been finally adopted and the handgun has not been officially placed on the Handgun Roster; and
   3. (3) Send a copy of the letter in §C(2) of this regulation to the main branch of each public library system in the State.

Authority: Public Safety Article, §5-403; State Government Article, §10-206; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.17 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1416); emergency status expired February 19, 1990 (16:24 Md. R. 2615)

Regulations .01—.18 adopted effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1344)

Regulation .01B amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318); November 4, 2019 (46:22 Md. R. 980)

Regulation .02 amended effective October 19, 1998 (25:21 Md. R. 1576); June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1113)

Regulation .02A amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318)

Regulation .03B amended effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1113); January 1, 2007 (33:26 Md. R. 1999)

Regulation .08 amended effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1113)

Regulation .11A, C amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318)

Regulation .11B, C amended effective December 13, 2021 (48:25 Md. R. 1081)

Regulation .13A amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318)

Regulation .15 amended effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1113); March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318)