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§ 1-101	There is a Department of Natural Resources, established as a principal...
§ 1-102	The Department shall include all units, programs, boards, commissions,...
§ 1-103	The Secretary is responsible for the coordination and direction...
§ 1-104	The Secretary is responsible for the development of coordinated...
§ 1-105	The Secretary may create or dissolve an advisory board for the Department...
§ 1-106	In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 1-201	There is a Natural Resources Police Force in the Department.
§ 1-202	The Secretary is responsible for the enforcement of all natural...
§ 1-203	The Secretary shall, within the limits of any appropriation made...
§ 1-204	In addition to any other powers conferred by this title, the Secretary...
§ 1-205	If a Natural Resources police officer apprehends a person for violating...
§ 1-206	A person may not willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful...
§ 1-207	A person may not falsely represent himself as being a Natural Resources...
§ 1-208	Every sheriff and law enforcement officer has the powers of a Natural...
§ 1-209	Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty...
§ 1-210	When, in the opinion of the legally constituted authorities of Maryland,...
§ 1-2A-01	Unless otherwise provided by law, the Department shall maintain...
§ 1-301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 1-302	The General Assembly of Maryland finds and declares the facts and...
§ 1-303	All State agencies, except where existing law expressly prohibits,...
§ 1-304	As of July 1, 1974, all State agencies shall prepare, in conjunction...
§ 1-305	This subtitle may be cited as the "Maryland Environmental Policy...
§ 1-401	Before a license or permit may be issued under this article to an...
§ 1-402	A license or permit is considered renewed for purposes of this section...
§ 1-403	Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Department...
§ 1-404	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 1-501	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 1-502	The General Assembly finds and declares that the natural resources...
§ 1-503	The following persons have standing to bring and maintain an action...
§ 1-504	This subtitle may not be construed to create or authorize any new...
§ 1-505	An action pursuant to this subtitle shall be brought in the circuit...
§ 1-506	Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the court...
§ 1-507	An action brought pursuant to this subtitle may not be compromised,...
§ 1-508	It is the purpose of this subtitle to provide certain remedies to...
§ 1-601	It is the policy of the State to foster water safety for recreational...
§ 1-602	The Secretary is responsible for administering a program of water...
§ 1-603	The Department may adopt regulations necessary to implement this...
§ 1-604	Any person who violates any regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions...
§ 1-605	Nothing in this subtitle is intended to affect or limit the powers...
§ 1-701	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 1-702	In this section, "Fund" means the State Chesapeake Bay and Endangered...
§ 1-703	The Secretary may distribute not more than 5% of the net proceeds...
§ 1-704	The Chesapeake Bay Trust shall use the funds it receives under §...
§ 1-705	The Secretary shall use the funds credited to the endangered species...
§ 1-706	On or before August 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit...
§ 1-801	The Chief Judge of the District Court of Maryland may establish,...
§ 2-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 2-201	There is a Maryland Geological Survey in the Department.
§ 2-202	The Survey shall:
§ 2-203	The Director of the Survey shall exercise any power or duty and...
§ 2-204	There is a Commission of the Maryland Geological Survey in the Survey....
§ 2-401	Any monument which marks the common boundary between the State and...
§ 2-402	The Survey shall examine, at least once every ten years, every monument...
§ 2-403	The Survey may enter on any public or private property to examine...
§ 2-404	A person may not move, remove, break, mutilate, deface, destroy,...
§ 2-405	The Natural Resources police officers and forest or park wardens...
§ 2-406	This section does not require either the Maryland Historical Society...
§ 2-407	Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty...
§ 3-101	In this subtitle the following words and terms have the meanings...
§ 3-102	To assist with the preservation, improvement, and management of...
§ 3-103	There is a body politic and corporate known as the "Maryland Environmental...
§ 3-103.1	The staff of the Service shall consist of such employees as the...
§ 3-103.2	The Service is exempt from the provisions of Division I of the State...
§ 3-104	The Service has all powers necessary for carrying out the purposes...
§ 3-105	The Service is responsible for carrying out the following general...
§ 3-106	The Director, after consultation with the Secretary of Natural Resources,...
§ 3-107	Any municipality or person may request the Service to provide the...
§ 3-108	In calculating charges for water supply, wastewater purification,...
§ 3-109	Upon failure of a municipality to comply with an order of the Secretary...
§ 3-110	Upon the failure of a person to comply with an order to abate pollution...
§ 3-111	Except as provided in § 3-104 of this subtitle, or in an approved...
§ 3-112	The Service may provide by resolution, adopted by a majority of...
§ 3-113	If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature...
§ 3-114	Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the Service, every...
§ 3-115	The Service may provide, by resolution adopted by a majority of...
§ 3-116	The Service, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board, may:
§ 3-117	Bonds and notes authorized to be issued under the provisions of...
§ 3-118	The Service may fix, revise, charge, and collect rentals, rates,...
§ 3-119	All money received by the Service as proceeds from the sale of bonds...
§ 3-120	Any holder of bonds or notes issued under this subtitle and the...
§ 3-121	Bonds and notes issued under this subtitle are securities in which...
§ 3-122	Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this subtitle shall...
§ 3-123	The exercise of the powers granted by this subtitle is for the benefit...
§ 3-124	The Service may not be required to give any bond as security for...
§ 3-125	Any lien created in favor of the Service or a municipality pursuant...
§ 3-126	The Service may provide for the creation, continuation, and administration...
§ 3-127	Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, the Service may adopt,...
§ 3-128	If the Service and a municipality or person fail to reach agreement...
§ 3-129	Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle or of any...
§ 3-130	This subtitle shall be known as the "Maryland Environmental Service...
§ 3-201	There is a Maryland Environmental Trust established to conserve,...
§ 3-202	A board of 15 trustees has and shall exercise the powers and duties...
§ 3-203	The trustees have the powers and duties to:
§ 3-203.1	When any person offers to donate a perpetual conservation easement...
§ 3-204	The trustees shall elect from among the elected membership a chairman,...
§ 3-205	The trustees may appoint a director of the Trust to administer its...
§ 3-206	The trustees may request and shall receive from the Attorney General...
§ 3-207	The State may pay money or transfer property to the Trust to carry...
§ 3-208	Subject to the limitations of § 3-207, the Trust may improve, sell,...
§ 3-209	Each State political subdivision, by appropriate action of its respective...
§ 3-210	Any function or activity of the Governor’s Committee to Keep Maryland...
§ 3-211	The provisions relating to the Trust do not limit the power or activity...
§ 3-2A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 3-2A-02	There is within the Department a Land Trust Grant Fund.
§ 3-2A-03	All receipts designated for the Grant Fund shall be placed in the...
§ 3-2A-04	If, at any time, the amount of money in the Grant Fund exceeds the...
§ 3-2A-05	Subject to conditions necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements...
§ 3-2A-06	To apply for a grant, an applicant shall submit to the Trust an...
§ 3-2A-07	In making grants under this subtitle, the Trust shall give consideration...
§ 3-2A-08	A land trust may, with the approval of the Trust, subsequently sell...
§ 3-2A-09	Except as provided in this subtitle, the Trust may set the terms...
§ 3-2A-10	If the Trust approves the application, the Trust shall recommend...
