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Ch. 113 2007 Laws of Maryland
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marked with buoys or other signage or the person knew or should have known that the
harvest of oysters from the area was unlawful; or
(2) a violation of a time restriction for the harvest of oysters by more
than 2 hours.
SECTION 4. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act
shall take effect June October 1, 2007. Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall remain
effective for a period of 9 months and, at the end of February 20, 2008, with no further
action required by the General Assembly, Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 5 of this Act, this Act shall take effect June 1, 2007.
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Approved by the Governor, April 24, 2007.
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CHAPTER 114
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(House Bill 133)
AN ACT concerning
Natural Resources - Chesapeake Bay - Oyster Restoration
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease land
under certain waters of the Chesapeake Bay for oyster restoration; requiring
the Department to adopt regulations and condition the leases to require a
holder of certain oyster bottom to plant a certain minimum amount of seed
oyster on certain surfaces within a certain time frame; authorizing the
Department to extend the time frame for planting oyster seed on certain leased
oyster bottom under certain circumstances; authorizing a holder of certain
leased oyster bottom to catch oysters for certain purposes; establishing that a
holder of certain leased oyster bottom may only restore a certain species of
oyster; establishing that certain penalties apply for certain unlawful taking of
oysters; establishing that certain penalties apply for unlawfully taking oysters
in certain areas; altering a certain element of the criminal offense of unlawfully
taking oysters; altering the range of time for a tidal fish license suspension that
applies to a person who unlawfully takes oysters; establishing a certain
additional penalty for a violation of certain time restrictions on catching or
landing oysters; requiring the Department to impose certain license suspensions
in a certain manner; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations;
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