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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 106
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WHEREAS, The tidal portion of the Potomac is bordered by Virginia and
Maryland, and its shoreline is well suited to licensing stationary blinds and blind
sites; and
WHEREAS, The nontidal portion of the Potomac is bordered by Virginia, West
Virginia, and Maryland, and the vast majority of this Maryland shoreline is owned by
the federal government and is, therefore, unavailable for shoreline licensing; and
WHEREAS, What little of the nontidal Potomac shoreline in Maryland that is
not federally owned consists of both mainland shoreline and islands; and
WHEREAS, Given the statutory authorization of hunting wild waterfowl from a
boat that is drifting or being sculled, also known as "sneak boating'', in the nontidal
waters of the Potomac River under § 10-605(a) of the Natural Resources Article, the
mainland shoreline is not appropriate for the establishment of stationary blinds or
blind sites; and
WHEREAS, The island shoreline, which is better suited for the establishment of
these blinds and blind sites, is an area for which shoreline licenses are already issued;
and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly seeks to address prior oversights in the law
regarding the shoreline licensing rights of nonresidents and to correct this inadvertent
discrimination to the fullest extent possible, while recognizing the limitations operative
on the mainland portion of the State shoreline that is adjacent to the nontidal Potomac
River; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly hereby provides for the equal treatment of
residents and nonresidents in the licensing of stationary blinds and blind sites along
the Potomac shoreline in Maryland by authorizing the issuance of these licenses along
shoreline that is adjacent to the tidal waters of the Potomac River, as well as on the
island shoreline that is adjacent to the nontidal waters of the Potomac, and by
prohibiting the issuance of licenses along the mainland shoreline that is adjacent to
the Potomac's nontidal waters; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
10-607.
(a) (1) [This] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THIS section shall apply only to owners of riparian property in
Maryland regardless of the residency of the owner.
(2) Persons UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, PERSONS owning riparian property
in:
(I) MARYLAND OR Virginia [or West Virginia] that is adjacent to
the TIDAL WATERS OF THE Potomac River may [not] license their STATE shoreline
under this subtitle; AND
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