MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 755

(Senate Bill 528)

AN ACT concerning

Purchase and Sale of Game Birds

FOR the purpose of permitting a person to purchase and
sell certain game birds raised by a game breeder,
requiring such seller or purchaser to maintain
certain records, providing that such records are
subject to inspection by the Department of Natural
Resources at certain times, and generally relating
to the purchase and sale of certain game birds.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources

Section 10-404

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 10-404 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and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and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

10-404.

(a)   A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any
game bird or mammal except during open season, or possess
any dead game bird or mammal during any closed season
whether hunted in the state or in another state,
territory, or country. However, a person may possess any
dead game bird or mammal for five days and deer for 30
days after the season closes for use as food. Also, a
licensed hunter may obtain a permit from the department
during open season or within five days after open season
closes to possess any frozen game bird or mammal for a
period not exceeding 180 days.

(b)  A person may ship or bring into the state by
express or as baggage any game bird or mammal he legally
killed in any other state, territory, or country, if he
accompanies the game bird or mammal and presents a
hunter's license or permit of the other state, territory,
or country where the game bird or mammal was killed if
the document is required by the other state, territory,
or country. However, game birds and mammals or any part