Section 10-205 - Regulations affecting wildlife. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-205. Regulations affecting wildlife.
 

(a)  Authority of Secretary to adopt regulations.- Having a due regard for the distribution, abundance, economic value, and breeding habits of wildlife, the Secretary may adopt regulations to enlarge, extend, restrict, or prohibit hunting, possessing, selling, purchasing, shipping, carrying, transporting, or exporting wildlife. 

(b)  Penalty for violation.- In addition to any other penalty provided in this title, any person convicted of violating any regulation adopted by the Department shall be fined $5 for each bird, mammal, amphibian, or reptile illegally hunted or possessed. However, this additional penalty does not apply to game birds and mammals. If a person is convicted a second or subsequent time within the same 12 month period for a violation of the regulations the Department adopts, the person: 

(1) Shall have the person's hunter's license suspended; and 

(2) May not procure a hunter's license the following calendar year. 

(c)  Lottery-based system for issuing licenses, permits, or stamps.- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department may use a lottery-based system to issue hunting licenses, permits, or stamps. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 115; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1982, ch. 820, § 3; 1986, ch. 687; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; 1991, ch. 94; 2004, ch. 85.]