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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 688

emergency situation, the Department may extend the open season to
provide a comparable number of days in any given season.

10-423.

(A) ANY PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY
TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO KILLS OR WOUNDS A BLACK BEAR IN DEFENSE OF
THE INDIVIDUAL'S OWN LIFE, THE LIVES OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS, OR THE
LIVES OF ANIMALS ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY.

(B)  IF THE SECRETARY ADOPTS ANY REGULATION, INCLUDING AN
EMERGENCY REGULATION, UNDER § 10-205 OR § 10-405 OF THIS TITLE TO
PROHIBIT THE HUNTING, POSSESSING, SELLING, PURCHASING, SHIPPING,
CARRYING, TRANSPORTING, OR EXPORTING OF BLACK BEARS, A PERSON WHO
VIOLATES THE REGULATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES:

(1)  FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $5₇999
$1,500, IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 6 MONTHS, OR BOTH AND
SUSPENSION OF THE PERSON'S HUNTING LICENSE AND RIGHT TO HUNT ANY
BIRD OR GAME ANIMAL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING 2 YEARS;
AND

(2)  FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, A FINE NOT
EXCEEDING $5,000 $2,000, IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 1 YEAR, OR
BOTH AND SUSPENSION OF THE PERSON'S HUNTING LICENSE AND RIGHT TO
HUNT ANY BIRD OR GAME ANIMAL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING 4
YEARS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 688

(Senate Bill 789)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Public Ethics Law - Receipt of Expenses -

Disclosure

FOR the purpose of altering a certain provision of the Maryland
Public Ethics Law that permits officials or employees to
accept certain reasonable expenses associated with
participation in a panel or speaking engagement at a

meeting; requiring certain officials or employees to

disclose to the State Ethics Commission the receipt of
expenses that exceed a certain amount; requiring legislators
to disclose to the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics
certain details of certain expenses that exceed a certain