HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3029

4-1037.

A person may not catch or attempt to catch soft-shell clams
with a hydraulic clam dredge or any other gear except hand-held
tools, such as shovels and hoes, in the following areas:

(3) Within EXCEPT FOR THE WILLIAM PRESTON LANE, JR.
MEMORIAL BRIDGE AND ITS PARALLEL SPAN, THE GOVERNOR THOMAS
JOHNSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE, AND THE AREA OF THE CHOPTANK RIVER
BRIDGE THAT IS WITHIN TALBOT COUNTY, WITHIN 50 feet of any
bulkhead, EXCLUDING A BRIDGE, structure, EXCLUDING A BRIDGE,
wharf, pier, or piling, EXCLUDING A BRIDGE, THAT IS erected in,
over, or under the waters of the State under a permit granted by
the State or federal governments;

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

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 654

(House Bill 777)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Public Ethics Law

FOR the purpose of including a candidate for office as a State
official in the definition of respondent in the Maryland
Public Ethics Law; authorizing the State Ethics Commission
to process certain complaints concerning any candidate for
office as a State official; clarifying language; and
generally relating to candidates under the Maryland Public
Ethics Law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 1-201

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 2-105

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)