WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 264

(2) A PERSON MAY POSSESS A BYCATCH OF PEELER CRABS
MEASURING LESS THAN 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SHELL FROM TIP TO TIP OF
SPIKE IF THE BYCATCH IS NOT GREATER THAN:

(I)  30 PER BUSHEL; OR

(II)  60 PER FLOAT.

(3) IN DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF PEELERS MEASURING
LESS THAN 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SHELL FROM TIP TO TIP OF THE SPIKE,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SELECT THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF BUSHELS OR
FLOATS NECESSARY TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERSON'S CATCH.

(C) A PERSON MAY NOT CATCH OR POSSESS SOFT CRABS MEASURING
LESS THAN THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES ACROSS THE SHELL FROM TIP TO
TIP OF THE SPIKE.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1987 is declared to be an emergency
measure and necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General Assembly, it shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 264

(House Bill 1218)

AN ACT concerning

County Commissioners - Pooling Agreements

FOR the purpose of specifically authorizing boards of county
commissioners to enter into joint pooling agreements with
certain other entitles for the purpose of purchasing
casualty and property insurance or self-insuring casualty
and property risks.

BY adding to

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 3(g-5)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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