WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 278

(3) (i) If the Department of [Health and Mental
Hygiene] THE ENVIRONMENT closes any area to the catching of
oysters or clams under this subsection, in addition to the notice
required in [subsection (b)(3)(ii)] SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, the Department of Natural Resources shall mark the
area so that the area can be seen from the water.

(ii) The Department of Natural Resources shall
adopt rules and regulations to provide for the marking in a plain
and visibly obvious fashion of any area that is closed to the
catching of oysters or clams because of pollution. Even in the
absence of such marking devices, a person may not catch oysters
or clams in a restricted area as designated by the Department of
[Health and Mental Hygiene] THE ENVIRONMENT if notice has been
given to the appropriate governing body and the committee of
watermen of any county affected by the restriction.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all permits and
licenses, applications for permits and licenses, rules and
regulations, proposed rules and regulations, standards and
guidelines, proposed standards and guidelines, orders and other
directives, forms, plans, memberships, appropriations, grants,
application for grants, contracts, properties, investigations,
administrative and judicial proceedings, rights to sue and be
sued, and all other duties and responsibilities associated with
those functions transferred by this Act, shall continue in effect
under the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene until completed,
withdrawn, canceled, modified or otherwise changed pursuant to
law.

SECTION 3 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July June 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 278

(Senate Bill 233)

AN ACT concerning

Boxing and Wrestling Tax - Rate

FOR the purpose of repealing a $100 minimum boxing and wrestling
tax rate; making a $200 minimum boxing and wrestling tax
rate applicable regardless of the number of employees at a
contest; providing a delayed effective date for this Act;
and providing for the applicability of this Act.

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