PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 276

CHAPTER 276
(House Bill 1123)

AN ACT concerning

Migrator; Waterfowl Stamp - Wildlife Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee

FOR the purpose of decreasing the number of members of the Wildlife Migratory
Waterfowl Advisory Committee; altering certain qualifications for members of the
Wildlife Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee; altering certain responsibilities
of the Wildlife Migratory Waterfowl Advisory Committee; and generally relating to
the membership and responsibilities of the Wildlife Migratory Waterfowl Advisory
Committee.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-308.1(f)
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:

Article - Natural Resources

10-308.1.

(f) (1) All revenues accruing to the Wildlife Management and Protection Fund
from sales of the migratory wild waterfowl stamps shall be expended solely for the
following purposes:

(i) Waterfowl projects included in an approved State program to
create, develop, enhance, maintain, and manage nesting cover, winter foods, and other
habitat components on public lands to satisfy the habitat requirements of a broad range
of wintering waterfowl and native waterfowl species; and

(ii) Not more than 30% to adopt and implement a program to
eradicate the species Myocastor coypu (nutria) and to control the species Phragmites
communis (phragmites) on private lands.

(2) To encourage waterfowl habitat conservation on private lands, the
Department shall implement a 10-year licensing agreement for approved projects on
privately owned lands detailing the landowner's responsibilities. Expenditures by private
landowners on private land for these waterfowl projects approved by the Department and
covered by the licensing agreement shall be considered a contribution to the State.

(3) The Governor shall appoint an A [advisory committee] WILDLIFE
MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ADVISORY COMMITTEE of [13] 9 members [composed of 9
members who have a practical knowledge in raising wild ducks, and 4 members] who

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