1542                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 736

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 735
(Senate Bill 1044)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 707(j) of Article 66C
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Natural
Resources," subtitle "Oysters and Clams," and to repeal Section 707(k) of the
same Article, Code, title and subtitle, permitting the Department of Chesapeake
Bay Affairs to close oyster bars in all counties for a temporary period [[not to
exceed forty-five days]].

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 707(j) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle
"Oysters and Clams," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and that Section 707(k) of the same Article, Code, title and subtitle
be and it is hereby repealed, and all to read as follows:

707.

(j) The Department is authorized to close without the holding of a public
hearing and for a temporary period [[not to exceed forty-five days]] any natural
oyster bar in [Dorchester or Kent counties] THE WATERS OF THE STATE
with the approval of the appropriate committee of oystermen established under the
provisions of subsection (g) of this section. [The Department is authorized to close
without the holding of a public hearing for a temporary period any natural oyster
bar in Queen Anne's County with the approval of the appropriate committee of
oystermen established under the provisions of subsection (g) of this section.]

[(k) The Department is authorized to close without the holding of a public
hearing and for a temporary period not to exceed forty-five days any natural
oyster bar in Charles, St. Mary's, or Calvert counties with the approval of the
committee of oystermen established under the provisions of subsection (g) of this
section.)

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 736
(Senate Bill 1047)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 150A of Article 23 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1972 Interim
Supplement), title "Corporations," subtitle "Particular Classes of
Corporations," subheading "Associations," to provide that those building
associations operating under the jurisdiction of one of the circuit courts of
Maryland shall be exempt from the requirement of application for insurance of