ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 85

(ii) A signed statement that:

1.       The location of the blind site is at least 125 yards from all
other previously licensed riparian shoreline; and

2.       The offshore blind site complies with all other pertinent
laws and regulations; and

(2) Pay to the Department an application fee of $20 for each license
requested.

(c)      (1) The completed application shall be submitted to Department regional
service centers or other designated local sites on days designated by the Department.

(2)     The Department shall establish and adequately staff a site in each
county where licensing occurs.

(3)     The Department shall [post notices of dates and locations for
licensing of blind sites in the office of the clerk of the court in each county]. PROVIDE
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE LICENSING PROCESS THROUGH THE MEDIA, INTERNET, AND
OTHER SOURCES.

(4)     Licensing shall begin on or before the first Tuesday in August of each
year on dates set by the Department.

(d)     Each designated site or regional service center shall have maps available
by July 15 of each year that show the location of all shoreline licensed by riparian
landowners.

(e)     Except for riparian landowners licensing their own property, a person may
not obtain more than two licenses per day.

(f)      Each license shall apply to 250 yards of shoreline. Blind sites shall be
located equidistant from the boundaries described by the license.

(g)     In Kent County and Queen Anne's County CAROLINE, DORCHESTER, KENT,
QUEEN ANNE'S, AND TALBOT COUNTIES and on the nontidal waters of the Potomac
River and its nontidal tributaries, only a riparian landowner owning the amount of
shoreline required under § 10-607(d) of this subtitle or a landowner's lessee, licensee,
or assignee may erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site.

(g) In Kent County and Queen Anne's County and on the nontidal waters of the
Potomac River and its nontidal tributaries, only a riparian landowner owning the
amount of shoreline required under § 10-607(d) of this subtitle or a landowner's lessee,
licensee, or assignee may erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site.

(h) Licenses are valid until June 30 of the following year and shall be issued in
the order the applications are received in person OR THE DEPARTMENT MAY UTILIZE
A LOTTERY BASED SYSTEM.

(I) THE SECRETARY MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS
SUBTITLE.

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