§ 3-2A-11	If an applicant violates any provision of the grant documents or...
§ 3-2A-12	A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement...
§ 3-2A-13	The Department shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out...
§ 3-2A-14	The Trust shall report on or before September 1 of each year to...
§ 3-301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 3-302	There is an Environmental Trust Fund.
§ 3-303	The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Maryland...
§ 3-304	In cooperation with the Public Service Commission, the Maryland...
§ 3-305	The expertise of the electric utilities in the basic requirements,...
§ 3-306	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article or the...
§ 3-306.1	In view of the safeguards provided by this subtitle through State...
§ 3-307	Judicial review shall in all instances include the right to appeal...
§ 3-3A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 3-3A-02	The Director of the Power Plant Siting and Research Program shall...
§ 3-3A-03	The departments shall design and operate a comprehensive research...
§ 3-3A-04	Not later than January 1, 1987, and biennially thereafter, the departments,...
§ 3-401	The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, a branch...
§ 3-402	The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science shall...
§ 3-403	The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science shall...
§ 3-601	The General Assembly finds and declares that the increasing energy...
§ 3-602	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 3-603	The Governor, a State agency or official may not represent the State,...
§ 3-604	In order to carry out the policy of this subtitle, the Secretary...
§ 3-605	If the State has qualified as an adjacent coastal state under the...
§ 3-901	This subtitle shall be known as the "Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal...
§ 3-902	For the benefit of the people of the State of Maryland, the increase...
§ 3-903	There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known...
§ 3-904	As used in this subtitle, the words and terms listed in this section...
§ 3-905	The Authority is granted and has and may exercise all powers necessary...
§ 3-906	All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this subtitle...
§ 3-907	The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, by resolution,...
§ 3-908	In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature...
§ 3-909	The Authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of...
§ 3-910	The Authority is further authorized and empowered, by resolution:
§ 3-911	Bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the Authority...
§ 3-912	The rates, rentals, fees, and charges of the Authority in connection...
§ 3-913	Any holder of bonds or of any of the coupons thereto appertaining...
§ 3-914	Bonds are hereby made securities in which all public officers and...
§ 3-915	The bonds shall not be deemed to constitute a debt, liability or...
§ 3-916	The exercise of the powers granted by this subtitle is and will...
§ 3-917	The Authority shall not be required to give any bond as security...
§ 3-918	Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, the Authority is...
§ 3-919	Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to alter, change, modify,...
§ 3-920	Prior to the acquisition, construction, leasing or installation...
§ 3-921	All purchases, including but not limited to contracts and orders...
§ 3-922	Judicial review of any action under this subtitle shall in all instances...
§ 3-923	Within the first ninety days of each fiscal year, the Authority...
§ 3-924	The Authority and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated...
§ 3-925	The provisions of this subtitle are severable, and if any of its...
§ 3-926	When the principal of and interest on bonds of the Authority issued...
§ 3-927	This subtitle shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative...
§ 3-928	This subtitle, being necessary for the welfare of the State and...
§ 3-9A-01	By resolution or ordinance of its legislative body, any charter...
§ 4-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-102	Any local or general law of the State which sets or regulates minimum...
§ 4-202	The Secretary is responsible for conservation management of the...
§ 4-203	Every right, power, duty, obligation, and function previously conferred...
§ 4-204	There is a Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission in the Department.
§ 4-205	The Department may operate, sell, buy, lease, exchange, rent, or...
§ 4-205.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-206	The Department shall audit the books of any person who packs or...
§ 4-207	The State assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled...
§ 4-208	In this section, "Fund" means the State Fisheries Management and...
§ 4-209	In this section, "Fund" means the Fisheries Research and Development...
§ 4-210	Except for a person employed to operate a vessel for a master fishing...
§ 4-210.1	A person providing fishing guide services for compensation to a...
§ 4-210.2	In this section, "permit" means a Maryland Provisional Chesapeake...
§ 4-211	Any person who desires to commercially practice the art of taxidermy...
§ 4-212	Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary...
§ 4-213	In this section, "submerged aquatic vegetation" means a vascular...
§ 4-214	By regulation, the Secretary may establish up to 3 free fishing...
§ 4-215	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-215.1	The provisions of this section do not apply if:
§ 4-215.2	On or before January 1, 2008, the Department shall adopt regulations...
§ 4-215.3	// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2010 PER CHAPTER 217 OF 2007 //
§ 4-215.4	// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2010 PER CHAPTER 217 OF 2007 //
§ 4-216	The Department shall establish a resident consolidated senior sport...
§ 4-217	The Department may issue a 1-day license exemption to a nonprofit...
§ 4-218	The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations to restrict, permit,...
§ 4-219	The Department shall adopt regulations defining which species may...
§ 4-220	In addition to any other penalty provided by the provisions of this...
§ 4-2A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-2A-02	The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is the policy of this State...
§ 4-2A-03	The Secretary shall conduct investigations of the fish resources...
§ 4-2A-04	Any species of fish determined to be an endangered species pursuant...
§ 4-2A-05	Except with respect to species of fish determined to be endangered...
§ 4-2A-05.1	When the Secretary removes the moratoriums on the taking, possession,...
§ 4-2A-06	The Secretary shall establish programs, including acquisition of...
§ 4-2A-07	Any person who violates the provisions of § 4-2A-05, or fails to...
§ 4-2A-08	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions...
§ 4-2A-08.1	The Department shall adopt regulations allowing the catching of...
§ 4-2A-09	The subtitle may be cited as the Endangered Species of Fish Conservation...
§ 4-301	The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact...
§ 4-302	Pursuant to Article III of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries...
§ 4-303	The Commission and the commissioners have every power provided for...
§ 4-304	The Commission shall keep an accurate account of all of its receipts...
§ 4-305	Pursuant to Article XI of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact,...
§ 4-306
§ 4-307	The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make,...
§ 4-401	The Department may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or...
§ 4-402	The title to any area of water or land acquired by purchase, gift,...
§ 4-403	If the Department considers it in the State’s best interest and...
§ 4-404	An acquired area of water or land may be used to create and maintain...
§ 4-405	The Department may establish and maintain any State fish refuge...
§ 4-406	If a person who owns or controls any suitable area of water or land...
§ 4-407	The Department may adopt and promulgate, and post, rules and regulations...
§ 4-408	The Department may erect and maintain any suitable fish hatchery,...
§ 4-409	The Department may catch any game and freshwater fish from the waters...
§ 4-410	This section is intended to protect the State in its objective to...
§ 4-501	An obstruction may not be placed at the mouth of any creek, cove,...
§ 4-502	Every owner of a dam on waters of the State shall construct on the...
§ 4-503	A person may not place, throw, or make use of any dynamite or other...
§ 4-504	A person may not whip or beat any waters of the State with a pole,...
§ 4-505	A person may not molest, disturb, destroy, or catch and carry away...
§ 4-506	A person may not fasten, tie, or anchor any boat to or in any other...
§ 4-506.1	While on private or public land, or Maryland waters, a person may...
§ 4-507	A person may not sink any obstruction in the berth or haul of any...
§ 4-508	A skipper, captain or other person commanding a vessel, float, or...
§ 4-509	A person may not use or attempt to use any electronic device on...
