PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 451

DOMESTICALLY RAISED, OFFICIALLY INSPECTED, AND PROCESSED VENISON THAT
THE PERSON LAWFULLY OBTAINS, OTHER THAN WHITE-TAILED AND SIKA VENISON.

(2)     A PERSON WHO IMPORTS, SELLS, OR OFFERS FOR SALE VENISON
SHALL MAINTAIN RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE LAWFUL ORIGIN OF ANY VENISON
IMPORTED OR SOLD, INCLUDING THE SPECIES OF DEER, COUNTRY OR STATE OF
ORIGIN, THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE VENISON WAS OBTAINED, DATE OF
DELIVERY, BY WHOM THE VENISON WAS OFFICIALLY INSPECTED, AND QUANTITY
OF VENISON.

(3)     THESE RECORDS SHALL BE KEPT BY THE IMPORTER OR SELLER AT
THE IMPORTER'S OR SELLER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR
FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF THE VENISON.

(4)     THE IMPORTER OR SELLER SHALL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO
INSPECT THESE RECORDS AT THE IMPORTER'S OR SELLER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS AT
ANY REASONABLE TIME.

(5)     THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT EXEMPT A PERSON WHO IMPORTS,
SELLS, OR OFFERS FOR SALE VENISON FROM APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 21,
SUBTITLES 2 AND 3 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE.

[(a)] (B) (C) A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any game bird or mammal
except during open season, or possess any game bird or mammal during any closed season
whether hunted in the State or in another state, territory, or country. However, a person
may possess any dead game bird or dead game mammal for 5 days and dead deer for 30
days after the season closes for use as food. Also, a licensed hunter may obtain a permit
from the Department during open season or within 5 days after open season closes to
possess any frozen game bird or mammal for a period not exceeding 180 days.

[(b)](C) (D) A person may ship or bring into the State by express or as baggage
any game bird or mammal the person legally killed in any other state, territory, or
country, if the person accompanies the game bird or mammal and presents a hunter's
license or permit of the other state, territory, or country where the game bird or mammal
was killed if the document is required by the other state, territory, or country. However,
game birds and mammals or any part of them brought into the State may not be sold or
offered for sale.

[(c)](D) (E) Except as provided in § 10-512(a)(2)(ii) of this title, a person may
not sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, barter, or exchange, at any time within
the State any game bird or game mammal taken from the wild, except the meat, pelt or
carcass of any coyote, muskrat, raccoon, mink, otter, nutria, opossum, beaver, fox,
long-tail weasel, fisher, or skunk, whether caught in the State or in another state,
territory, or country.

(F) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION MAY BE CONSTRUED AS ALLOWING DEER
FARMING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING DEER MEAT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

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