Ch. 85                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Fund of the State; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to use a
lottery-based system to issue hunting licenses, permits, and stamps; requiring
Maryland residents who are not licensing their own property to possess a certain
hunting license before applying for a license; authorizing the Department to
adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to hunting license issuance
procedures and shoreline hunting licenses.

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-601.1 and 10-607(m)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources

Section 10-205, 10-607(h), (i), (j), and (l), and 10-608
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-607(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article----Natural Resources

Section 10-607(m)

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

10-205.

(a)     Having a due regard for the distribution, abundance, economic value, and
breeding habits of wildlife, the Secretary may adopt regulations to enlarge, extend,
restrict, or prohibit hunting, possessing, selling, purchasing, shipping, carrying,
transporting, or exporting wildlife.

(b)     In addition to any other penalty provided in this title, any person convicted
of violating any regulation adopted by the Department shall be fined $5 for each bird,
mammal, amphibian, or reptile illegally hunted or possessed. However, this additional

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