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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 08.03.13.01" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="13" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Commercial regulated shooting area” means a regulated shooting area that is open to the public and charges a fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Flighted mallards” means captive-raised mallard ducks that are properly marked by the permittee, released on the property designated as a regulated shooting area, and hunted immediately after release.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Free-flying mallards” means captive-raised mallard ducks that are properly marked by the permittee, reared and released on the property designated as a regulated shooting area, and hunted during the open season established by federal regulation pursuant to 50 CFR Part 20 for mallard ducks.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Noncommercial regulated shooting area” means a regulated shooting area that is not open to the public or has closed membership.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Permittee” means a person possessing a regulated shooting area permit or an individual authorized by the permit holder to act pursuant to the provisions of the permit and this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Regulated shooting area”, referred to as regulated shooting ground in Natural Resources Article, §10-906, Annotated Code of Maryland, means a tract of land, including any waters, on which the permittee may raise, release, and hunt captive-raised pheasant, bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, Hungarian partridge, turkey, and mallard ducks as specified on the permit and provided for in this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>