Section 10-308 - Use of revenue from the sale of resident regular and full season nonresident hunting licenses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-308. Use of revenue from the sale of resident regular and full season nonresident hunting licenses.
 

(a)  In general.- 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)  Donation to the needy.- 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, §§ 126A, 126C, 128; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1977, ch. 700; 1980, chs. 594, 614; 1982, ch. 46; ch. 820, § 3; 1983, ch. 413; 1985, ch. 589; 1988, ch. 724, § 1; 1989, ch. 686; 1990, ch. 6, § 2; chs. 547, 710; 1991, ch. 533; 1999, ch. 703, § 2; 2002, ch. 177, § 2; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.]