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Ch. 441 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
enacted by this Act. The publishers shall adequately describe any such correction in
an editor's note following the section affected.
SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2005.
Approved May 10, 2005.
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CHAPTER 441
(Senate Bill 405)
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AN ACT concerning
Natural Resources - Nonnative Oysters - Introduction
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from introducing a nonnative oyster into
State waters without a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources;
restricting the Department from introducing a nonnative oyster into State
waters or from issuing a permit to another person for an introduction unless
certain conditions are met; requiring the Department to satisfy certain
conditions before introducing a nonnative oyster into State waters or before
issuing a permit to another person for an introduction; providing for certain
criminal and civil penalties for certain persons who violate this Act; making this
Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to the introduction of a
nonnative oyster into State waters.
BY renumbering
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-1008
to be Section 4-1008.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-1008
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, In this region and across the entire continent, the Chesapeake Bay
is considered a unique and invaluable natural, historic, cultural, and recreational
treasure; and
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