§ 4-510	A person may fish with a speargun and spear in the waters of the...
§ 4-511	A person other than a duly authorized officer of the Department...
§ 4-512	During the open season for migratory waterfowl, a person may not...
§ 4-513	Consistent with the requirements of any license issued by the federal...
§ 4-514	Except during an emergency, a person may not fasten, tie, or anchor...
§ 4-601	Angling means catching or attempting to catch fish by hook and line,...
§ 4-602	With due regard for distribution, abundance, economic value, and...
§ 4-603	Pursuant to § 4–602 of this subtitle, the Department shall establish...
§ 4-604	This section provides a fund to pay the expense of protecting and...
§ 4-606	A resident of Virginia possessing a valid Virginia fishing license...
§ 4-607	The Department may issue annually a complimentary angler’s license...
§ 4-608	Any money the Department receives for angler’s licenses shall be...
§ 4-609	The Department or any authorized agent of the Department may issue...
§ 4-610	A person shall possess his angler’s license while angling in nontidal...
§ 4-611	Any person engaged in a retail business who desires to sell angler’s...
§ 4-612	If any person, convicted of violating § 4-610 of this subtitle under...
§ 4-613	A Natural Resources police officer or law enforcement officer may...
§ 4-614	Except for a holder of a current resident consolidated senior sport...
§ 4-616	The Department shall set annually by rule or regulation the daily...
§ 4-617	Except when fishing through ice, a person may not angle with more...
§ 4-618	A nonresident may not fish in the nontidal waters of the State with...
§ 4-619	Except as provided in § 4-620 of this subtitle, a person may not...
§ 4-620	Under supervision, rule or regulation, and control of the Department,...
§ 4-625	A person may not build, construct, have constructed, or place any...
§ 4-627	A person may not catch or possess any game and freshwater fish except...
§ 4-701	This section applies to any person who is required under Subtitle...
§ 4-701.1	This section applies to a person who does not qualify for a license...
§ 4-702	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may...
§ 4-704	A person may not catch or attempt to catch finfish in the tidal...
§ 4-704.1	A person may not catch striped bass for sale unless the person has...
§ 4-705	A license does not lapse if the licensee fails to renew or make...
§ 4-708	A person may not set any net during the time his commercial net...
§ 4-710	A person may not catch finfish for any purpose in the tidal waters...
§ 4-711	A person may not set any pound net or any line of these nets that...
§ 4-712	The owner, tenant, or lessee of any property bordering on tidal...
§ 4-713	A person who fishes with haul seine equipment shall carry a tidal...
§ 4-714	A person may only fish with a rod, or hook, and line in the waters...
§ 4-715	A person may not fish with rod or hook and line from any kind of...
§ 4-716	A person may not haul a seine of any description to catch fish in...
§ 4-717	A person may not set a pound net or stake net in the waters of the...
§ 4-718	A person may not use a haul seine greater than 960 feet in length...
§ 4-719	A person may not set a haul seine or seine of any description, or...
§ 4-720	A person may not use a haul seine in the water area west of a line...
§ 4-721	A person may not fish with a hauling seine or stake net in the waters...
§ 4-722	A person may set a pound net in the waters of Sassafras River and...
§ 4-723	A person may not fish with any kind of seine or net in the waters...
§ 4-724	A person may not drag or set any haul seine to catch fish in the...
§ 4-725	In the waters of Talbot County, a person may set only the following...
§ 4-727	A person may not fish with a stationary net extended completely...
§ 4-728	In this subsection, "connected line of nets" means a series of connected...
§ 4-729	A person may not set a haul seine of any description in the waters...
§ 4-730	A person may not set, nor construct any kind or description of net...
§ 4-731	Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person...
§ 4-732	The Department may restrict or prohibit by rule or regulation catching...
§ 4-733	A person may not possess aboard any boat on the tidal waters of...
§ 4-734	A person may not sell, offer to buy or sell, or possess any of the...
§ 4-735	During the open season, a person may not catch by means of rod,...
§ 4-736	The Department may supervise, regulate, and control catching eels...
§ 4-738	A person may not catch or attempt to catch snapping turtles in the...
§ 4-739	The Department may make rules and regulations governing catching...
§ 4-740	A person may catch walleyed pike, commonly known as Susquehanna...
§ 4-741	A person in charge of any boat or vessel catching or transporting...
§ 4-742	If the Department of the Environment determines by appropriate investigation...
§ 4-743	To protect the shellfish resources of the State, the Department...
§ 4-744	The Department shall issue a synopsis of laws covering pertinent...
§ 4-745	Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section and...
§ 4-746	The Department shall conduct annually a scientific survey to determine...
§ 4-801	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-802	The provisions of this subtitle apply only to the species of crab...
§ 4-802.1	Any crabs caught in the waters of Worcester County shall be landed...
§ 4-803	The Department may adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the...
§ 4-804	Any person who owns or is in charge of operating a vessel utilized...
§ 4-807	Any person desiring to engage in the business of picking, canning,...
§ 4-809	Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person...
§ 4-810	The Department may adopt rules and regulations, after reasonable...
§ 4-812	A person may set crab pots in the waters of Tangier Sound, including...
§ 4-814	Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person authorized...
§ 4-815	In St. Mary’s County, a person may not harvest crabs with a bank...
§ 4-816	The Department may adopt regulations to limit or prohibit the importation,...
§ 4-901	The Department may adopt rules and regulations to:
§ 4-902	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:
§ 4-903	The Department shall adopt regulations governing the conservation...
§ 4-906	A person may not catch conch for commercial purposes unless the...
§ 4-1001	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-1002	Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may...
§ 4-1003	Any resident of the State may catch oysters or clams on any area...
§ 4-1004	A person may not catch oysters or clams for commercial purposes...
§ 4-1005	Subject to restrictions promulgated pursuant to this subtitle, a...
§ 4-1006	A person may not catch oysters or clams within 400 yards of the...
§ 4-1006.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-1006.2	The Department annually shall publish maps and coordinates of oyster...
§ 4-1007	The Department may designate by rule or regulation certain areas...
§ 4-1008	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-1008.1	The Department may prolong by not more than two weeks the season...
§ 4-1009	During the closed season for taking oysters, a person may take seed...
§ 4-1009.1	The Department may adopt regulations which designate an area as...
§ 4-1010	A person may not have patent tong heads on board a boat when shaft...
§ 4-1011	A person may not use patent tongs to catch oysters in any of the...
§ 4-1012	A person may not catch oysters by dredge in the Atlantic Coastal...
§ 4-1013	Any person who owns or is in charge of operating any dredge boat...
§ 4-1014	This section applies only to the waters of the State that lie contiguous...
§ 4-1014.1	This section applies only to the waters of the State that lie contiguous...
§ 4-1014.2	This section applies only to the waters of the State that lie contiguous...
§ 4-1014.3	This section applies only to the waters of the State that lie contiguous...
§ 4-1015	A person who catches oysters from the waters of the State with any...
§ 4-1015.1	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle or regulation...
§ 4-1017	Unless a license first is obtained from the Department, a person...
§ 4-1018	Every oyster in the shell and every oyster shell sold in the State...
§ 4-1019	Any person buying or selling oyster shells shall report to the Department,...
§ 4-1019.1	The Department shall initiate the development of a program for enactment...
