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SENATE BILL 1118
M2 4lr3476
By: Senator Guzzone
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Natural Resources – Fish and Fisheries – Reporting Requirements 2
FOR the purpose of requiring certain persons licensed or regulated by the Department of 3
Natural Resources to submit reports in accordance with regulations adopted by the 4
Secretary of Natural Resources; and generally relating to fish and fisheries reporting 5
requirements. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – Natural Resources 8
Section 4–206 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Natural Resources 14
4–206. 15
(a) (1) The Department shall audit the books of any person who packs or deals 16
in fish resources within the jurisdiction of the Department including anyone who catches 17
and ships directly to market. 18
(2) The Department audit shall be conducted to determine the quantity of 19
resources caught and any other data needed for reporting and accounting to State officials. 20
(b) (1) Every person engaged in the business of packing or dealing in any fish 21
resource within the Department’s jurisdiction shall keep accurate books, statements, and 22
accounts showing every detail of the business. 23 2 SENATE BILL 1118
(2) Every book, statement, and account shall be open for the Department 1
to inspect at reasonable hours. 2
(3) Every person engaged in the business of packing or dealing in any fish 3
resource within the Department’s jurisdiction shall [make] SUBMIT any report the 4
Department requires [on forms the Department prescribes] IN ACCORDANCE WITH 5
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY. 6
(c) Every person the Department licenses to catch the fish resource shall [make] 7
SUBMIT any report the Department requires [on forms the Department provides] IN 8
ACCORDANCE WITH REGU LATIONS ADOPTED BY T HE SECRETARY. 9
(d) (1) An officer or employee of any department or unit of the Executive 10
Branch of State government may not divulge or use in any manner information contained 11
in any report submitted pursuant to the provisions of this section that would reveal the 12
income of any person submitting the report. 13
(2) This section does not prohibit the publication of statistics classified to 14
prevent the identification of particular reports and items of them or prohibit inspection of 15
reports and records by any official or employee of the Executive Branch having a proper 16
interest in them. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2024. 19