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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0870* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 870 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M2, M1 5lr3415 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr3406 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Mautz |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Boating – Migratory Waterfowl Season – Prohibited Acts 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from operating a vessel within a certain distance 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of a stationary blind or blind site that is occupied and being used for hunting 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | migratory waterfowl during open season; and generally relating to prohibited acts 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | related to boating. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Natural Resources 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 4–512 and 8–701(a) and (s) 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BY adding to 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article – Natural Resources 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 8–724.2 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND , 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | |
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| 40 | 40 | | Article – Natural Resources 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 4–512. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | During the open season for migratory waterfowl, a person may not fish by any means 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | within 500 yards of any stationary blind or blind site which is occupied and is being used 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | for hunting migratory waterfowl. 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 8–701. 24 2 SENATE BILL 870 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (s) (1) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, including an ice boat 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | but not including a seaplane, that is used or capable of being used as a means of 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | transportation on water or ice. 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) “Vessel” includes the motor, spars, sails, and accessories of a vessel. 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 8–724.2. 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | DURING THE OPEN SEASO N FOR MIGRATORY WATE RFOWL, A PERSON MAY NOT 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | OPERATE A VESSEL , INCLUDING A KAYAK OR A PADDLE BOAT, IN ANY MANNER 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | WITHIN 500 YARDS OF ANY STATION ARY BLIND OR BLIND S ITE THAT IS OCCUPIED 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | AND BEING USED FOR H UNTING MIGRATORY WAT ERFOWL. 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1, 2025. 12 |
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