PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 416
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
5-409.
(a) Any person, his aiders, abettors, and counsellors, who willfully, negligently,
recklessly, wrongfully, or maliciously enters upon lands or premises of another without
written permission of the owner of the lands or premises, in order to cut, burn, or
otherwise injure or destroy, or cause to be cut, burned, or otherwise injured, or destroyed,
any merchantable trees or timber on the land is liable to the party injured or aggrieved in
an amount triple the value of the trees or timber cut, burned, or otherwise injured or
destroyed, PLUS THE COSTS OF ANY SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, ATTORNEY FEES, OR
COURT FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. The damages are recoverable in a civil
action, as in any other case.
(b) At the request of a law enforcement officer, a person on the lands and
premises of another engaged in any act specified in subsection (a) of this section shall
display the written permission of the owner.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the following shall obtain the
permission of an owner before engaging in any act specified in subsection (a) of this
section, but are not required to obtain the permission in writing or to display the written
permission as provided in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) A public service company, as defined in Article 78, § 2(o) of the Code;
and
(2) An employee of the Department of Public Works or roads board of any
county or municipality, or the State Highway Administration, performing roadside
maintenance.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.
Approved May 14, 1996.
CHAPTER 416
(Senate Bill 709)
AN ACT concerning
Mammography Testing
FOR the purpose of prohibiting mammography testing unless the center where the testing
occurs has attained a certificate of approval from the federal Food and Drug
Administration as specified in a certain federal law altering the conditions under
which a certain center may perform mammography testing: defining certain terms;
altering certain definitions; and generally relating to mammography testing.
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