Ch. 373

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to adopt certain
regulations to prohibit the importation, possession, or introduction of certain
nonnative aquatic organisms; specifying that the provisions of this Act are not
applicable to certain aquaculture operations or activities; authorizing the
Department of Natural Resources to enter and inspect certain property for a
certain purpose and subject to a certain requirement; requiring the Secretary to
consult certain persons and certain resources when making a certain
determination; authorizing the Department to seize and dispose of certain
organisms; requiring the Secretary to serve a certain notice and a certain
abatement order to a certain person in the event of a certain state of nuisance;
authorizing the Secretary to file a certain complaint complaints under certain
circumstances; requiring the Department to reimburse certain costs of abatement
to certain persons and make certain repair efforts under certain circumstances;
authorizing the Department to enter certain property and take certain actions to
abate a state of nuisance; authorizing the Secretary to abate summarily a
certain state of nuisance under a certain circumstance; requiring the Secretary
to serve or attach certain orders under certain circumstances; authorizing the
Secretary to enter certain property and perform certain work under certain
circumstances; requiring the Secretary to provide notice of certain charges to a
certain person, and authorizing the Secretary to file suit under a certain
circumstance; requiring the Department to minimize certain damage and, under
a certain circumstance, to repair or reimburse for certain damage; specifying
that certain persons may not be held civilly liable for certain damages, except
under a certain circumstance; prohibiting a person from interfering with or
refusing entry to certain persons; providing for certain penalties; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to certain procedures for the abatement
and summary abatement of certain states of nuisance caused by certain
nonnative aquatic organisms.

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 4-205.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

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4-205.1.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) "AQUATIC ORGANISM" MEANS A FISH OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL AN
ORGANISM THAT LIVES PART OF ITS LIFE IN WATER

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