Ch. 67

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 67
(House Bill 1079)

AN ACT concerning

Kent and Queen Anne's Counties - Stationary Blinds and Blind Sites - Licenses

FOR the purpose of altering the requirements for certain persons in Kent and Queen
Anne's Counties to erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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Section 10-612(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

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10-612.

(c) (1) In Kent and Queen Anne's Counties only a riparian owner owning the
required amount of shoreline, or the owner's lessee, licensee, or assignee, may erect and
maintain a stationary blind or blind site [, if the owner or the owner's lessee, licensee, or
assignee applies before August 1 of each year].

(2) A resident who applies for a license for a stationary blind or blind site in
the water adjacent to Bloodsworth Island in Dorchester County is not required to obtain
permission from the riparian owner notwithstanding any other provision of this section.

(3) In Anne Arundel County, the county is exempt from any registration
requirement of this subtitle, including the payment of fees, for any off-shore stationary
blind that the county has registered in previous years or will register in the future for any
waterfront public property owned by the county and located in the county. To comply
with the provisions of this subtitle, the Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation
and Parks need only notify the clerk of the court in Anne Arundel County and the
Department that the waterfront public property is unavailable for public registration.

(4) In Prince George's County, the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission is exempt from any registration requirement of this subtitle,
including the payment of fees, for any offshore stationary blind that the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission has registered in previous
years or will register in the future for any waterfront public property owned by the county
and located in the county. To comply with the provisions of this subtitle, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission need only notify the clerk of
the court in Prince George's County and the Department that the waterfront public
property is unavailable for public registration.

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