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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 705

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1985 and that Section 2 of
this Act shall take effect June 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 706

(House Bill 1540)

AN ACT concerning

Oysters and Clams - Buying Stations - Forms

FOR the purpose of requiring the seller buyer of oysters or clams
at a buying station to fill out certain forms and to provide
copies of the form to certain persons; requiring the
Department of Natural Resources to print up and make certain
forms available to certain persons under this Act; and
generally relating to transactions at oyster or clam buying
stations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4-1007

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

4-1007.

(A)  The Department may designate by rule or regulation
certain areas of the State, known as buying stations, where a
person who catches oysters and clams may sell them.

(B) (1) A person may not sell his catch in any place not
designated a buying station.

(2) A person may not buy oysters or clams from the
person who catches them in any place not designated a buying
station.

(C)  However, any person may buy soft-she11 clams anywhere
for his own consumption or use as bait, but not for resale from
the person who catches them. However, the person who catches the
soft-shell clams shall assume responsibility for paying the tax