HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1257

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 28, 1981.

CHAPTER 176

(House Bill 820)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Steel Jaw Leghold Traps

FOR the purpose of providing that in Baltimore County a
person may not use, set, place, or maintain any steel
jaw leghold trap on land; and providing that in
Baltimore County, steel jaw leghold traps may be used
for the capture of fur-bearing mammals in water only;
and providing exceptions to this provision.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-410(o)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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.

(o) (1) In BALTIMORE, Montgomery, and Prince George's
counties, a person may not use, set, place or maintain any
steel jaw leghold trap on land. The steel jaw leghold trap
may be used for the capture of fur-bearing mammals in water
only.

(2) This section does not apply to:

(i) Traps set on farmland by the owner of
the farmland, by his agent or tenant, his lessee, or by any
member of his immediate family who resides on the farmland.

(ii) Traps set by an authorized agent of
the Maryland Wildlife Administration who exercises his
duties for wildlife control under guidelines established by
the Administration.