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Ch. 217 2007 Laws of Maryland
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(ii) Short-term license valid for 5 consecutive days from date of
issue........................................................................................................................$6
(in) Nonresident............................................................. [$14] $15
(iv) Resident and nonresident blind persons.......................No fee
(b) (5) In the preparation of plans for the expenditure of license receipts,
the Secretary annually shall solicit the advice and opinions of the Department's Sport
Fisheries Advisory Commission, representative fishing and boating associations, and
other interested parties.
(d) (2) (i) The Department may provide by regulation for issuance of
an annual special Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license, which when permanently
affixed to a boat registered in any state shall authorize any person on the boat to fish
for finfish in the Chesapeake Bay or in its tributaries up to tidal boundaries, except
that such a license may not be used on a boat that has been hired to take such persons
fishing.
(ii) The annual fee for this special license shall be [$40] $50.
(iii) If a boat owner purchases the special license under this
paragraph, the boat owner may fish anywhere in the Chesapeake Bay, whether the
boat owner is fishing in the owner's boat, in another person's boat, on land, or
elsewhere. The Department shall issue a complimentary Chesapeake Bay sport fishing
license to the boat owner who purchases a special license under this paragraph. If a
boat to which the special license is affixed has more than one owner, then only the
individual applicant who signs the application for the special license shall be entitled
to a complimentary Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license under this paragraph.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly of
Maryland urges the Department to recognize and abide by the provision of law under §
4-745(b)(5) of the Natural Resources Article that requires the Department to consult
with stakeholders through the Sports Fisheries Advisory Commission before spending
the proceeds from fishing license fees.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor may
include money for the State Fisheries Management and Protection Fund and the
Fisheries Research and Development Fund in a supplemental budget for fiscal year
2008.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly
to the inclusion of an appropriation for the State Fisheries Management and
Protection Fund and the Fisheries Research and Development Fund beginning in the
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