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3.  Surf clams and ocean quahogs by any
lawful method.................................................$50

4.  Hard-shell clams by rakes only.....$30

5.  All equipment in 1. through 4.
above........................................................$200

6.  Oysters by dredge boat............$250

7.  Oysters by power dredge in authorized
areas, in addition to the fees for catching oysters by diving,
tonging, or handscraping......................................$50

(viii) For a resident to catch any fish in
tidal waters by any methods which are lawful under Subtitles 2,
7, 8, 9, and 10.......................................[$400] $200

(ix) To buy, process, pack, resell, market, or
otherwise deal in fish caught in tidal waters, as required under
Subtitles 7, 8, 9, and 10..............................[$150] $75

(X) TO ALLOW A COMMERCIAL FINFISH LICENSEE TO
PLACE THAT LICENSE IN AN INACTIVE STATUS.......................$5

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985. It shall remain in effect for a period
of time that is the same length of time that there is a
moratorium on the taking, possessing, selling, or transporting of
striped bass or rockfish in the waters of the State of Maryland;
and at the end of the moratorium, and with no further action
required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and
of no further force and effect.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 668

(House Bill 995)

AN ACT concerning

Surface Mining

FOR the purpose of altering the intent of the surface mining law
of the State; adding constraints to the use and amount of
the Surface Mined Land Reclamation Fund; clarifying
exemptions to the license requirement for surface mining and
adding certain other exemptions; clarifying permit
requirements; requiring the recordation of certain
agreements at the expense of certain persons at certain