Ch. 137

LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article - Natural Resources

10-1101.

(a)  For the purpose of this title, each game bird or mammal
taken illegally, purchased, offered for purchase, sold, bartered,
or exchanged in excess of the bag limit or possessed illegally
constitutes a separate offense.

(b)  Any person who violates any provision of this title is
guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless another penalty is specifically
provided elsewhere in this title, the person, upon conviction, is
subject to a fine not exceeding [$500] $1,500 with costs imposed
in the discretion of the court.

(c)  (1) Unless another penalty is specifically provided
elsewhere in this title, any person found guilty of a second or
subsequent violation of any provision of this title, is subject
to a fine not exceeding [$1,000,] $4,000, or imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both, with costs imposed in the discretion
of the court.

(2)  In addition, the license under which he operated
in the commission of the violation shall be suspended for 12
months from the date of the second conviction.

(3)  For the purpose of this subsection, a second or
subsequent violation is one which has occurred within two years
of any prior violation of this title and which arises out of a
separate set of circumstances.

(d)  In addition to any administrative penalty provided in
this title, violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by
any unit within the Department pursuant to the provisions of this
title is a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in
subsections (b) and (c) of this section.

(e)  This section does not apply to a violation of §
10-424(2) of this title.

10-1105.

A natural resources police officer or any law enforcement
officer, upon arresting any person for violating any provision of
this title or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to it,
may seize every bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian unlawfully
caught, sold, offered for sale, transported, or possessed. The
Department may dispose of any seized species of wildlife at its
discretion.

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