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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 536

CHAPTER 536

(Senate Bill 374)

AN ACT concerning

Hunting and Trapping - Muskrat and Mink

FOR the purpose of altering the season during which a person may
hunt or trap muskrat and mink in certain areas of the State;
and exempting certain counties from the changes made by this
Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-406(b)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

10-406.

(b) (1) (I) A person may possess any green pelt of any
fur-bearing mammal until March 25 for purposes of curing the
skins.

(II)  However, in Frederick, Garrett, Allegany,
Carroll, Howard, and Washington counties, a person may hunt or
trap mink or muskrat between November 15 and February 15, of the
year following, and a person may possess any green mink and
muskrat pelt until February 25 for purposes of curing the skin.

(III) 1. In the remainder of the State EXCEPT
FOR THE COUNTIES IN ITEM 2. OF THIS PARAGRAPH, a person may hunt
or trap mink or muskrat between [December 15] JANUARY 1 and March
15 [of the year following].

2. IN CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S,
SOMERSET, AND WORCESTER COUNTIES, A PERSON MAY HUNT OR TRAP MINK
OR MUSKRAT BETWEEN DECEMBER 15 AND MARCH 15 OF THE YEAR
FOLLOWING.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.