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VETOES

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

Article - Natural Resources

[10-309.

(a) A person desiring to be a commercial hunting guide
first shall obtain a commercial hunting guide license. Licenses
shall be issued in the manner prescribed by § 10-301. The
Department may establish classifications of licensees and set the
fee to be paid by each class not exceeding $10 in any year for
each license.

(b) The Department may prescribe rules and regulations
governing the duties of guides and requiring an oath that a
licensee shall abide by the wildlife laws of the State.

(c) A commercial hunting guide may not aid or accompany any
person hunting any game bird or mammal unless the hunter
possesses a proper hunter's license.

(d) In addition to any other penalty provided in this
title, the Department may revoke the license of any commercial
hunting guide convicted of violating the provisions of this
section, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to it, or
any wildlife law or rule or regulation of the State.]

10-309.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION, "MASTER HUNTING GUIDE" MEANS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO:

(I) OWNS OR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF
A COMMERCIAL HUNTING GUIDE ORGANIZATION THAT OUTFITS OR GUIDES
HUNTERS TO HUNT WILD WATERFOWL; AND

(II) RECEIVES MONETARY CONSIDERATION FOR THE
OUTFITTING OR GUIDING OF HUNTERS TO HUNT WILD WATERFOWL.

(2)  "MASTER HUNTING GUIDE" INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
IS SELF-EMPLOYED.

(3) "MASTER HUNTING GUIDE" DOES NOT INCLUDE AN AGENT,
EMPLOYEE, OR HELPER OF THE MASTER HUNTING GUIDE.

(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO THE LICENSING OF MASTER
HUNTING GUIDES WHO RECEIVE MONETARY CONSIDERATION TO OUTFIT
HUNTERS TO HUNT WILD WATERFOWL.