MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1331

EXCEPT WILD WATERFOWL OR FUR-BEARING MAMMALS, FOR
SHIPMENT WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE STATE.

(B)     EXPORT OF WILD WATERFOWL. - A PERSON
DESIRING TO EXPORT WILD WATERFOWL FROM THE STATE SHALL
SHIP THEM IN THE OPEN, TIED BY HEAD OR FEET AND TAGGED
ACCORDINGLY, OR IN A CONTAINER, SLATTED SO THAT THE
BIRDS ARE VISIBLE. A PERSON MAY NOT EXPORT FROM THE
STATE IN ONE WEEK MORE THAN THE PRESCRIBED BAG LIMIT
OF WETLAND GAME BIRDS HE KILLS.

(C)    SHIPMENT OF NONGAME BIRDS PROHIBITED. - A
PERSON ACTING AS A COMMON CARRIER, OR AN OFFICER,
AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE OF A COMMON CARRIER, MAY NOT SHIP,
CARRY, TAKE, OR TRANSPORT ANY NONGAME BIRD WITHIN OR
OUTSIDE THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as the first provision of Article 66C,
section 134(a) of the Code. The provision
prohibiting shipping game beyond county
limits is proposed for deletion because it
is obsolete due to the abolition of the
county hunter's license. New language
derived from Article 66C, section 134(b) is
added for organizational purposes. The
reference to "two days' bag limit" is
proposed for deletion and the phrase
"prescribed bag limit" is substituted.
This permits the department to regulate the
possession limit. The phrase "without any
county, city or town" is proposed for
deletion and "within or outside the State"
is substituted therefor to better express
the apparent legislative intent which is to
prohibit the export of wetland game birds.

Subsection (b) presently appears as the
last provision of Article 66C, section
134(a). New language derived from section
134(c) is added for organizational
purposes.

Subsection (c) presently appears as Article
66C, section 139 of the Code and is set
forth here for organizational purposes.
The reference to "resident or migratory
wild" nongame birds is proposed for
deletion because the term nongame birds by
definition are either resident or migratory
wild birds. The phrase "except as