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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="4-216" title_number="4" title_name="Fish and Fisheries" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Organization and Authority of Department Pertaining to Fish and Fisheries -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall establish a resident consolidated senior sport fishing license, to be issued to residents of Maryland beginning in the calendar year in which they attain the age of 65.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The resident consolidated senior sport fishing license may be obtained from the Department or from any authorized agent of the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is $12.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>As compensation, an agent shall retain 50 cents for each license issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A resident consolidated senior sport fishing license shall be valid for 1 year following the date of issuance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A holder of a resident consolidated senior sport fishing license may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Engage in angling on the nontidal waters of the State without holding an angler’s license under § 4–604 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fish for finfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries or in the State waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic coastal bays and their tributaries without holding a Chesapeake Bay and coastal sport fishing license under § 4–745 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
