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SENATE BILL 91
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 683
By: Senator Bailey
Requested: September 16, 2022
Introduced and read first time: January 11, 2023
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 21, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Natural Resources – Apprentice Hunting License – Alterations 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue an apprentice 3
hunting license to a person under a certain age who has previously been issued an 4
apprentice hunting license under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the 5
apprentice hunting license. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Natural Resources 8
Section 10–301(d) through (f) and (i) through (k) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2012 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Natural Resources 13
Section 10–301(g) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2012 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Natural Resources 19
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10–301. 1
(d) A person who wishes to obtain a hunting license shall complete and submit an 2
application to the Department or to any person designated by the Department to issue a 3
hunting license. 4
(e) An applicant for a license issued under this section shall provide all the 5
information required by the Department, including the last four digits of the applicant’s 6
Social Security number, if the applicant has a Social Security number. 7
(f) Before a hunting license may be issued the applicant for the license shall 8
acknowledge, as a component of the application, that a hunting license does not of itself 9
permit an individual to hunt on private property. 10
(g) (1) (I) There shall be the following types of hunting licenses in the 11
State[:]. 12
[(i)] (II) 1. [A] THERE IS A resident hunting license that 13
enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals during any appropriate 14
season in Maryland without the purchase of additional stamps, unless the purchaser is 15
hunting migratory game birds or deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season. 16
2. To hunt migratory game birds the purchaser must also buy 17
a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and to hunt wild waterfowl the purchaser must buy 18
both a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and a federal migratory bird hunting and 19
conservation stamp. 20
3. To hunt deer during bow and arrow season and black 21
powder season the purchaser must also purchase a bow and arrow or black powder stamp. 22
[(ii)] (III) 1. [A] THERE IS A nonresident hunting license that 23
enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals during any appropriate 24
season without the purchase of additional stamps unless the purchaser is hunting migratory 25
game birds or deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season. 26
2. This license enables the purchaser to hunt migratory game 27
birds only with the purchase of a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and to hunt wild 28
waterfowl only with the purchase of both a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and a 29
federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp. 30
3. This license enables the purchaser to hunt deer during bow 31
and arrow season and black powder season only with the purchase of a nonresident bow and 32
arrow or black powder stamp. 33
[(iii)] (IV) 1. [A] THERE IS A nonresident 3–day hunting license 34
that enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals except deer and 35 SENATE BILL 91 3
turkey for the 3 consecutive legal hunting days in a single season that are specified on the 1
license by the issuing agent. 2
2. The purchaser must also purchase a Maryland migratory 3
game bird stamp to hunt migratory game birds and a federal migratory bird hunting and 4
conservation stamp to hunt wild waterfowl with this license. 5
3. Under no circumstance does this license authorize the 6
purchaser to hunt deer and turkey. 7
[(iv)] (V) 1. A. [An] THERE IS AN apprentice hunting 8
license that enables the purchaser to hunt all legal game birds and mammals in a single 9
season without the purchase of additional stamps unless the purchaser is hunting migratory 10
game birds or deer during bow and arrow season or black powder season. 11
B. This license enables the purchaser to hunt migratory game 12
birds only with the purchase of a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and to hunt wild 13
waterfowl only with the purchase of both a Maryland migratory game bird stamp and a 14
federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp. 15
C. This license enables the purchaser to hunt deer during bow 16
and arrow season and black powder season only with the purchase of a bow and arrow or 17
black powder stamp. 18
2. A. A person may obtain an apprentice hunting license 19
on satisfactory completion of a short online or electronic course of instruction in competency 20
in firearms and hunter safety approved by the Department. 21
B. A person may hunt under an apprentice hunting license 22
only if accompanied and directly supervised by another person who is at least 18 years of 23
age and possesses a valid resident nonapprentice hunting license issued under this subtitle. 24
C. A person who accompanies and directly supervises an 25
apprentice hunting licensee shall maintain close visual and verbal contact with, provide 26
adequate direction to, and be in a position to immediately assume control of the firearm of 27
the apprentice hunting licensee. 28
3. Except for a person participating in a junior hunt approved 29
by the Department, an apprentice hunting licensee who has obtained a certificate of 30
competency in firearms and hunter safety under § 10–301.1 of this subtitle may hunt 31
without supervision. 32
4. [An] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSUBPARAGRAPH 5 33
OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH , AN apprentice hunting license: 34
A. May be issued to a person only once in the person’s lifetime; 35 4 SENATE BILL 91
B. May not be renewed; and 1
C. May not be issued to a person who has previously been 2
issued any hunting license under this subtitle. 3
5. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSU BPARAGRAPH 4 OF 4
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH , THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE AN APPRENTICE HUNTIN G 5
LICENSE TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS WHO HAS PREVIO USLY BEEN 6
ISSUED AN APPRENTICE HUNTING LICENSE. 7
B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQU IRE AN APPLICANT 8
FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT APPRENTICE HUNTING L ICENSE UNDER THIS 9
SUBSUBPARAGRAPH TO REPEAT THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN CO MPETENCY IN 10
FIREARMS AND HUNTER SAFETY SPECIFIED UND ER SUBSUBPARAGRAPH 2A OF THIS 11
SUBPARAGRA PH. 12
(2) Residents may purchase a senior hunting license beginning in the 13
calendar year in which they attain the age of 65. 14
(3) A nonresident of any age must purchase either a nonresident hunting 15
license or a nonresident 3–day hunting license to hunt in the State. 16
(4) Subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, the fees for hunting licenses 17
are according to the following schedule: 18
(i) Resident, junior, under the age of 16 years ...................... $ 10.50 19
(ii) Resident, regular, at least 16 years old and under the age of 65 20
years………………………………………………………………..……………………………. $ 24.50 21
(iii) Resident, senior, at least 65 years old ................................ $ 5.00 22
(iv) Nonresident, regular, at least 16 years old ..................... $ 130.00 23
(v) Nonresident, junior, under the age of 16 years ................. $ 65.00 24
(vi) Complimentary license authorized to be issued under § 10–303 of 25
this subtitle........................................................................................................................ No fee 26
(vii) Nonresident 3–day hunting license ................................... $ 45.00 27
(viii) Resident apprentice............................................................ $ 10.00 28
(ix) Nonresident apprentice ...................................................... $ 20.00 29
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(5) The fees for individual hunting stamps are according to the following 1
schedule: 2
(i) Bow and arrow stamp ......................................................... $ 6.00 3
(ii) Nonresident bow and arrow stamp ................................... $ 25.00 4
(iii) Black powder stamp ............................................................ $ 6.00 5
(iv) Nonresident black powder stamp ...................................... $ 25.00 6
(v) Maryland migratory game bird stamp ............................... $ 9.00 7
(vi) Resident bonus antlered deer stamp ................................. $ 10.00 8
(vii) Nonresident bonus antlered deer stamp for each type of deer 9
hunting season…………… ….. ........................................................................................... $ 25 10
(6) The Department shall establish a program to provide discounted 11
hunting licenses and any associated State–issued stamps or permits to Maryland residents 12
who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award. 13
(i) A hunting license shall be valid for the period August 1 through July 31, of 14
each year. 15
(j) A hunting license may not be transferred to any other person. 16
(k) Upon issuing any hunting license, the Department shall furnish the licensee 17
with a list of the names and addresses of every general hospital in the State which offers 18
emergency medical treatment. 19
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2023. 21
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.