Ch. 690

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Natural Resources

10-404.

(c) (1) Except as provided in PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION OR §
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 muskrat, raccoon,
mink, otter, nutria, opossum, beaver, fox, long-tail weasel, fisher, or skunk, whether
caught] OR CAPTIVELY RAISED DEER, in the State or in another state, territory, or
country.

(2) THE PROHIBITIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT
APPLY TO THE:

(I) MEAT, PELT, CARCASS, OR MOUNTED SPECIMEN OF ANY
BEAVER, FISHER, FOX, MINK, MUSKRAT, NUTRIA, OPOSSUM, OTTER, RACCOON,
SKUNK, OR LONG-TAILED WEASEL LEGALLY TAKEN BY THE PERSON;

(II) HIDE, HAIR, TAIL, OR FEET, EXCLUDING A MOUNTED
SPECIMEN OF DEER, SQUIRREL, OR RABBIT LEGALLY ACQUIRED;

(III) FEATHERS, SKIN, OR FEET, EXCLUDING A MOUNTED SPECIMEN
OF UPLAND AND FOREST GAME BIRDS LEGALLY ACQUIRED;

(IV)   EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, FEATHERS OF
WETLAND GAME BIRDS LEGALLY ACQUIRED; OR

(V)     ANTLERS OF DEER LEGALLY ACQUIRED IN ANOTHER STATE
AND MANUFACTURED INTO AN ARTICLE OF COMMERCE IN ANOTHER STATE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act is
contingent on the taking effect of the termination provision specified in Chapter 572,
Section 2 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1995. If that termination provision takes
effect, § 10-404(c) of the Natural Resources Article as enacted by Section 1 of this Act
shall be void. This Act may not be interpreted to have any effect on that termination
provision.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the provisions
of Section 3 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 690
(House Bill 979)

AN ACT concerning

Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers from Partnerships to Limited Liability

Companies

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