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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 487

sport fishermen of certain electrical devices when
fishing for finfish, and thereby permitting all
fishermen to employ those electrical devices.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources

Section 4-509

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 4-50 9 of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974
Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

4-509.

A person may not use or attempt to use any
electronic device on any boat in the waters of the State
or on any aircraft within the State, or use or attempt to
use any aircraft, to detect the presence of finfish for
any purpose except that [sport] fishermen may use depth
finders from boats to detect the presence of finfish. A
person also may not use or attempt to use any device that
may lure finfish by electrical impulses. This section
does not prohibit the Department from using any
electronic or electrical device for scientific research,
law enforcement or other purpose, nor prohibit use of a
fathometer or depth recorder for navigational purposes.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine not
less than $250 and not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or both, with costs imposed in
the discretion of the court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 488
(House Bill 1347)