CHAPTER 359
(Senate Bill 482)

AN ACT concerning

Hunter Safety Instructors - Complimentary Consolidated Hunting License

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources or the
Department's designee to give a certain complimentary hunting license to
certain individuals who meet certain requirements relating to providing hunter
safety instruction and who indicate an interest in receiving a complimentary
license.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-301.1
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

10-301.1.

(a) (1) (i) On or after July 1, 1977 a person under 18 years of age may not
procure a hunting license or hunt in the State, unless the person has first been issued
a certificate of competency in firearms and hunter safety.

(ii) On or after July 1, 1977 a person, regardless of age, may not
procure a hunting license without producing a certificate of competency or a hunting
license issued prior to July 1, 1977 or making out an affidavit that the person had
such a license.

(2) This section does not apply to nonresidents of Maryland who
purchase a hunting license in the State to hunt wild waterfowl. However, this does
apply to nonresidents of Maryland who purchase hunting licenses in the State to hunt
other wildlife.

(b) (1) The Department shall prescribe a course of instruction in
conservation and in competency and safety in the handling of firearms.

(2) The Department shall designate those persons or agencies authorized
to give the course of instruction, and this designation shall be valid until revoked by
the Department. Those designated persons shall submit to the Department validated
listings naming all persons who have successfully completed the course of instruction.