Ch. 547 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(g) The court clerk or person designated to sell the hunting licenses and
individual hunting stamps shall issue the hunting licenses and individual hunting stamps
and collect the fee prescribed in subsection (f) of this section. A hunting license may
not be issued to any person under the age of 16 years without the written consent of the
person's parent or guardian. The Department shall furnish the hunting licenses and
individual hunting stamps to the court clerk or designated person. The issuing clerk or
person shall countersign the license, and retain the duplicate copy of it. The duplicate
copies and money collected every month shall be mailed to the Department on the first
day of the succeeding month each year. The court clerk or designated person who sells
and issues the hunting licenses and individual hunting stamps shall retain as
compensation 50 cents for each senior consolidated annual license, senior consolidated
lifetime license, RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT basic, OR NONRESIDENT
3-DAY hunting license, and individual hunting stamp sold and issued and shall retain
as compensation $1 for each consolidated hunting license sold and issued, except a
senior consolidated annual license and a senior consolidated lifetime license.

(h) A hunting license shall be valid for the period August 1 through July 31, of
each year.

(i) The licensee shall sign the licensee's name in ink on the hunting license at
the time the licensee obtains the hunting license. It may not be transferred to any other
person.

(j) Upon issuing any hunting license, the Department shall furnish the licensee
with a list of the names and addresses of every general hospital in the State which offers
emergency medical treatment.

(k) When the Department has adequate computer capability, the Department
shall compile statistics after the close of the hunting season each year concerning the
sale of hunting licenses for the previous season, including the names, addresses,
counties of residence, and ages of the persons who purchased the hunting licenses and
the types of hunting licenses sold.

(1) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Department
shall use any funds generated by the increase in fees that are charged for fa] EACH
hunting license for a nonresident under subsection (f)[(4)](5)(iv) AND (V) and $10.00
OF EACH FEE CHARGED UNDER SUBSECTION (F)(5) (vi) (VII) of this section
only for the purpose of feeding game birds and mammals in the State.

(2) In fiscal year 1989, the Department shall use the funds under
paragraph (1) of this subsection for any purpose that the Department considers
appropriate.

(3) In fiscal year 1990 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the Department
shall use the funds under paragraph (1) of this subsection only for the purposes of the
feeding program under subsection (m) of this section.

(m) The Department may enter into contracts with farmers in the State to
reimburse the farmer for planting and leaving grains, grasses, and legumes, including
clover, alfalfa, and soybeans, unharvested in the fields in order to be used to provide

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