WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

or] regulation pursuant to subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION. The [rule or] regulation
becomes effective immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation
in every county affected by the [rule or] regulation.

(d) The Secretary shall mail a copy of the adopted [rules and] regulations to the
clerk of the circuit court of every county which is affected by the [rule or] regulation.
The clerk shall record and post in front of the courthouse every [rule or] regulation
adopted.

(e) In addition to any other penalty provided in this title, any person convicted
of violating any [rule or] regulation adopted by the Department shall be fined $5 for
each bird, mammal, amphibian, or reptile illegally hunted or possessed. However, this
additional penalty does not apply to game birds and mammals. If a person is convicted
a second or subsequent time within the same 12 month period for a violation of the
[rules and] regulations the Department adopts, [he] THE PERSON:

(1) [shall] SHALL have [his] THE PERSON'S hunter's license
[suspended] SUSPENDED; and

(2) [he may] MAY not procure a hunter's license the following calendar
year.

10-206.

The Department may reduce the wildlife population in any county, election
district, or other identifiable area of the State after a thorough investigation reveals that
protected wildlife is seriously injurious to agricultural or other interests in the affected
area. The method of reducing the wildlife population is at the Department's
[discretion] DISCRETION, except that trapping is preferred whenever feasible. The
Department shall dispose of wildlife taken pursuant to the provisions of this section as
[it] THE DEPARTMENT deems advisable.

10-208.

The State assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to
provide that the United States shall aid the State in wildlife-restoration projects, and
for other purposes", approved on September 2, 1937, Public Law 415, 75th Congress, 50
Stat. 917. The Department shall perform every act necessary to conduct and establish
administrative cooperative wildlife-restoration projects as defined in this act of
Congress in compliance with this [act] SUBTITLE and [rules and] regulations the
United States Secretary of Agriculture [promulgates] ADOPTS pursuant to [it] THIS
ACT OF CONGRESS.

10-209.

(b) The clerks of the courts shall transmit to the Department on the first day of
each month all moneys received by [them] THE CLERKS for hunting licenses and
stamps. The Department shall account for these funds to the Treasurer who then shall
credit amounts received to the State Wildlife Management and Protection Fund. The
Treasurer shall pay out funds on the warrant of the Comptroller upon requisition of the
Department.

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