MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      679

CATCH CRABS;

(4)  TO PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT DEVICES USED TO
CATCH CRABS;

(5)  TO ESTABLISH SEASONS TO CATCH CRABS;
AND

(6)   TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM SIZE LIMITS FOR
HARD, SOFT, AND PEELER CRABS. HOWEVER, THIS SECTION
DOES NOT PERMIT THE DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE EXISTING
LICENSE FEES FOR CATCHING, PICKING, CANNING, PACKING,
OR SHIPPING COOKED HARD OR SOFT CRABS OR CRAB MEAT; OR
FOR SELLING, OR SHIPPING LIVE HARD OR SOFT CRABS BY
BARREL OR CRATE. THE DEPARTMENT MAY SET LICENSE FEES
ON TYPES OF GEAR OR EQUIPMENT IF NOT OTHERWISE SET BY
LAW.

(B) PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED. - RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE
UNDER THIS SECTION UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT FIRST HOLDS
PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADVERTISE THE
TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE OF THE HEARINGS IN ONE
NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL DAILY CIRCULATION IN THE STATE,
AND AT LEAST IN ONE NEWSPAPER CIRCULATED IN EACH
COUNTY FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE
HEARINGS. AFTER THE HEARINGS ARE HELD AND THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS ARE ADOPTED, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
SHALL BE PUBLISHED FOR ONE WEEK IN THE NEWSPAPERS
BEARING NOTICE OF THE HEARING.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) presently appears
as Article 66C, section 328 of the Code.

The definition of buckram crab set forth in
the present statute is proposed for
deletion in light of the definition section
of this subtitle.

The reference to tidewater counties is
proposed for deletion as inconsistent with
the Bruce decision. See the note to
section 4-703.

Subsection (b) presently appears as Article
66C, section 329 of the Code, as amended by
Chapter 181, Acts of 1972. The penalty
provision is proposed for deletion in light
of the uniform penalty provision of this
title.