HARRY HUGHES, Governor

713

CHAPTER 239

(House Bill 928)

AN ACT concerning

Cecil County - Hunting - Penalties

FOR the purpose of providing that, in Cecil County, a person who
hunts with a weapon on another's property without written
permission from that property owner the owner or possessor
of the land is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to
certain penalties.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-411(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-411(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

10-411.

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

(d) In Caroline, CECIL, Frederick, Kent, Prince George's,
Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Washington counties, a person who hunts
with a gun or other weapon upon the lands of another without
first obtaining written permission from the owner or possessor of
the land is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of a
first offense is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000. Upon
conviction of a second or subsequent offense, the person is
subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000.