§ 4-1019.2	This section does not apply to:
§ 4-1020	A separate permit shall be obtained for shipping each cargo, truckload,...
§ 4-1021	The Department may adopt rules and regulations governing the type,...
§ 4-1021.1	A person may not catch hard–shell clams by hydraulic clam dredge...
§ 4-1021.2	The Department may adopt regulations governing the use of patent...
§ 4-1022	A person may not catch hard-shell clams in the waters of the State...
§ 4-1023	Notwithstanding the provisions of this subtitle, the Department...
§ 4-1024	Any person desiring to catch hard-shell clams by rake in the waters...
§ 4-1027	A person shall obtain a license before engaging in the business...
§ 4-1028	Every hard-shell clam dealer shall pay a special tax of 25 cents...
§ 4-1029	Any money received by the Department for licenses, fees, or taxes...
§ 4-1030	Any hard-shell clams caught in the waters of the State shall be...
§ 4-1031	In this section, "transverse dimension" means the measurement across...
§ 4-1032	Advisory committees shall be formed in each county where soft-shell...
§ 4-1033	The Department shall adopt rules and regulations assuring that a...
§ 4-1035	A severance tax of 50 cents per bushel shall be levied on all soft-shell...
§ 4-1036	A person may sell soft-shell clams of the species Mya arenaria caught...
§ 4-1037	A person may not catch or attempt to catch soft–shell clams with...
§ 4-1038	Except as provided in § 4–1039 of this subtitle, a person may not...
§ 4-1039	The Department may open or close any area in which the catching...
§ 4-1040	A clam dredge in or crossing a restricted area shall have the dredge’s...
§ 4-1041	A person in charge of any boat or vessel rigged for catching surf...
§ 4-1043	The Department may establish size limits and open and close areas...
§ 4-1101	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-1103	The Department shall take measures which in its judgment seem best...
§ 4-1103.1	The Department shall enter into an agreement with the Potomac River...
§ 4-1105	A person may not catch oysters on any area closed or reserved for...
§ 4-1106	The Department may transplant oysters, shells, or other cultch from...
§ 4-1107	The Department may cooperate with any county or political subdivision...
§ 4-1118.1	Except for normal harvesting activities, the dredging and transplanting...
§ 4-11A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 4-11A-02	The Department shall promulgate by regulation requirements that...
§ 4-11A-04	In consultation with the Oyster Advisory Commission, the Department...
§ 4-11A-05	This section applies to leasing in an Aquaculture Enterprise Zone...
§ 4-11A-06	This section applies to a submerged land lease in the Chesapeake...
§ 4-11A-07	This section applies to a submerged land lease in the waters of...
§ 4-11A-08	A person who wishes to obtain an aquaculture or submerged land lease...
§ 4-11A-09	A leaseholder shall:
§ 4-11A-10	This section applies to demonstration leases.
§ 4-11A-11	The Department shall maintain a record of leases issued under this...
§ 4-11A-12	Except as provided in § 4–1008 of this title, a leaseholder may...
§ 4-11A-13	Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a leaseholder...
§ 4-11A-14	To enable private planters more effectively to compete for seed...
§ 4-11A-15	A person, other than the leaseholder, may not willfully and without...
§ 4-11A-16	An owner or other lawful occupant shall have exclusive right to...
§ 4-11A-17	The Department shall establish 3 separate areas of 10 acres of submerged...
§ 4-11A-18	Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Department...
§ 4-11A-20	The Department may issue a permit authorizing a person to establish...
§ 4-11A-21	A person may apply in writing to the Department for a permit to...
§ 4-11A-22	If a person who owns, controls, or erects an artificial pond on...
§ 4-1201	Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, a person...
§ 4-1202	If any fine is imposed by the District Court for a violation of...
§ 4-1203	If any Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer...
§ 4-1204	If a Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer...
§ 4-1205	A Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer,...
§ 4-1206	A Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer,...
§ 4-1207	In addition to any other penalty or fine provided in this title,...
§ 4-1208	In this section, "violation" means a violation of:
§ 4-1209	Upon the failure of any person to appear in a court of this State...
§ 5-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-102	The General Assembly finds that:
§ 5-102.1	In this section, the term "forestry" includes activities prescribed...
§ 5-103	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-104	The Department shall cooperate with forestry–related stakeholder...
§ 5-201	The Department shall promote, administer, and manage every State-owned...
§ 5-202	There is a Forest and Park Service in the Department.
§ 5-204	There is a Sustainable Forestry Council in the Department.
§ 5-206	The Secretary may commission any person to act as a forest or park...
§ 5-207	The Department may purchase and manage lands in the name of the...
§ 5-208	The Department may condemn land, earth, gravel, stone, timber, material,...
§ 5-209	The Department may make rules and regulations for the maintenance...
§ 5-210	The Secretary, upon request, shall assist other State units, counties,...
§ 5-211	The Department shall prepare, print, and distribute on request,...
§ 5-212	In this section, "Fund" means the Forest or Park Reserve Fund.
§ 5-212.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-213	An item lost or abandoned within a State forest, park, or wildlife...
§ 5-214	The Department shall develop a system for long-range renewable forest...
§ 5-215	In this section, "Fund" means the Deep Creek Lake Recreation Maintenance...
§ 5-215.1	The General Assembly declares that:
§ 5-216	There is a Deep Creek Lake Policy and Review Board.
§ 5-217	A person may not dispose of raw sludge sewage on State park land...
§ 5-218	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated:
§ 5-219	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-302	The General Assembly declares that it is in the general public interest...
§ 5-303	The Department shall develop and implement a Woodland Incentives...
§ 5-304	An applicant for cost-share assistance shall:
§ 5-305	An approved applicant may receive cost-share assistance in the amount...
§ 5-306	An eligible landowner who receives cost-share assistance under this...
§ 5-307	In this section, "Fund" means the Woodland Incentives Fund.
§ 5-401	In this subtitle, roadside tree means any tree or shrub growing...
§ 5-402	The Department may plant trees along the roadsides, make rules and...
§ 5-403	If the governing body or the road supervisors of any county of the...
§ 5-404	Forest wardens and other persons having police powers in the State,...
§ 5-405	For his services in making examinations, as provided in § 5-403(a)...
§ 5-406	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person...
§ 5-407	The State Highway Administration may grant to any person the right...
§ 5-408	Any trees grown in State nurseries, not required for roadside planting,...
§ 5-409	Any person, his aiders, abettors, and counsellors, who willfully,...
§ 5-410	The Department may acquire land out of money standing to the credit...
§ 5-411	A county may levy and appropriate money for purposes of tree planting,...
§ 5-412	Any person who drives or operates a truck, trailer, or other vehicle...
§ 5-413	If any owner or custodian of land from which any trees, shrubs,...
§ 5-414	Any uniformed forest officer, or any law enforcement officer may...
§ 5-415	In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-416	The Department may examine applicants for licensing as tree experts...
§ 5-417	A person may not engage in the work or business of a tree expert...
§ 5-418	The Department may examine an applicant for license as a tree expert...
§ 5-419	An applicant shall pay to the Department at the time of making application,...
§ 5-420	The Department shall prepare and conduct examinations as often as...
§ 5-421	The Department may permanently revoke or temporarily suspend the...
