MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 593

SECTION 5. REVISION OF COMPACT. AT ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS COMPACT THE
GOVERNOR OR LEGISLATURE OF EITHER MARYLAND OR VIRGINIA
MAY CALL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION TO MAKE
FURTHER STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING REVISION
AND AMENDMENTS TO THIS COMPACT, AT WHICH TIME THE
GOVERNORS OF THE RESPECTIVE STATES SHALL ACT FORTHWITH
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
SAID COMMISSION.

ARTICLE V.
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS: PENALTIES

SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT.
THE REGULATIONS AND ORDERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE
ENFORCED BY THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES AND OFFICERS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.

SECTION 2. PENALTIES. THE VIOLATION OF ANY
REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR.
UNLESS A LESSER PUNISHMENT IS PROVIDED BY THE
COMMISSION, SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) OR
CONFINEMENT IN A PENAL INSTITUTION FOR NOT MORE THAN
ONE (1) YEAR, OR BOTH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT,
AND ANY VESSEL, BOAT, OR EQUIPMENT USED IN THE TAKING
OF FINFISH, CRABS, OYSTERS, CLAMS, OR OTHER SHELLFISH
FROM THE POTOMAC RIVER IN VIOLATION OF ANY REGULATION
OF THE COMMISSION OR OF APPLICABLE LAWS MAY BE
CONFISCATED BY THE COURT, UPON THE ABANDONMENT THEREOF
OR THE CONVICTION OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR THEREOF.

SECTION 3. JURISDICTION OF COURT. THE OFFICER
MAKING AN ARREST OR PREFERRING A CHARGE FOR VIOLATION
OF A REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION OR AN APPLICABLE
STATE LAW RESPECTING THE WATERS WITHIN THE
COMMISSIONS JURISDICTION SHALL TAKE THE ALLEGED
OFFENDER TO A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN
EITHER STATE, IN A COUNTY ADJACENT TO THE PORTION OF
THE POTOMAC RIVER WHERE THE ALLEGED OFFENSE OCCURRED,
WHICH SHALL THEREUPON HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE
OFFENSE.

SECTION 4. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND
FORFEITURES. ALL FINES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATION OF
REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION OR APPLICABLE STATE LAWS
RESPECTING THE WATERS WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S
JURISDICTION SHALL BE PAID INTO THE COURT IN WHICH THE
CASE IS PROSECUTED, AND ACCOUNTED FOR UNDER THE LAWS