MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1321

OF THE LANDOWNER, HIS AGENT, OR LESSEE.

(C) HUNTING DEER ON PRIVATE LANDS IN CERTAIN

COUNTIES.--

(D) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES.—IN CAROLINE, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S, AND TALBOT
COUNTIES, A PERSON WHO HUNTS WITH A GUN OR OTHER
WEAPON UPON THE LANDS OF ANOTHER WITHOUT FIRST
OBTAINING WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER OR
POSSESSOR OF THE LAND IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND
UPON CONVICTION OF A FIRST OFFENSE IS SUBJECT TO A
FINE OF NOT LESS THAN $250 NOR MORE THAN $1,000. UPON
CONVICTION OF A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, HE IS
SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN $500 NOR MORE THAN
$2,000.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) is new language
derived from Article 27, section 268 of the
Code.

Subsection (b) is new language derived from
Article 27, Section 268A as added by
Chapter 610, Acts of 1973.

Subsection (c) is derived from Article 27,
Section 578 (b) of the Code.

Subsection (d) is new language derived from
Article 27, section 268A, as enacted by

Chapters___,____, and___, Senate Bills

866, 867, and 868, Acts of 1973. The last
sentence of each Act which provides for the
period of appeal is omitted because it
merely reiterates the standard statutory

IN BALTIMORE CHARLES, WICOMICO, SOMERSET, OR

HOWARD COUNTIES, A PERSON MAY NOT ENTER OR TRESPASS

UPON LAND OWNED BY ANOTHER PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF

HUNTING DEER ON THE LAND WITH GUN, RIFLE, BOW AND

ARROW, OR ANY OTHER MEANS WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE

WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE LANDOWNER, HIS AGENT, OR

LESSEE. ANY PERSON HUNTING DEER ON LAND OWNED BY

ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL EXHIBIT WRITTEN PERMISSION UPON

THE REQUEST OF ANY NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER,

ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OR THE LANDOWNER, HIS

AGENT, OR LESSEE. THE NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE

OFFICER OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHALL ARREST

ANY PERSON HUNTING WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION UPON THE
REQUEST OF THE LANDOWNER, HIS AGENT, OR LESSEE.