§ 5-422	The Department may issue and grant a license to or otherwise authorize...
§ 5-423	A person may not: (1) solicit, advertise, or represent the person...
§ 5-424	Urban and community forestry means the management of forests and...
§ 5-425	The General Assembly finds and declares that forests and trees are...
§ 5-426	The Department shall establish and administer an urban and community...
§ 5-427	The governing body of a county or municipal corporation, by appropriate...
§ 5-428	The General Assembly finds and declares that:
§ 5-429	The Department shall establish a Green Shores Program to promote...
§ 5-430	In order to implement the Green Shores Program, the Department may:
§ 5-501	In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-502	The General Assembly declares that the maintenance and reproduction...
§ 5-503	The Department may adopt rules and regulations to administer the...
§ 5-504	Except as otherwise provided by this section, upon completion of...
§ 5-505	A cutting operation may not commence unless seed trees have been...
§ 5-506	A person may not cut or permit to be cut any pine tree or seedling...
§ 5-507	This subtitle does not apply to the cutting of timber for reservoirs,...
§ 5-508	On application of the Department, acting through the Attorney General,...
§ 5-509	The provisions of Subtitle 13 do not apply to this subtitle.
§ 5-601	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-602	Forests, timberlands, woodlands, and soil resources of the State...
§ 5-603	The Department shall administer forest conservation practices on...
§ 5-604	The Department may promulgate rules and regulations to administer...
§ 5-605	The Department shall divide the State into convenient districts,...
§ 5-606	The district forestry board shall:
§ 5-607	The forester shall:
§ 5-608	Any person engaged in a forest products business shall have a license...
§ 5-609	The Department may accept for the State any appropriation of money...
§ 5-610	This subtitle does not apply to clearing woodlands for reservoirs,...
§ 5-701	A forest or park warden shall enforce every forest and park law,...
§ 5-702	Expenses incurred in fighting or extinguishing any fire under the...
§ 5-703	The Secretary shall furnish notices, printed in large letters, calling...
§ 5-704	Any individual or corporation that willfully, maliciously, or with...
§ 5-705	Any person who causes any fire by violating § 5-704(a) or (b) or...
§ 5-706	The State’s Attorneys of the several counties shall prosecute any...
§ 5-707	Between October 1 and April 15, every person who operates a railroad...
§ 5-708	The Department and its authorized agents may enter at their risk,...
§ 5-709	Every landowner shall clear the safety strips in accordance with...
§ 5-710	Any person owning property within 100 feet of the tracks of any...
§ 5-711	Every engine or boiler, operated in, through, or near forest or...
§ 5-712	Compliance with the provisions of Part II of this subtitle is not...
§ 5-713	Any act or part of an act inconsistent with the provisions of this...
§ 5-714	Any person who violates any provision of § 5-707, § 5-709, or §...
§ 5-720	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-801	The Governor, on behalf of the State, may execute a compact in substantially...
§ 5-901	In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-902	The General Assembly declares that there is need for a program to...
§ 5-903	Of the funds distributed to Program Open Space under § 13–209 of...
§ 5-903.1	In this section, "Fund" means the Program Open Space Contingency...
§ 5-904	Each year the Department, in consultation with the Department of...
§ 5-905	On or before May 1 of each year, the Department shall notify each...
§ 5-906	Each local project shall conform to a comprehensive plan the local...
§ 5-907	No land may be acquired for any State park in excess of the number...
§ 5-908	In this section, "Fund" means the Fair Hill Improvement Fund.
§ 5-908.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-909	In this section, "Fund" means the Natural Resources Property Maintenance...
§ 5-910	The State may not acquire a tract of land in Allegany County of...
§ 5-9A-01	The General Assembly declares that:
§ 5-9A-02	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-9A-03	There is a Rural Legacy Board established in the Department of Natural...
§ 5-9A-04	The Board has and may exercise all powers necessary to carry out...
§ 5-9A-05	A sponsor may file an application to designate a Rural Legacy Area...
§ 5-9A-06	The Board may designate a Rural Legacy Area and accept a Rural Legacy...
§ 5-9A-07	The Board and the sponsor of a designated Rural Legacy Area shall...
§ 5-9A-08	There is an Advisory Committee to the Board in the Department of...
§ 5-9A-09	The Governor shall include in the annual capital budget an amount...
§ 5-9B-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-9B-02	The General Assembly declares that:
§ 5-9B-03	The sponsor shall submit applications to appropriate State and local...
§ 5-9B-04	A sponsor that applies for funding to implement a local land preservation...
§ 5-9B-05	A sponsor may submit funding requests for acquisition of property...
§ 5-9B-06	The Department of Natural Resources shall:
§ 5-9C-01	In this subtitle, "Program" means the Community Parks and Playgrounds...
§ 5-9C-02	The General Assembly declares that:
§ 5-9C-03	The Program may be funded:
§ 5-1001	The Department having acquired the land, rights-of-way, and easements...
§ 5-1002	Gathland State Park, in Frederick and Washington counties, shall...
§ 5-1003	The lands between the mud flats at Brooklyn and the Liberty Reservoir...
§ 5-1004	The lands between Viers Mill Road and Georgia Avenue described in...
§ 5-1005	The 1,310 acres of land in Baltimore County delineated on maps filed...
§ 5-1006	The tract of land in Washington County on which is situated Old...
§ 5-1007	The Department may accept the use of land to be used for auxiliary...
§ 5-1008	Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, youth groups...
§ 5-1009	A person 62 years old or older who possesses a Maryland Golden Age...
§ 5-1010	The General Assembly finds that:
§ 5-1101	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-1102	The purpose of this subtitle is to encourage any owner of land to...
§ 5-1103	Except as specifically recognized by or provided in § 5-1106 of...
§ 5-1104	Except as specifically recognized by or provided in § 5-1106 of...
§ 5-1105	Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of §§ 5-1103...
§ 5-1105.1	The provisions of §§ 5-1103 and 5-1104 of this subtitle are:
§ 5-1106	The provisions of this subtitle do not limit in any way any liability...
§ 5-1107	Whenever the owner desires, he may post in conspicuous places notices...
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§ 5-1109	If a landowner in Garrett County agrees to the use of a defined...
§ 5-1201	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-1202	Acquisition of interests or rights in real property for preservation...
§ 5-1202.1	For purposes of this subtitle, the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain...
§ 5-1202.2	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-1203	In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by...
§ 5-1204	Notwithstanding inclusion of an area in the State wildlands preservation...
§ 5-1205	The Secretary may review, as to its suitability for preservation...
§ 5-1206	Within ten years after July 1, 1971, the Secretary shall review...
§ 5-1208	Prior to submitting any recommendations to the Governor with respect...
§ 5-1209	Any modification or adjustment of the boundaries of any State wildlands...
§ 5-1210	The purposes of Part II of this subtitle are supplemental to the...
§ 5-1211	Except as otherwise provided in this part, each unit administering...
§ 5-1212	Except as provided in Part II of this subtitle, and subject to existing...
§ 5-1212.1	Any area which was open to hunting, fishing, or trapping prior to...
§ 5-1213	Within wildland areas designated by Part II of this subtitle, the...
§ 5-1213.1	In addition to any measures taken under § 5-1213 of this subtitle,...
