Section 4-607 - Complimentary license. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-607. Complimentary license.
 

(a)  Issuance authorized.-  

(1) The Department may issue annually a complimentary angler's license to the President of the United States, the governor of any state, and any official of the game and fish department of any other state. 

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

(b)  Limitation on number of licenses.- Not more than 20 complimentary licenses for each state other than Maryland shall be outstanding at any time. 

(c)  Nontransferable; forms.- A complimentary license is not transferable and shall be issued without a fee on forms the Department designates. 

(d)  "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, § 221; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 4, § 1; 1983, ch. 518; 2007, ch. 71; 2010, ch 693.]