WATERFOWL BLINDS, IN EACH COUNTY OF THE STATE WHERE WILD WATERFOWL
ARE ADEQUATE AND HUNTING IS ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL LOCATE AND CONSTRUCT BLINDS ON PUBLIC LANDS UNDER
THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL AND MAKE THE BLINDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ALLOW THE HUNTING OF WILD WATERFOWL
FROM A BOAT THAT IS DRIFTING OR ANCHORED OR WHILE STANDING IN THE WATER
ON THE NATURAL BOTTOM IN WATERS ADJACENT TO LANDS OWNED OR MANAGED
BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(3) EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANIMAL CONTROL, THE DEPARTMENT
MAY NOT ALLOW WATERFOWL HUNTING ON PUBLIC LAND UNDER THIS SECTION
UNLESS THE PUBLIC LAND IS OPEN TO PUBLIC HUNTING.

(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ENCOURAGE LOCAL AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO HUNT
WATERFOWL FROM BLINDS LOCATED ON PUBLIC LANDS UNDER THE JURISDICTION
OF THE LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY:

(1) ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCAL OR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT THE BLINDS AND MANAGE THEIR USE; OR

(2) ADVISING THE LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE PROPER
CONSTRUCTION, LOCATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF BLINDS TO BE USED BY THE
PUBLIC FOR HUNTING WILD WATERFOWL.

10-611.

ANY PERSON HUNTING WILD WATERFOWL FROM A STATIONARY BLIND OR
BLIND SITE SHALL POSSESS A HUNTER'S LICENSE.

10-612.

(e) (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.

(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)] (2) 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)](3) In Prince George's County, the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission is exempt from any registration requirement of this