§ 5-1214	Within State wildland areas designated under Part II of this subtitle,...
§ 5-1215	If privately owned land is surrounded completely by areas designated...
§ 5-1216	Subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature, the Secretary...
§ 5-1217	The Department may accept any gift of land or wetlands to the State,...
§ 5-1218	Property may not be acquired under Part II of this subtitle without...
§ 5-1220	The Nature Conservancy may submit to the Department a proposal outlining...
§ 5-1221	Within three months after receipt of the proposal, the Secretary...
§ 5-1222	Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4-411 through 4-414 of the...
§ 5-1301	Any person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of...
§ 5-1302	If any fine is imposed by the District Court for a violation of...
§ 5-1401	In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-1402	A person may not, without express, prior, written permission of...
§ 5-1403	A person may not sell or offer for sale any speleothems in this...
§ 5-1404	A person may not remove, disfigure, kill, harm, disturb, keep, restrain,...
§ 5-1405	A person may not excavate, remove, destroy, injure, deface, or in...
§ 5-1406	An owner of a cave or the owner’s authorized agents acting within...
§ 5-1501	There is a Heritage Conservation Fund in the Department.
§ 5-1502	The purposes of the Heritage Conservation Fund are for the State...
§ 5-1503	The Department may acquire a conservation easement or a fee simple...
§ 5-1504	The Department shall manage land or interests in land acquired under...
§ 5-1505	Appropriations for the Heritage Conservation Fund may be provided...
§ 5-1506	The Board of Public Works shall approve each acquisition of a conservation...
§ 5-1601	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 5-1602	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle...
§ 5-1603	A unit of local government having planning and zoning authority...
§ 5-1604	Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) and (3) of this section,...
§ 5-1605	Upon receipt of notice that the forest stand delineation is complete...
§ 5-1606	For the following land use categories, tracts having less than 20%...
§ 5-1607	The preferred sequence for afforestation and reforestation shall...
§ 5-1608	The review of the forest conservation plan shall be concurrent with...
§ 5-1609	By December 31, 1991, the Department, after consulting with local...
§ 5-1610	In this section, "Fund" means the Forest Conservation Fund.
§ 5-1610.1	The Department shall develop standards and adopt regulations for...
§ 5-1611	In the preparation of the State or local forest conservation programs,...
§ 5-1612	The enforcement provisions in this section and § 5–1608 of this...
§ 5-1613	On or before July 1 of each year, the Department shall submit, subject...
§ 5-1701	The Board of Public Works shall adopt regulations establishing procedures...
§ 5-1702	Before the Board of Public Works may solicit bids for or award any...
§ 5-1703	Any person who drills for oil or gas on the lands or in the waters...
§ 5-1801	The General Assembly finds that:
§ 8-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-201	There is a Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Zone Advisory Commission in...
§ 8-202	The Department shall be responsible for planning, development, management,...
§ 8-203	The Secretary shall take every necessary step to enact appropriate...
§ 8-204	The Department is the unit of State government that coordinates...
§ 8-2A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-2A-02	There is a Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund.
§ 8-2A-03	There is a BayStat Program to:
§ 8-2A-04	The BayStat Program shall direct the administration of the Trust...
§ 8-301	Section 101. The Chesapeake Bay Commission, hereinafter designated...
§ 8-401	Many of the rivers of Maryland or portions of them and their related...
§ 8-402	There is a Scenic and Wild Rivers Program. The following rivers,...
§ 8-403	There is a Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board. The Board consists...
§ 8-404	The Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board may recommend for inclusion...
§ 8-405	Before specific plans for use and development of water and related...
§ 8-406	A dam or other structure impeding the natural flow of a scenic and...
§ 8-407	Every State unit shall recognize the intent of the Scenic and Wild...
§ 8-408	That segment of the Youghiogheny River between Millers Run and the...
§ 8-409	In this section, "development" means any structure, appurtenance,...
§ 8-410	If the prohibitions of § 8–408 of this subtitle or of any regulation...
§ 8-411	Notwithstanding the regulatory authorities that are provided by...
§ 8-4A-01	The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a Compact...
§ 8-701	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-702	It is the intent of this subtitle to foster the development, use,...
§ 8-703	The Department shall administer the provisions of this subtitle....
§ 8-703.1	The Department shall develop and implement by August 1, 1987 an...
§ 8-703.2	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Department...
§ 8-704	The Department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the...
§ 8-704.1	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, upon written...
§ 8-705	A governing body may establish and designate areas of land or water...
§ 8-706	The Department shall carry out the administrative duties concerning...
§ 8-707	There is a Waterway Improvement Fund for the purposes specified...
§ 8-708	Except as provided in § 8–708.1 of this subtitle, projects for dredging...
§ 8-708.1	Projects for dredging channels adjacent to federal, State, county...
§ 8-709	The Department shall include in its annual budget request an itemized...
§ 8-709.1	This section applies to any public or private marina that is located...
§ 8-710	A manufacturer or dealer may not conduct his business in the State...
§ 8-710.1	Prior to the issuance of a boat dealer’s or manufacturer’s license,...
§ 8-710.2	The Department may design temporary certificates of boat number...
§ 8-710.3	A licensed boat dealer shall collect the excise tax on all sales...
§ 8-711	Every vessel whose construction is begun after October 31, 1972...
§ 8-712	Any vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any type on the...
§ 8-712.1	An owner of a vessel that has a valid document issued by the United...
§ 8-712.2	Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection,...
§ 8-712.3	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-713	A person may not operate or give permission to operate any vessel...
§ 8-713.1	This section does not supersede § 4-1013(a) and (b) of this article,...
§ 8-714	If a licensed dealer or manufacturer owns a vessel mainly used in...
§ 8-715	Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any owner...
§ 8-716	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-716.1	The dealer shall collect the excise tax for the Department. For...
§ 8-716.2	For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this subtitle, the...
§ 8-717	If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed,...
§ 8-718	In this subtitle, "certificate of origin" means a certification...
§ 8-719	Every dealer shall maintain for 3 years a record of any vessel the...
§ 8-720	If ownership of a vessel is transferred by operation of law, such...
§ 8-721	In this section, "abandoned vessel" means any vessel that:
§ 8-721.1	The owner or operator of a marina or the owner’s or operator’s agent...
§ 8-722	This section applies only to abandoned vessels as defined in § 8-721...
§ 8-723	In this section, "Fund" means the State Boat Act Fund.
§ 8-724	The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other...
§ 8-724.1	A person may not:
§ 8-725	This section does not apply to:
§ 8-725.1	A person may not abandon, as defined in § 8-721 of this subtitle,...
§ 8-725.2	The Department shall:
§ 8-725.3	A person may not operate any vessel on the Severn River from April...
§ 8-725.4	The provisions of this section do not apply to persons who regularly...
§ 8-725.5	A person may not operate a vessel on Seneca Creek in Montgomery...
§ 8-725.6	A person may not operate a vessel on the Monocacy River between...
§ 8-726	A person may not throw, dump, deposit, or cause to be thrown, dumped,...
§ 8-726.1	This section does not:
§ 8-727	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-727.1	In this section, "public safety activity" includes:
§ 8-728	Sections 8–729 through 8–736 of this subtitle do not apply to or...
