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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 221

(House Bill 1404)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County - Hunting on Private Lands

FOR the purpose of including Calvert County within the
requirement that certain persons who hunt on private
lands of another obtain certain written permission; and
correcting an error.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-411(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

10-411.

(b) (1) A person may not upon any pretense come to
hunt with a gun, on the lands owned by another person
without the written permission of the landowner, his agent,
or lessee. Any person hunting on this private property is
liable for any damage he causes to the private property
while hunting on it. The landowner shall not be liable for
accidental injury or damage to the person whether or not the
landowner or his agent gave permission to hunt on it.

(2) The provisions of this subsection apply only
in the following counties:

(I) CALVERT COUNTY;

[(i)](II) Cecil County;

[(ii)](III) Charles County;

[(iii)](IV) [Hartford] HARFORD County; AND

[(iv)](V) St. Mary's County.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.