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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 676

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 677

(House Bill 1045)

AN ACT concerning

Oysters - Time for Catching Taking and Unloading

FOR the purpose of altering the number of hours after sunset
during which a person may eaten land oysters or unload
oysters from a buy boat or buy truck; and generally
relating to the time for taking oysters.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-1008(a)
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

4-1008.

(a) A person may not catch oysters on Sunday or
between sunset on any day and sunrise on the following day
or. A PERSON MAY NOT land oysters earlier than one hour
before sunrise or later than [one hour] 2 HOURS after
sunset. A buy boat or buy truck may not unload oysters
earlier than one hour before sunrise or later than [one
hour] 2 HOURS after sunset unless the cargo of the buy boat
or buy truck is accompanied by a certificate of inspection
issued by a Natural Resources Police officer. The
certificate of inspection shall state the point of origin,
and the time of origin which shall be between sunrise and
sunset, and the quantity, in bushels, of the cargo.
However, any buy boat or buy truck may be unloaded between
sunset and sunrise.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.