MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1351

definition in proposed section 10-601 (c).
The last sentence is proposed for deletion
in light of section 10—608. New language
is added to indicate the scope of this
section. The only other changes made are
in style.

10-611. BODY BOOTING AND BODY BOOTING BIGS.

(A)   BODY BOOTING PERMITTED. - A PERSON MAY HUNT
WILD WATERFOWL BY BODY BOOTING IN THE TIDAL WATERS OF
HARFORD COUNTY AND CECIL COUNTY AND IN THE TIDAL
WATERS OF THE STATE IN AREAS AND ON DAYS THE
DEPARTMENT PRESCRIBES BY RULE OR REGULATION.

(B)   RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO BODY BOOTING. - A
BODY BOOTER SHALL POSSESS A VALID HUNTING LICENSE AND
HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING BODY BOOTING BIG. THE BODY
BOOTING RIG SHALL CONSIST OF A BOAT OF NOT LESS THAN
16 FEET IN LENGTH NOB LESS THAN 20 INCHES IN HEIGHT AT
THE LOWEST POINT.

(C)   NON-RESIDENT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY OWNER
OR RESIDENT CO-OWNER OF BODY BOOTING RIG. - A
NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE MAY NOT BODY BOOT UNLESS THE
LEGAL OWNER OR ONE OF THE RESIDENT CO-OWNERS OF THE
BODY BOOTING BIG ACCOMPANIES THE BIG.

(D)    BODY BOOTING WITHIN 500 YARDS OF BLIND,
GUNNING BIG, OR BODY BOOTER. - A PERSON MAY NOT BODY
BOOT WITHIN 500 YARDS OF ANY LICENSED STATIONARY
BLIND, BLIND SITE, GUNNING RIG, OR ANY OTHER BODY
BOOTER.

(E)    RIG WITHIN 1,200 YARDS OF PRIVATE SHORELINE
PROHIBITED. - IN THE TIDAL WATERS OF THE STATE, OTHER
THAN IN CECIL OR HARFORD COUNTIES, WHERE THE
DEPARTMENT PERMITS BODY BOOTING, A RIG MAY NOT BE
PERMITTED CLOSES THAN 1,200 YARDS OFF ANY PRIVATELY OR
STATE OWNED SHORELINE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN §10-620.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), (c), and
(d) presently appear as Article 66C,
section 151 (c) of the Code which is divided
into subsections for organizational
purposes. New language derived from
section 151(d) is added in subsections (a)
and (e) so that all the provisions of this
section are applicable to the tidewater
areas where the department permits body
booting. Section 151 (d) incorporates by