Hunting And Fishing
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Wildlife Management - Nighttime Hunting [HB-1067]
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[Public Safety ]
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Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person who holds a Deer Cooperator Permit or an Agricultural Deer Cooperator Permit to hunt deer at nighttime for a period not to exceed 2 months each year; and altering provisions regarding the use of lights while hunting at nighttime.
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Gettr Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Recreation on Private Land - Hunting [HB-956]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Providing that if a landowner directly invites or permits, with or without charge, an individual to use the landowner's real property for hunting, the invited or permitted individual impliedly consents to adhere to every law, observe every safety precaution and practice, take every precaution against fire, and assume all responsibility and liability for the individual's safety and property while hunting on the landowner's real property.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing - Recreational License Fees - Moratorium [HB-875]
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[Recreation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to waive certain annual hunting license fees for State residents for the 2022-2023 license year; requiring the Department to waive a certain portion of the annual fee for certain recreational fishing licenses that are effective during the period between August 1, 2022, and July 31, 2023, inclusive; and requiring the Department to rebate certain overpayments of annual recreational fishing license fees to the license holders.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects [SB-876]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to include oyster repletion projects in a certain database; and requiring the Department to prioritize a supplemental environmental project involving certain oyster repletion projects for a party who is in violation of a certain effluent limitation or unpermitted discharge.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Natural Resources - Archery Hunting Safety Zones PG 405-22 [HB-874]
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[Public Safety ]
Adding Prince George's County to the list of counties in which the safety zone for archery hunters extends 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cecil County - Fishing - Revisions [SB-900]
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[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Adding Cecil County to a list of counties to which certain riparian laws do not apply; prohibiting a person from placing pound nets to catch fish for commercial use in the waters of the Susquehanna River in Cecil County; and repealing certain fishing restrictions that apply in Cecil County.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County – Natural Resources – Fishing Gear [SB-713]
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[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing a person to use archery equipment to harvest northern snakehead in certain Anne Arundel County waters.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund - No-Cost Licenses and Stamps [SB-665]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing an eligible sponsor organization providing recreational opportunities with grant funding from the Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund to provide at no cost an angler's license and trout stamps, a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license, or a hunting license and any corresponding stamps to certain persons.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Recreation on Private Land - Hunting [SB-582]
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[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Providing that if a landowner invites or permits on a limited entry basis, with or without charge, an individual to use the landowner's real property for hunting, the invited or permitted individual impliedly consents to adhere to every law, observe every safety precaution and practice, observe all property boundaries, take every precaution against fire, and assume all responsibility and liability for the individual's safety and property while hunting on the landowner's real property; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Sewer Systems and Wastewater Treatment Plants - Water Pollution - Shellfish Harvester Restitution [SB-580]
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[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring a person responsible for a sewer overflow, treatment plant bypass, or unlawful discharge from a wastewater treatment plant that results in an area being closed to shellfish harvesting to pay restitution to certain shellfish harvesters.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Hunting - Nongame Birds and Mammals [HB-682]
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[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing a prohibition in Baltimore County against hunting or attempting to hunt nongame birds and mammals without first obtaining a hunting license.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Potomac River Compact – Clarification of the Effectiveness of Amendments [HB-711]
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[Water ]
Clarifying that the State considers certain amendments to the Potomac River Compact to be in effect.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cecil County - Fishing - Restrictions [HB-644]
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[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Adding Cecil County to a list of counties to which certain riparian laws do not apply; prohibiting a person from placing pound nets to catch fish for commercial use in the waters of the Susquehanna River in Cecil County; and repealing certain fishing restrictions that apply in Cecil County.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Deer Management Permit - Hunting on State Land Leased by Permit Holder - Authorization [HB-592]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
[Sports ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow an individual who hunts deer under a Deer Management Permit to use a shotgun or breech loading center fired rifle approved by the Department to hunt deer throughout the year, including all deer hunting seasons, in a certain manner on State land leased by a permit holder for the purpose of cultivating crops.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License and Recreational Fishing - Pilot Program and Task Force [HB-601]
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[Public Health ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
Establishing the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Fishing License Pilot Program to collect certain recreational fishing information and improve compliance with a certain registration requirement; requiring a certain annual report on the program by December 1, 2023; establishing the Task Force on Recreational Fishing Data Collection and Licensing to study and develop multiyear plans for improving the collection and quality of certain recreational fishing data; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings by December 1, 2022.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Worcester County – Turkey Hunting – Sundays [HB-672]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt turkey on each Sunday of the spring turkey hunting season on private property and certain public land in Worcester County.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Caroline County – Sunday Hunting – Authorizations [HB-631]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt certain game birds and game mammals on Sundays in Caroline County; and authorizing the Department to allow Sunday hunting on certain public land in Caroline County.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Hunting [HB-556]
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[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt during a certain time period on certain Sundays of the game bird and game mammal seasons in Caroline County, Dorchester County, and Queen Anne's County.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Natural Resources - Oyster Shell Dredging - Permit Application [HB-593]
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[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to apply, on or before July 1, 2022, to the Department of the Environment and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits to dredge buried oyster shells on certain oyster bars; and requiring that any shell removed from the oyster bars be relocated to public oyster bottom identified by the county oyster committees and the Oyster Recovery Partnership's Board of Directors.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and declaring an emergency. [HB-395]
[Animals ]
[Tourism ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to conduct all procurements necessary for its performance pursuant to KRS Chapter 45A or pursuant to administrative regulations it promulgates; exempt procurements it makes for personal service contracts from the requirements of KRS 45A.695(2)(b); provide that the department's procurement procedures or administrative regulations be designed with the best interests of the Commonwealth, the department, and the public in mind; allow the department to conduct
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