WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

regulations necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the species. The
Secretary, by [rules and] regulations, may prohibit with respect to any threatened
species of wildlife or plant any act prohibited under subsection (c) OF THIS SECTION.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (f) OF THIS SECTION, with respect to
any endangered species of wildlife, [no person may] A PERSON MAY NOT:

(1) Export the species from the State;

(2) Take the species within the State;

(3) Possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship
the species by any means; or

(4) Violate any [rule or] regulation pertaining to the conservation of the
species or to any threatened species of wildlife listed pursuant to this subsection and
adopted by the Secretary pursuant to authority provided by this section.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (f) OF THIS SECTION, with respect to
any endangered species or plant, [no person may] A PERSON MAY NOT:

(1) Export the species from the State;

(2) Possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship
the species by any means; or

(3) Violate any [rule or] regulation pertaining to the species or to any
threatened species of plant listed pursuant to § 10-2A-04(f) OF THIS SUBTITLE and
adopted by the Secretary.

(e) Any endangered species of wildlife or plant which enters the State from
another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States and
which is transported to a point within or beyond the State may enter and be transported
without restriction in accordance with the terms of any federal permit or permit issued
under the laws or [rules and] regulations of another state.

(f) The Secretary may permit, under the terms and conditions he prescribes, any
act otherwise prohibited by [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (c) and (d) OF THIS
SECTION for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the
affected species.

10-2A-06.

(a) The Secretary shall establish programs, including acquisition of land or
aquatic habitat or interests [therein] IN THE LAND OR AQUATIC HABITATS,
necessary for the conservation of nongame, threatened, or endangered species of
wildlife or plants. The Secretary shall use all vested authority to carry out the provisions
of this subsection.

(b) In carrying out programs authorized by this section, the Secretary shall
consult with the [Maryland] STATE Secretary of Agriculture and other states having a
common interest in particular species of nongame, endangered, or threatened species of

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