MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

2003

(1973 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 10-604(e) be and it is hereby
added to Article — Natural Resources, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1973 Volume) to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

10-604(E)

ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, NEITHER THE
SECRETARY OF NATURAL RESOURCES NOR ANY OTHER OFFICIAL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY PROMULGATE ANY
RULE OR REGULATION BANNING OR LIMITING THE USE OR
POSSESSION OF LEAD SHOT AMMUNITION WHILE HUNTING WILD
WATERFOWL MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN PERTINENT FEDERAL
REGULATIONS. ANY [[SUCH]] RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED
PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1974, INCLUDING[[, BUT NOT LIMITED TO]]
REGULATION 08.02.2 1.44, ENTITLED "USE OF LEAD SHOT,"
REGARDLESS OF ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, IS DECLARED NULL, VOID,
AND OF NO EFFECT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act.
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 593
(House Bill 84)
AN ACT concerning

Sexual Discrimination — Spousal Debts

FOR the purpose of eliminating a reference to a
particular sex regarding debts owed by a particular
spouse which existed prior to the marriage and
correcting language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 45 — Husband and Wife

Section 14

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)