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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-312" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Handgun Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who is denied a permit or renewal of a permit or whose permit is revoked or limited may request to appeal the decision of the Secretary to the Office of Administrative Hearings by filing a written request with the Secretary and the Office of Administrative Hearings within 10 days after receipt of written notice of the Secretary’s action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person whose application for a permit or renewal of a permit is not acted on by the Secretary within 90 days after submitting the application to the Secretary may request a hearing before the Office of Administrative Hearings by filing a written request with the Secretary and the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 60 days after the receipt of a request under subsection (a) of this section from the applicant or the holder of the permit, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall schedule and conduct a de novo hearing on the matter, at which witness testimony and other evidence may be provided.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 90 days after the conclusion of the last hearing on the matter, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall issue a written finding of facts and a decision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A party that is aggrieved by the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings may appeal the decision to the circuit court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, any hearing and any subsequent proceedings of judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, a court may not order the issuance or renewal of a permit or alter a limitation on a permit pending a final determination of the proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before January 1 each year, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly the following information disaggregated by an applicant’s county of residence, race, ethnicity, age, and gender:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of appeals of decisions by the Secretary that have been filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings within the previous year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the number of decisions by the Secretary that have been sustained, modified, or reversed by the Office of Administrative Hearings within the previous year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the number of appeals that are pending; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the number of appeals that have been withdrawn within the previous year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On or before January 1 each year, the Secretary shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly the following information disaggregated by an applicant’s county of residence, race, ethnicity, age, and gender:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the total number of permit applications that were submitted to the Secretary within the previous year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total number of permit applications that were granted by the Secretary within the previous year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the total number of permit applications that were denied by the Secretary within the previous year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the total number of permit applications that were revoked within the previous year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the total number of permit applications filed with the Secretary that are pending at the time of the issuance of the report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
