§ 1-403. Electronic system for sale and issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations; proce...
West's Annotated Code of MarylandNatural ResourcesEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 1-403
§ 1-403. Electronic system for sale and issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations; process for voluntary monetary donations
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Department may develop and implement an electronic system for the sale and issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations and the recording and releasing of security interests.
(b) The electronic system may include provisions for:
(c) The Department shall develop the electronic system consistent with the statewide information technology master plan developed under Title 3.5, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(d)(1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section, the Department shall establish a process through which an individual who purchases an angler's license, a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license, or a hunting license and any corresponding stamps through the electronic system may make a voluntary monetary donation to the Healing Hunting and Fishing Fund at the time of purchase.
Process for voluntary monetary donations to the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund
(e)(1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section, the Department shall establish a process through which an individual who purchases a license, permit, or registration through the electronic system may make a voluntary monetary donation to the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund at the time the license, permit, or registration is purchased.
(ii) Funds distributed to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund may be used to provide financial assistance necessary to advance Maryland's progress in meeting the goals established in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and to restore the health of the Atlantic Coastal Bays by focusing on nonpoint source pollution control projects, as authorized under Title 8, Subtitle 2A of this article.
(4) On or before December 1 each year, the Department shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the collection, distribution, and expenditure of any voluntary monetary donations made under this subsection in the previous fiscal year.
(f)(1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section, the Department shall establish a process through which an individual who purchases an angler's license or a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license through the electronic system may make a voluntary monetary donation to the Black Bass Conservation Fund at the time of purchase.
(g) The donation process established under subsections (d), (e), and (f) of this section:
Credits
Added by Acts 2004, c. 313, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Acts 2009, c. 60, § 1, eff. April 14, 2009; Acts 2018, c. 434, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2020, c. 536, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2021, c. 286, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 241, § 2, eff. May 12, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 242, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 556, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 557, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
MD Code, Natural Resources, § 1-403, MD NAT RES § 1-403
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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