WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 105

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4-734(a)(l) and (12)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

4-734.

(a) A person may not sell, offer to buy or sell, or possess
any of the following fish:

(1) Bass, largemouth or smallmouth [or black,] less
than [12] 15 inches FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH JUNE 15, AND LESS THAN
12 INCHES FROM JUNE 16 THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY;

(12) Summer flounder less than [12] 13 inches except
that an amount of undersized fish not greater than 5 percent of
a vessel's load by number, as indicated by a sample of not less
than 200 fish, may be retained by licensed commercial fishermen;
and

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

CHAPTER 105

(Senate Bill 151)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

FOR the purpose of providing that a representative of the
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program may not be liable for good
faith performance of official duties; prohibiting willful
interference with representatives of the program in
performance of their official duties; requiring the Director
of the Office on Aging to adopt certain regulations;
prohibiting certain retaliation and reprisals against
residents and employees who file complaints; providing
certain penalties; and generally relating to the Long-Term
Care Ombudsman Program.

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