1322                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch. 4

period for appeal of a District Court
conviction.

The penalty provisions of Article 27,
sections 268 and 578 are omitted here in
light of the uniform penalty provision of
this title.

The only other changes made are in style.

10-412. DISTRIBUTION OF FEED TO LURE MIGRATORY GAME
BIRDS TO SHOOTING SITE.

(A)    PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS. - DURING THE OPEN
SEASON OR WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE OPENING, A PERSON MAY
NOT PLACE, DISTRIBUTE, AUTHORIZE, DIRECT OR PERMIT THE
DISTRIBUTION OF ANY WHEAT, CORN, RICE, OTHER GRAIN,
SALT, OR ANY OTHER FEED OF ANY KIND, EXCEPT FOR
GROWING CROPS, SO AS TO LURE MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS TO,
BY, OR OVER ANY SHOOTING SITE ON PROPERTY WHERE THE
HUNTING OF MIGRATORY BIRDS IS PERMITTED OR TAKES
PLACE. HOWEVER, THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT PREVENT OR
MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO HUNT OR ATTEMPT TO HUNT THESE GAME
BIRDS IN OR OVER STANDING OR FLOODED CROPS, INCLUDING
AQUATICS, OR IN OR OVER ANY LAND OR WATER WHERE FEED
HAS BEEN SCATTERED SOLELY AS A RESULT OF NORMAL
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS OR OTHER NATURAL CAUSES.

(B)   HUNTING BIRDS LURED TO SITE BY FEED. - A
PERSON MAY NOT HUNT OR ATTEMPT TO HUNT ANY MIGRATORY
GAME BIRDS IF HE KNOWS OR IN THE EXERCISE OF
REASONABLE DILIGENCE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WHEAT,
CORN, RICE, GRAIN, SALT, OR OTHER FEED OF ANY KIND HAS
BEEN PLACED, EXPOSED, OR DEPOSITED IN A LOCATION FOR
THE PURPOSE OF LURING GAME BIRDS TO, BY, OR OVER A
HUNTING BLIND OR SITE.

(C)   PRESUMPTION. - IN ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS
OF SUBSECTION (A), THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION THAT
THE PERSON, WHO HAS THE CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF THE LAND
OR WATER ON WHICH WHEAT, CORN, GRAIN, SALT, OR OTHER
FEED IS SCATTERED AS A RESULT OF ANY ACTIVITY OTHER
THAN NORMAL AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS OR OTHER NATURAL
CAUSES, PLACED, DISTRIBUTED, OR KNOWINGLY ALLOWED THE
PLACEMENT, EXPOSURE, OR DISTRIBUTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as Article 66C, section 155(a) of the Code
and is set forth here because it relates to
both upland game birds and mammals and
wetland game birds. The reference to