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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 123

Approved April 8, 1975.

CHAPTER 124

(Senate Bill 242)

AN ACT concerning

Fish and Fisheries - Committee of Oystermen

FOR the purpose of providing for the periodic election of
committees of oystermen and the expiration of the
terms of the present committeemen; establishing
staggered terms of membership for the committees of
oystermen; limiting an appointment to fill a vacancy
to the remainder of the unexpired term; and
authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to
establish procedures for selecting commitees of
oystermen.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources
Section 4-1106(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-1106(a) and (b) of Article -
Natural Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Natural Resources

4-1106.

(a)    The Department may transplant oysters, shells,
or other cultch from one closed area to another,
transplant or otherwise utilize within the State seed
oysters produced on shells or other cultch planted by the
Department, or transplant or utilize any other seed
oyster which may accumulate on areas where seed oysters
are not likely to develop into desirable marketable
oysters.

(b)    (1) The department shall have licensed
oystermen select a committee of five representative