PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 740

(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

10-606.

(a) A person may not hunt or purposely or unnecessarily disturb wild waterfowl
from or in a boat of any description within the State. However, this section does not
prohibit a person from:

(1) Bushwacking in the waters of the Susquehanna Flats, Elk River, and that
portion of the Sassafras River in Cecil County located west of 75° 58' 45", and in the
waters of Chincoteague Bay, Sinepuxent Bay, Isle of Wight, Assawoman Bay and their
respective tributaries in Worcester County;

(2) Sneakboating in Monocacy River in Carroll or Frederick Counties, IN
THE ANTIETAM CREEK AND THE CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY, and in the waters of the Potomac in Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick,
and Montgomery Counties;

(3) Immediately retrieving wounded or dead wild waterfowl by any boat
propelled by motor if the bird is wounded or killed legally;

(4) Hunting wild waterfowl by boat or floating blind in the waters of the
Potomac River in Garrett, Allegany, Washington, and Frederick Counties; and

(5) Hunting wild waterfowl by boat on State or federally owned or
controlled hunting areas if permitted by federal and State rules and regulations.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 740
(House Bill 1348)

AN ACT concerning

Retirement and Pensions - Participating Governmental Units - Deficits

FOR the purpose of providing for a limit on the determination of a deficit amount that
certain governmental units that participate in the Employees' Retirement System
and the Employees' Pension System are required to pay as part of their employer
contributions to the systems; and requiring that the State Retirement Agency
transfer a certain amount from certain accumulation funds of the Employees'
Retirement System and the Employees' Pension System to other accumulation
funds of the Employees' Retirement System and the Employees' Pension System.

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