§ 8-729	Unless excepted by § 8-728 of this subtitle, a security interest...
§ 8-730	The provisions of this section apply if an owner creates a security...
§ 8-731	A secured party may assign, absolutely or otherwise, all or part...
§ 8-732	Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vessel, the secured...
§ 8-733	The Department shall adopt the necessary regulations to implement...
§ 8-734	A secured party named in a certificate of title, on written request...
§ 8-735	The method provided in §§ 8-729 through 8-736 of this subtitle of...
§ 8-736	The Department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications,...
§ 8-737	A person may obtain a historical watercraft identification plaque...
§ 8-738	A person may not operate or attempt to operate a vessel while the...
§ 8-738.1	A person may not:
§ 8-739	Any person who violates any provision of § 8-712, § 8-712.1, § 8-712.3,...
§ 8-740	If a person is convicted of 2 boating violations concerning the...
§ 8-740.1	In this section, "ship-to-shore communication device" means a:
§ 8-741	For the purposes of this section the following words have the meanings...
§ 8-742	Based on criteria including the protection of natural resources,...
§ 8-743	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-1001	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-1002	The Department shall:
§ 8-1003	The owner of any property abutting on any body of water in the State...
§ 8-1004	The operating budget of the Department may contain an appropriation...
§ 8-1004.1	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, to the extent...
§ 8-1005	There is a "Shore Erosion Control Construction Loan Fund". The Department...
§ 8-1005.1	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Department...
§ 8-1006	On receipt of certification from the Department that a shore erosion...
§ 8-1007	For purposes of § 3-104 of the Real Property Article, which pertains...
§ 8-1008	The Department, with the approval of the Board of Public Works,...
§ 8-1101	The General Assembly finds and declares that land movement and disturbance...
§ 8-1102	For the purposes of maintaining the Atlantic Coast beaches of the...
§ 8-1103	There is an Ocean Beach Replenishment Fund, consisting of moneys...
§ 8-1104	An appraiser for the Department, the trier of fact in any condemnation...
§ 8-1105.1	There is a Beach Erosion Control District, which consists of that...
§ 8-1301	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-1302	The General Assembly declares that flood prevention, conservation,...
§ 8-1303	The appropriate county governing body of Howard, Montgomery, Prince...
§ 8-1304	The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall...
§ 8-1305	The appropriate county governing body of each county named in §...
§ 8-1306	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1307	For the purpose of carrying out any recommendation of the Watershed...
§ 8-1308	To finance or assist in financing acquisition of land or other property...
§ 8-1309	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1310	The county or its duly designated agency shall hold land acquired...
§ 8-1311	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1312	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency,...
§ 8-1313	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1314	To acquire land and other property shown or recommended on the Watershed...
§ 8-1315	The Department shall cooperate with the appropriate county governing...
§ 8-1316	The Secretary may enter into agreements with any respective county...
§ 8-1317	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1318	The appropriate county governing body or its duly designated agency...
§ 8-1319	The provisions of this subtitle may not limit or restrict the State...
§ 8-1801	The General Assembly finds and declares that:
§ 8-1802	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-1803	There is a Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic...
§ 8-1804	The Commission consists of 29 voting members who are appointed by...
§ 8-1805	The Commission shall have the staff provided for in the State budget.
§ 8-1806	The Commission has all powers necessary for carrying out the purposes...
§ 8-1807	The initial planning area for determination of the Chesapeake Bay...
§ 8-1808	It is the intent of this subtitle that each local jurisdiction shall...
§ 8-1808.1	This section is intended to establish conditions for development...
§ 8-1808.2	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 8-1808.3	This section applies notwithstanding:
§ 8-1808.4	This section does not apply to any project involving the construction...
§ 8-1808.5	In this section, "community pier" means a boat docking facility...
§ 8-1808.6	This section applies notwithstanding:
§ 8-1808.7	Commercial harvesting of trees by selection, or by the clear-cutting...
§ 8-1808.8	Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, each local...
§ 8-1808.9	The provisions of this section apply to a local jurisdiction that...
§ 8-1808.10	This section applies to an application for subdivision or site plan...
§ 8-1808.11	Other than in areas designated by the Department of the Environment...
§ 8-1809	Within 45 days after the criteria adopted by the Commission under...
§ 8-1810	If a local jurisdiction fails to notify the Commission that the...
§ 8-1811	From the effective date of a program approved or adopted by the...
§ 8-1812	After the Commission has approved or adopted a program, the chairman...
§ 8-1813	From June 1, 1984 with regard to any subdivision plat approval or...
§ 8-1813.1	Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section,...
§ 8-1814	After 760 days have elapsed from the date upon which criteria adopted...
§ 8-1815	(i)Except as otherwise authorized in a local jurisdiction, in accordance...
§ 8-1815.1	The provisions of this section are in addition to any other sanction,...
§ 8-1816	In consultation with State and local agencies involved in planning,...
§ 8-1817	By January 1, 1994, the Commission shall adopt criteria that assure...
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§ 10-101	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-202	The Secretary is responsible for conservation and management of...
§ 10-202.1	The Secretary shall develop, adopt, and implement a comprehensive...
§ 10-203	Every right, power, duty, obligation, and function previously conferred...
§ 10-204	There is a Wildlife Advisory Commission in the Department.
§ 10-205	Having a due regard for the distribution, abundance, economic value,...
§ 10-206	The Department may reduce the wildlife population in any county,...
§ 10-207	The Department may not pay bounties for any wildlife.
§ 10-208	The State assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled...
§ 10-209	In this section, "Fund" means the State Wildlife Management and...
§ 10-210	In the planning of sampling methods and the compilation of estimates...
§ 10-211	The Department shall establish a program to control the population...
§ 10-212	The General Assembly finds and declares that:
§ 10-2A-01	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-2A-02	The General Assembly finds that:
§ 10-2A-03	The Secretary shall conduct investigations of nongame wildlife in...
§ 10-2A-04	Any species of wildlife or plant determined to be endangered species...
§ 10-2A-05	Except with respect to species of wildlife or plants determined...
§ 10-2A-05.1	The Secretary may issue a permit to an applicant that authorizes...
§ 10-2A-05.2	The Secretary may issue a permit to an applicant that authorizes...
§ 10-2A-06	The Secretary shall establish programs, including acquisition of...
§ 10-2A-06.1	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-2A-07	Any person who violates the provisions of § 10-2A-05 of this subtitle,...
§ 10-2A-08	The provisions of this subtitle do not prohibit:
§ 10-2A-09	The subtitle may be cited as the Nongame and Endangered Species...
§ 10-301	In this section, "child" includes:
§ 10-301.1	(i)On or after July 1, 1977 a person under 18 years of age may not...
§ 10-301.2	There is a patron’s hunting license.
§ 10-302	Any person engaged in a retail business who desires to sell the...
§ 10-303	The Department annually may issue a complimentary hunter’s license...
§ 10-304	Any money the Department receives for hunter’s licenses shall be...
§ 10-305	If any person loses the person’s hunter’s license, the person may...
§ 10-306	A person shall have in the person’s possession the person’s hunter’s...
§ 10-307	The Department may issue a special permit to a disabled person who...
§ 10-308	The Department shall use $1 from the sale of each resident regular...
