2013 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
§ 10-308 - Use of revenue from the sale of resident regular and full season nonresident hunting licenses

§10-308.

(a) The Department shall use $1 from the sale of each resident regular and full season nonresident hunting license as follows:

(1) Up to 40 percent to:

(i) Provide bow hunter education;

(ii) Acquire, construct, and maintain public archery ranges; or

(iii) Perform any study necessary to evaluate any program or project related to bow or muzzle loader hunting; and

(2) The remaining percentage to:

(i) Establish an effective and efficient deer checking system during the muzzle loader and bow hunting deer season;

(ii) Acquire additional hunter access during the muzzle loader and bow hunting season by:

1. The opening of additional State-owned lands to muzzle loader and bow hunting;

2. The purchase of rights-of-way or access roads to reach areas not open to muzzle loader and bow hunting;

3. The acquisition of additional lands for muzzle loader and bow hunting; and

4. The administration of a permit system applicable to newly opened areas; and

(iii) Police hunting lands during the muzzle loader and bow hunting season and provide additional law enforcement personnel as necessary to accomplish additional hunter access under item (ii) of this item.

(b) The Department shall use $1 from the sale of each resident regular and full season nonresident hunting license to provide funding for the processing of deer for donation to the needy.

§ 10-308 - 1. Migratory game bird stamp

(a) Required in addition to hunter's license. -- In addition to any other requirement, a person hunting migratory game birds in the State first shall purchase a Maryland migratory game bird stamp.

(b) By whom issued; fee; sale of expired stamps. --

(1) A person may obtain a Maryland migratory game bird stamp for a fee of $ 9.00 from any person designated by the Department. The issuing person designated shall retain the sum of 75 cents as compensation for issuing each stamp. The balance of the fee is paid over and accounted for to the State Treasurer. The Treasurer shall credit all such fees received to the State Wildlife Management and Protection Fund, in accordance with § 10-209 of this title.

(2) The Department may sell expired stamps below face value to the general public for a period of 3 years, after which time the Department shall shred any unsold expired stamps. All revenues derived from the sale of these stamps shall revert back to the Game Management Fund.

(c) Affixing to license. -- A printed receipt from the Department showing proof of purchase of the Maryland migratory game bird stamp must be carried on the person while hunting migratory game birds.

(d) Expenditures of revenue accrued; waterfowl habitat conservation projects. --

(1) All revenues accruing to the Wildlife Management and Protection Fund from sales of the migratory game bird stamps shall be expended solely for the following purposes:

(i) Migratory game bird projects included in an approved State program to create, develop, enhance, maintain, and manage nesting cover, winter foods, and other habitat components on public lands to satisfy the habitat requirements of a broad range of wintering migratory game birds and native migratory game bird species;

(ii) Migratory game bird research, management, and surveys; and

(iii) Not more than 30% to adopt and implement a program to control the species Phragmites communis (phragmites) on private lands.

(2) To encourage waterfowl habitat conservation on private lands, the Department shall implement a 10-year licensing agreement for approved projects on privately owned lands detailing the landowner's responsibilities. Expenditures by private landowners on private land for these waterfowl projects approved by the Department and covered by the licensing agreement shall be considered a contribution to the State.

(3) The Governor shall appoint a Migratory Game Bird Advisory Committee of 9 members who have a practical knowledge of migratory game bird habitat conservation, migratory game bird ecology, migratory game bird management, or migratory game bird hunting.

(4) The Committee shall advise the Department on:

(i) Matters relating to expenditures of funds derived from the sale of Maryland migratory game bird stamps;

(ii) Policy, regulations, and legislation related to migratory game birds; and

(iii) Migratory game bird habitat conservation projects.

§ 10-308 - 2. Snow goose hunting by nonresidents

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a nonresident may hunt snow geese in this State without a resident or nonresident Maryland hunting license if:

(1) The nonresident possesses a valid hunting license from the nonresident's home state;

(2) The nonresident purchases a Maryland migratory game bird stamp; and

(3) The nonresident's home state allows a Maryland resident to hunt snow geese without a nonresident hunting license from the home state in accordance with the following conditions:

(i) The Maryland resident must possess a valid Maryland hunting license; and

(ii) The Maryland resident must purchase a migratory waterfowl stamp from the home state.