Section 10-303 - Complimentary licenses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-303. Complimentary licenses.
 

(a)  Authorized.-  

(1) The Department annually may issue a complimentary hunter's license to the President of the United States, the governor of any state, or an official or an enforcement officer of the game and fish management agency of another state which reciprocally offers complimentary hunting licenses. 

(2) The Department may issue a lifetime complimentary hunter's license to a Maryland resident who certifies that the resident is a former prisoner of war or 100% service connected disabled American veteran. 

(3) A complimentary license is not transferable and shall be issued on forms designated by the Department. 

(b)  "Former prisoner of war" defined.- For the purposes of this section, "former prisoner of war" means a person who, while serving in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States, was forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by an enemy government or its agents, or a hostile force, during a period of armed conflict. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, § 126; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1983, ch. 518; 1987, ch. 454; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; 1999, ch. 598; 2006, ch. 308.]