SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 478
(House Bill 1030)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Oysters

FOR the purpose of allowing certain persons to catch oysters by power dredge in
certain waters contiguous to St. Mary's County under a certain license issued by
the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to issue
certain licenses and adopt certain regulations relating to oyster catching by
power dredge in certain waters; establishing certain restrictions pertaining to
oyster catching by power dredge in certain waters; providing for the
establishment of an oyster sanctuary; prohibiting a person from catching oysters
in a certain oyster sanctuary; requiring the Department to establish certain
regulations establishing certain penalties; requiring the Department to submit a
certain report by a certain date; providing for the termination of certain
provisions of this Act; providing for the delayed effective date of a certain
provision of this Act; and generally relating to the catching of oysters in waters
contiguous to St. Mary's County.

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-1014.1

Annotated Code of Maryland 

(1997 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

4-1014.1.

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE WATERS OF THE STATE IN AND LYING
THAT LIE CONTIGUOUS TO ST. MARY'S COUNTY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

(B) EXCEPT FOR A PERSON WHO HOLDS A DREDGE BOAT LICENSE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT AND CATCHES OYSTERS UNDER § 4-1013 OF THIS SUBTITLE, A PERSON
SHALL BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE PERSON MAY CATCH
OYSTERS BY POWER DREDGE IN WATERS SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION.

(C) (1) A PERSON MAY NOT HOLD AN OYSTER HARVESTER LICENSE AND A
POWER DREDGING LICENSE SIMULTANEOUSLY.