Ch. 475                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 475
(House Bill 1214)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Finfish - Bait

FOR the purpose of creating an additional exception to the prohibition on buying,
selling, shipping, transporting, or otherwise dealing in finfish without a certain
license; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations
defining which species of finfish may be caught and sold as bait under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to bait species of finfish.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Natural Resources
Section 4-702

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Natural Resources

4-702.

(a)     Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not buy, sell, ship,
transport, or otherwise deal in finfish unless the person is licensed by the
Department.

(b)     The following persons are not required to obtain a license under this
section:

(1)     A person licensed by the Department to catch finfish for sale;

(2)     A retail market, restaurant, or other establishment where finfish are
sold or served to ultimate consumers, and not for resale; [or]

(3)     A person who buys finfish for personal use or consumption; AND

(4)      A PERSON WHO CATCHES AND SELLS AS BAIT FINFISH SPECIES
DEFINED AS BAIT UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS DEFINING WHICH
SPECIES OF FINFISH MAY BE CAUGHT AND SOLD AS BAIT UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(4)
OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

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