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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
1615
(House Bill 618)
AN ACT concerning
Somerset County — Hunting
FOR the purpose of removing the restriction on hunting with
artificial light that applies specifically to Somerset
County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Natural Resources
Section 10-410(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
{1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:
Article — Natural Resources
10-410.
(e) [(1) Except in Somerset County, a] A person, or
two or more persons together, may not hunt or attempt to
hunt at nighttime any specie of wild bird or wild quadruped
with a light, including the headlights of any vehicle and
also between the hours 10 p.m. and dawn a person, or two or
more persons together, may not cast the rays of any
artificial light when the rays emanate from a vehicle on any
woods, fields, orchards, livestock, wild animals or birds,
dwellings or buildings. The provisions of this paragraph do
not apply to the normal use of headlights of a vehicle
travelling on any public or private road in a normal manner,
to any police, emergency or utility company vehicle using
spotlights in the performance of their duties, or to any
farmer or landowner on his own or leased land using
artificial lights to check on livestock or poultry. However,
raccoons, fox, or opossum may be hunted on foot at nighttime
during open season with the use of a dog and light.
[ (2) In Somerset County a person may not hunt or
attempt to hunt at nighttime any specie of wild bird or wild
quadruped with a light, including the headlights of any
vehicle and also at nighttime a person may not cast the rays
of any artificial light on any woods, fields, orchards,
livestock, wild animals or birds, dwellings or buildings.
The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to the normal
use of headlights of a vehicle travelling on any public or
private road in the county in a normal manner, to any
police, emergency or utility company vehicle using
spotlights in the performance of their duties, or to any
farmer or landowner on his own or leased land using
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