§ 10-308.1	In addition to any other requirement, a person hunting migratory...
§ 10-308.2	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a nonresident may hunt...
§ 10-309	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-310	A person may not obtain a hunter’s license issued pursuant to the...
§ 10-311	If any person, convicted of violating § 10-306 of this subtitle...
§ 10-312	A Natural Resources police officer or law enforcement officer shall...
§ 10-313	For the purpose of managing wildlife the Secretary may issue a permit...
§ 10-401	Except for unprotected birds and game birds hunted during open season,...
§ 10-402	A person may not take or destroy or attempt to take or destroy the...
§ 10-403	A person may not hunt, purchase, sell, barter, exchange, or attempt...
§ 10-404	In this section, "officially inspected" means venison inspected...
§ 10-405	Pursuant to § 10-205 of this title, the Department shall establish...
§ 10-406	Except during the hunting and trapping season or as allowed under...
§ 10-407	Before establishing the open season for ducks, except sea ducks,...
§ 10-408	The Department shall prescribe by regulation the means or weapons...
§ 10-408.1
§ 10-409	Pursuant to § 10-205 of this title, the Department shall establish...
§ 10-410	Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection,...
§ 10-411	A person may not upon any pretense come to hunt on the lands owned...
§ 10-412	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-413	An owner of a dog may run or train the owner’s dog on woodcock,...
§ 10-414	A person may not possess any live raccoon or opossum unless the...
§ 10-415	There are the following 3 seasons to hunt deer:
§ 10-416	A person may not hunt deer in the State with any automatic firearm....
§ 10-417	A person may not export from the State any game bird or mammal,...
§ 10-418	This section does not apply to any person who:
§ 10-419	It is unlawful to import into the State for commercial purposes,...
§ 10-420	The Department shall establish a separate season for hunting deer...
§ 10-420.1	Notwithstanding any hunting law or regulation to the contrary, a...
§ 10-421	On the first day of the firearms season for hunting deer, a person...
§ 10-422	If the Department determines that a significant interference or...
§ 10-423	Any penalty imposed under this section does not apply to an individual...
§ 10-423.1	The General Assembly finds that it is in the public interest to...
§ 10-424	While engaged in hunting or pursuing any wildlife, a person may...
§ 10-424.1	In addition to any other penalty provided in this title, the Department...
§ 10-425	A person may not conduct a waterfowl processing operation unless...
§ 10-426	A person may not shoot at or kill a bird or animal in the State...
§ 10-501	In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-502	Any nonresident of the State who desires to trap furbearers, except...
§ 10-503	A nonresident of the State may not hunt or trap or attempt to hunt...
§ 10-504	A person may not hunt any muskrat, beaver, or otter in any manner...
§ 10-505	A person may not possess, buy, sell, transport, or ship out of the...
§ 10-506	Subject to the exceptions of subsection (f) of this section, any...
§ 10-507	Each fur dealer shall keep a ledger on a form provided by the Department...
§ 10-508	A fur dealer shall carry the license on the dealer’s person and...
§ 10-509	A person knowingly may not ship, transport, or carry by any means...
§ 10-510	A person may not willfully or wantonly remove, mutilate, or destroy...
§ 10-511	A common carrier or the carrier’s agent knowingly may not receive...
§ 10-512	Any person desiring to commercially practice the art of taxidermy...
§ 10-513	In addition to any other penalty provided by the provisions of this...
§ 10-601	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-601.1	The Secretary may adopt regulations to implement the provisions...
§ 10-602	Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, "nighttime"...
§ 10-603	Except while lawfully hunting under the requirements of this subtitle,...
§ 10-604	A person may hunt wild waterfowl while standing in water on the...
§ 10-605	A person may hunt wild waterfowl from a boat that is drifting or...
§ 10-606	A person may hunt wild waterfowl from a boat that is anchored only...
§ 10-607	Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section...
§ 10-608	A Maryland resident who possesses a current year or prior year hunting...
§ 10-609	Offshore stationary blinds and offshore blind sites shall be at...
§ 10-610	In order to provide greater public access and use of wild waterfowl...
§ 10-611	Any person hunting wild waterfowl from a stationary blind or blind...
§ 10-612	The Department shall inspect a licensed blind site to determine...
§ 10-613	If a licensee erects a stationary blind or blind site or sets a...
§ 10-614	Offshore stationary blinds or blind sites may not be erected, maintained,...
§ 10-615	A person may not enter, use, or occupy another person’s licensed...
§ 10-701	A club or association may not hold a field trial with dogs in the...
§ 10-702	Any club or association holding a field trial during closed hunting...
§ 10-703	Dogs brought into the State to participate in field trials and which...
§ 10-801	The Department may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or...
§ 10-802	The title to any land or water acquired by purchase, gift, or condemnation...
§ 10-803	If the Department considers it in the State’s best interests and...
§ 10-804	An acquired area of land or water may be used to create and maintain...
§ 10-805	The Department, in order to protect and propagate wildlife, may...
§ 10-806	If a person who owns or controls any suitable area of land or water...
§ 10-807	A person may not enter in any manner on any State wildlife refuge...
§ 10-808	The Department may adopt and post rules and regulations for the...
§ 10-901	The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public...
§ 10-902	Any person desiring to possess, import, export, breed, raise, protect,...
§ 10-903	The Secretary may adopt regulations prohibiting or restricting the...
§ 10-904	The Secretary shall coordinate with federal and local governments...
§ 10-905	On payment of a reasonable fee, the Secretary may issue a game husbandry...
§ 10-906	Any person desiring to establish and operate a regulated shooting...
§ 10-907	Any person desiring to take alive, possess, train, fly, and hunt...
§ 10-908	Any properly accredited person desiring to assist the Department...
§ 10-909	Any properly accredited person of known scientific attainment desiring...
§ 10-910	There is a Captive Wildlife Advisory Committee. It shall be composed...
§ 10-911	In addition to any other penalty provided by the provisions of this...
§ 10-1001	In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 10-1002	In order to aid the relief of crop depredations and to provide further...
§ 10-1003	Each application for a license to feed waterfowl shall be submitted...
§ 10-1004	If, in the opinion of the Department, shooting blinds or stands,...
§ 10-1005	A licensee may not establish a feeding zone within 400 yards of...
§ 10-1006	Licensed areas, not including any houses or other closed-in structures,...
§ 10-1007	This subtitle is not applicable to any agency of the United States,...
§ 10-1008	Any person may feed wild waterfowl at any time under the authority...
§ 10-1009	The provisions of this subtitle shall apply in addition to any federal...
§ 10-1101	For the purpose of this title, each game bird or mammal taken illegally,...
§ 10-1102	If any fine is imposed by the District Court for a violation of...
§ 10-1103	If any Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer...
§ 10-1104	If a Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer...
§ 10-1105	A Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer,...
§ 10-1106	A Natural Resources police officer or any law enforcement officer,...
§ 10-1107	If a person is convicted of violating any provision of this title...
§ 10-1108	In addition to any other penalty, a court may suspend the hunting...
§ 10-1201	The General Assembly hereby approves and the Governor is authorized...
§ 10-1202	When the Governor has executed the Compact under this subtitle,...
§ 10-1203	The Compact Administrator representing this State, as provided in...

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