Ch. 424                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 424

(House Bill 543)

AN ACT concerning

Wildlife - Reports of Master Hunting Guides - Public Information

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Department of Natural
Resources from releasing to the public certain information
concerning hunters that is required to be submitted by
master hunting guides to the Department; providing that this
Act does not prohibit the Department from releasing to the
public certain information concerning master hunting guides
and their field assistants; and generally relating to the
release by the Department of certain information submitted
to the Department by master hunting guides.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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)  (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.

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