MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               591

FOR the purpose of directing that certain commercial
[[permit]] fees paid to the State be credited to the
Fisheries Research and Development Fund.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article — Natural Resources
Section 4-209

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1973 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-209 of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1973
Volume) be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources
4-209.

The Fisheries Research and Development Fund is
created and continued within the Department. Any money
the State Comptroller receives under the provisions of
this title from commercial [[license OR PERMIT]]
LICENSES, PERMITS, AND SERVICE fees, taxes, and
royalties paid to the State for oyster shells and clam
shells removed from the bottom beneath the tidal waters
of the State, or any source, together with any fine or
forfeiture collected pursuant to § 4—1202 of this title,
shall be credited to the Fisheries Research and
Development Fund. The fund shall be used for
replenishing fisheries resources, related research, and
to match federal funds available for research and
development of fisheries resources.

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

Approved March 28, 1974.

CHAPTER 84
(House Bill 266)
AN ACT concerning

State Boat Act — Release of Liens