Ch. 202

1994 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

4-216.

(a)     The Department shall establish a RESIDENT consolidated senior sport fishing
license, to be issued to [individuals] RESIDENTS OF MARYLAND WHO ARE at least 65
years old.

(b)     The RESIDENT consolidated senior sport fishing license may be obtained from
the Department or from any authorized agent of the Department. The annual fee for the
license is $5. As compensation, an agent shall retain 50 cents for each license issued.

(c)     A RESIDENT consolidated senior sport fishing license shall be valid for not
more than 1 year and shall expire on December 31.

(d)     A holder of a RESIDENT consolidated senior sport fishing license may:

(1)     Engage in angling on the nontidal waters of the State without holding an
angler's license under § 4-604 of this title;

(2)     Engage in angling for trout on the nontidal waters of the State without
holding a trout stamp under § 4-614 of this title; and

(3)     Fish for finfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries without holding
a Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license under § 4-745 of this title.

4-604.

(d) An angler's license is not required of the following:

(1)     The owner or tenant of land bordering on nontidal water, his spouse and
children, or the spouse of any child who resides on the land with the owner or tenant
when he fishes in nontidal water adjoining his land;

(2)     Any convalescent patient of a veteran's hospital hospitalized for a
service connected disability who fishes in nontidal waters if the patient secures a permit
issued by a special service officer of the American Red Cross under authority granted by
the Department;

(3)     Any group of disabled or convalescent patients organized and under the
care and supervision of the American Red Cross, which upon the request of the American
Red Cross, is authorized by the Department to fish for any recreational purpose in the
nontidal waters;

(4)     Any resident serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, while on
leave in the State, during his leave period, if, while angling, he possesses a copy of his
official leave orders;

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