HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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CHAPTER 346

(House Bill 395)

AN ACT concerning

Fish and Fisheries - Soft-Shell Clams
Severance Tax

FOR the purpose of increasing the severance tax on
soft-shell clams in order to provide funds for soft
clam replenishment programs; removing a mandatory
requirement for weekly submission of taxes; and
specifying the establishment of tax remittance
procedures in accordance with rules and regulations of
the Department of Natural Resources; and limiting the
use of the Fisheries Research and Development Fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-209 and 4-1035
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

4-209.

There is a Fisheries Research and Development Fund in
the Department. Any money the State Comptroller receives
under the provisions of this title from commercial licenses,
permits, and service fees, taxes, and royalties paid to the
State for oyster shells and clam shells removed from the
bottom beneath the tidal waters of the State, or any source,
together with any fine or forfeiture collected under §
4-1202 of this title, shall be credited to the Fisheries
Research and Development Fund. SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS
DESCRIBED IN § 4-1035, [The] THE Fund shall be used for
replenishing fisheries resources, related research, and to
match federal funds available for research and development
of fisheries resources.

4-1035.