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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="10-2A-05" title_number="10" title_name="Wildlife" subtitle_number="2A" subtitle_name="Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except with respect to species of wildlife or plants determined to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, the Secretary, upon the petition of an interested person that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall conduct a review of any listed or unlisted species proposed to be removed from or added to the lists published pursuant to § 10–2A–04(g) of this subtitle, if the Secretary publishes public notice that the person has presented substantial evidence which warrants a review.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A petition submitted by an interested person under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A description of the biological distribution of the species in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The life needs and habitat requirements of the species;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Evidence:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Of the species’ decline, if the species is an unlisted species; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If the species is a listed species:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>That the species is extinct;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>That the species has recovered to the point that it no longer meets the definition of endangered species or threatened species;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Of any other information that has become available since the original listing decision that shows that the listed entity does not meet the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>Of information that has become available since the original listing decision that shows that the listed entity does not meet the definition of a species;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>All known threats that jeopardize the continued existence of the species;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any other relevant biological and ecological data or other life history information pertinent to the status of the species;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Evidence that the species is recognized as a valid species, or infraspecific taxa of regional or national significance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Adequate documentation that the species occurs naturally and is permanently established in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When any species of wildlife or plant is listed as a threatened species pursuant to § 10–2A–04(g) of this subtitle, the Secretary shall adopt regulations necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the species.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary, by regulations, may prohibit with respect to any threatened species of wildlife or plant any act prohibited under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section and §§ 10–2A–05.1, 10–2A–05.2, and 10–2A–05.3 of this subtitle, with respect to any endangered species of wildlife, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Export the species from the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Take the species within the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship the species by any means; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Violate any regulation pertaining to the conservation of the species or to any threatened species of wildlife listed pursuant to this subsection and adopted by the Secretary pursuant to authority provided by this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, with respect to any endangered species of plant, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Export the species from the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport, or ship the species by any means; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Violate any regulation pertaining to the species or to any threatened species of plant listed pursuant to § 10–2A–04(g) of this subtitle and adopted by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Any endangered species of wildlife or plant which enters the State from another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States and which is transported to a point within or beyond the State may enter and be transported without restriction in accordance with the terms of any federal permit or permit issued under the laws or regulations of another state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Secretary may permit, under the terms and conditions that the Secretary prescribes, any act otherwise prohibited by subsections (c) and (d) of this section for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the affected species.</text>
  </level>
</section>
