Marvin Mandel, Governor                         951

REPTILE, MOLLUSK OR CRUSTACEAN, OR ANY PART, PROD-
UCTS, EGG OR OFFSPRING THEREOF, OR THE DEAD BODY
OR PARTS THEREOF;

(2)   "PERSON" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, CORPO-
RATION, ASSOCIATION OR PARTNERSHIP;

(3)   "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

(B)  INTENT. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND
HEREBY FINDS THAT CERTAIN FISH AND WILDLIFE ARE
ENDANGERED AND ARE ENTITLED TO PRESERVATION
AND PROTECTION AS A MATTER OF GENERAL STATE CON-
CERN. THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1969
(16 U.S.C. SEC. 668AA-1 ET SEQ.) AND THE LACEY ACT (18
U.S.C. SECS. 42-44) TOGETHER PROVIDE FOR THE PROTEC-
TION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE THREATENED WITH WORLD-
WIDE EXTINCTION BY PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION
OF ENDANGERED FISH AND WILDLIFE AND BY RESTRICT-
ING AND REGULATING INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COM-
MERCE IN FISH AND WILDLIFE TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF
STATE, FEDERAL, AND FOREIGN LAWS. THE STATES,
HOWEVER, MUST ALSO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CONSERVING THESE FISH AND WILDLIFE AND FOR
RESTRICTING THE TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTA-
TION, PROCESSING, OR SALE OF ENDANGERED FISH AND
WILDLIFE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS TO
ASSURE THEIR CONTINUED SURVIVAL AND PROPAGA-
TION FOR THE AESTHETIC, RECREATIONAL, AND SCIEN-
TIFIC PURPOSES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE GEN-
ERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT BY ELIMINATING THE TAK-
ING, POSSESSION, OR MARKETING OF ENDANGERED SPE-
CIES IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND BY ESTABLISH-
ING A PROGRAM FOR CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
OF THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES, THEIR POTENTIAL FOR
CONTINUED EXISTENCE WILL BE STRENGTHENED.

(C)  ENDANGERED SPECIES.

(1)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF
THIS ARTICLE, THE TAKING, TRANSPORTATION, POSSES-
SION, PROCESSING OR SALE WITHIN THE STATE OF MARY-
LAND OF ANY FISH AND WILDLIFE APPEARING ON ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING LISTS IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E): (I) THE UNITED STATES'
LIST OF ENDANGERED FOREIGN FISH AND WILDLIFE
(PART 17 OF TITLE 50 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGU-
LATIONS, APPENDIX A, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME); (II) THE UNITED STATES' LIST OF ENDANGERED
NATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE (PART 17 OF TITLE 50 OF
THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, APPENDIX D, AS
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME); (III) FISH AND WILD-
LIFE ESTABLISHED AS THREATENED WITH STATE-WIDE
EXTINCTION, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARA-
GRAPHS (C) (2), (C) (3), AND (C) (5).

(2)   FORTY-FIVE DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ACT, THE SECRETARY SHALL ISSUE A PROPOSED