Ch. 43

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a) A person may not erect or maintain a stationary blind
or blind site for the purpose of shooting wild waterfowl at a
greater distance than one third the distance from the shoreline
to the opposite shore, or. 300 yards from the shoreline, whichever
is less. The Secretary shall be sole judge of what constitutes
"opposite shore" for the purposes of this subsection. Where
circumstances require and with regard for the rights of adjoining
owners, the Secretary may designate the points with respect to
distances from shore where the blinds may be placed. Any resident
nonowner of shoreline may not erect a blind site within 150 yards
of the nearest dwelling.

(b)  However, in the waters of Baltimore County and in the
tributaries of the Potomac River in Charles County, a person may
not erect or maintain a stationary blind or blind site at a
greater distance than 150 yards from the shoreline.

(c)  In the waters of the Chesapeake Bay opposite the
shoreline of Anne Arundel and Calvert counties and Prospect Bay
in Queen Anne's County, a person may not erect or maintain a
stationary blind or blind site at a- greater distance than 1,000
yards from the shoreline of the counties or in water over 8 feet
in depth.

(d)  In the waters of Dorchester County adjacent to James
Island, a person may not erect or maintain a stationary blind or
blind site at a greater distance than 1,000 yards from the
shoreline.

(e)  In the waters of Brannock's Bay and Trippe's Bay in
Dorchester County, a person may not erect or maintain a
stationary blind or blind site beyond a line drawn from Mills
Point in a northeastwardly direction to the southeast corner of
what is known as the Great Flats and from there to what is known
as Weir Point or Orchard Marsh.

(F) IN THE WATERS OF GARY CREEK IN DORCHESTER COUNTY,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, A. PERSON
MAY NOT ERECT OR MAINTAIN A STATIONARY BLIND OR BLIND SITE WITHIN
250 YARDS FROM THE SHORELINE OF THE OPPOSITE SHORE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.

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