MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                   619

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-1106(b) 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Volume) be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with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
4-1106.

(b) (1) The Department shall have licensed
oystermen select a committee of five representative
licensed tongers, who earn their livelihood by catching
oysters, for each tidewater county of the state. When
planting shells or seed oysters or closing or reserving
any tonging area, the Department shall confer with and
procure the advice of the Committee of Oystermen for the
county adjacent or nearest to the area.

(2)   THE FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION SHALL SUBMIT AN
ANNUAL SUMMARY OF THE [[OYSTER REPLETION]] FISHERIES
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AS
ACCOUNTING OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, TO THE COMMITTEE
OF OYSTERMEN IN EACH COUNTY.

(3)  A similar advisory committee of five licenced
dredgers shall be selected to confer and advise in the
propagation of oysters in the dredging areas. When a
vacancy occurs because a. member is unable or unwilling to
serve and this vacancy is not filled by the licensed
oystermen of the particular county within 30 days after
the vacancy occurs, the Department shall make the
necessary appointments to fill each vacancy. When the
committee members are selected or when any vacancy is
filled, the Department shall promptly notify the members
of the General Assembly from the county of the names of
the committee members selected or appointed to fill a
vacancy in that county.

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

Approved March 28, 1974.

CHAPTER 101
(House Bill 689)
AN ACT concerning