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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="10-608" title_number="10" title_name="Wildlife" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Wild Waterfowl">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A Maryland resident who possesses a current year or prior year hunting license may apply to the Department to license riparian shoreline for the purpose of establishing an offshore blind site.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An applicant for a license shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Submit to the Department:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An application on a form provided by the Department; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A signed statement that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The location of the blind site is at least 125 yards from all other previously licensed riparian shoreline; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The offshore blind site complies with all other pertinent laws and regulations; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pay to the Department an application fee of $20 for each license requested.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The completed application shall be submitted to Department regional service centers or other designated local sites on days designated by the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall establish and adequately staff a site in each county where licensing occurs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall provide public notice of the licensing process through the media, Internet, and other sources.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Licensing shall begin on or before the first Tuesday in August of each year on dates set by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each designated site or regional service center shall have maps available by July 15 of each year that show the location of all shoreline licensed by riparian landowners.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except for riparian landowners licensing their own property, a person may not obtain more than two licenses per day.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each license shall apply to 250 yards of shoreline. Blind sites shall be located equidistant from the boundaries described by the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>In Kent County and Queen Anne’s County and on the nontidal waters of the Potomac River and its nontidal tributaries, only a riparian landowner owning the amount of shoreline required under § 10-607(d) of this subtitle or a landowner’s lessee, licensee, or assignee may erect and maintain a stationary blind or blind site.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Licenses are valid until June 30 of the following year and shall be issued in the order the applications are received in person.</text>
  </level>
</section>
