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(E) PENALTY. - IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY
PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF
VIOLATING ANY RULE OR REGULATION THE DEPARTMENT
ADOPTS, SHALL BE FINED $5 FOR EACH FISH ILLEGALLY
CAUGHT. IF A PERSON IS CONVICTED A SECOND OR
SUBSEQUENT TIME WITHIN THE SAME 12 MONTH PERIOD FOR A
VIOLATION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THE DEPARTMENT
ADOPTS, HE SHALL HAVE HIS ANGLER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED
FOP A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND
OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Article 66C, section 115 of
the Code as amended by Chapter 465, Acts of
1972.

Section 115 pertains both to fish in
nontidal water and wildlife. Only the
language relevant to the former is included
in this proposed section. The restrictive
language of the last sentence in section
115(a) dealing with sections 207 and 210 is
proposed for deletion as unnecessary since
by rule and regulation creel limits and
open seasons are established.

Sections 132 and 133 also referred to in
the last text of section 155(a) are

confined to wildlife.

Proposed subsection (c) changes the
petition procedure of section 115(b) in
that it requires 50 residents who only hold
valid angler's licenses. The provision
that some petitioners must be farmers or
hold a valid hunter's license is omitted
because it is believed those qualifications
logically would apply only when rules and
regulations concerning game and wildlife
not fish in nontidal waters are proposed.

A provision is added to subsection (d)
indicating which court in Baltimore City
the rules and regulations are filed. This
complies with the Department's practice.
The penalty provisions of section 115(e)
are not repeated in full for it is largely
covered by the uniform provision in
subtitle 12.

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