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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0100* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 100 | |
| 11 | 8 | M2 5lr1218 | |
| 12 | - | (PRE–FILED) | |
| 9 | + | (PRE–FILED) | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Bailey | |
| 14 | 11 | Requested: October 15, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 18 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: March 21, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | - | Natural Resources – Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours | |
| 26 | - | ||
| 19 | + | Natural Resources – Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours – 2 | |
| 20 | + | Authorization 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of authorizing a person who is authorized by the Department of Natural 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | Resources to hunt deer and who wounds a deer during legal hunting hours to pursue 5 | |
| 30 | - | and kill the deer after legal hunting hours subject to certain restrictions and | |
| 31 | - | ||
| 24 | + | and kill the deer after legal hunting hours subject to certain restrictions; and 6 | |
| 25 | + | generally relating to deer hunting. 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 27 | BY adding to 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Article – Natural Resources 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Section 10–428 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | Article – Natural Resources 15 | |
| 43 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 38 | 10–428. 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | (A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND NOTWITHSTANDING 17 | |
| 47 | - | THE TIME RESTRICTION S UNDER § 10–410(A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBTITLE, A PERSON 18 | |
| 48 | - | WHO IS AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO HUNT DE ER AND WHO WOUNDS A 19 2 SENATE BILL 100 | |
| 41 | + | THE TIME RESTRICTION S UNDER § 10–410(A) OF THIS SUBTITLE , A PERSON WHO IS 18 | |
| 42 | + | AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO HUNT DE ER AND WHO WOUNDS A DEER 19 | |
| 43 | + | DURING LEGAL HUNTING HOURS MAY PURSUE AND KILL THE DEER AFTER LEGAL 20 | |
| 44 | + | HUNTING HOURS . 21 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (B) A PERSON WHO PURSUES A WOUNDED DEER IN ACCORDANCE W ITH 22 | |
| 47 | + | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL USE ONLY THE MEANS AUTHORIZED FOR 23 2 SENATE BILL 100 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | - | DEER DURING LEGAL HU NTING HOURS MAY PURS UE AND KILL THE DEER AFTER 1 | |
| 52 | - | LEGAL HUNTING HOURS . 2 | |
| 50 | + | THE APPLICABLE HUNTI NG SEASON OR PERMIT TO KILL THE DEER. 1 | |
| 53 | 51 | ||
| 54 | - | (B) (1) A SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , A PERSON 3 | |
| 55 | - | WHO PURSUES A WOUNDE D DEER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS 4 | |
| 56 | - | SECTION SHALL USE ON LY THE MEANS AUTHORI ZED FOR THE APPLICABLE HUNTI NG 5 | |
| 57 | - | SEASON OR PERMIT TO KILL THE DEER. 6 | |
| 52 | + | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHA LL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS 2 | |
| 53 | + | SECTION. 3 | |
| 58 | 54 | ||
| 59 | - | (2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE R ESTRICTIONS UNDER §§ 10–410(E) AND 7 | |
| 60 | - | 10–416(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE , A PERSON WHO PURSUES A WOUNDED DE ER IN 8 | |
| 61 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION MAY USE A LIGHT OR THROW 9 | |
| 62 | - | OR CAST THE RAYS OF A SPOTLIGHT, A HEADLIGHT , AN ARTIFICIAL LIGHT , A 10 | |
| 63 | - | BATTERY, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE WHILE PURSUING THE W OUNDED DEER . 11 | |
| 64 | - | ||
| 65 | - | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS 12 | |
| 66 | - | SECTION. 13 | |
| 67 | - | ||
| 68 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14 | |
| 69 | - | 1, 2025. 15 | |
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| 73 | - | ||
| 74 | - | Approved: | |
| 75 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 76 | - | Governor. | |
| 77 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 78 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 79 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 80 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 55 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4 | |
| 56 | + | 1, 2025. 5 |