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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 08.03.13.03" title_num="08" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="13" heading="Record-Keeping Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Annual Reports.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The permittee shall make an annual report of operations by April 30 of each permit year on forms provided by the Service with the regulated shooting area permit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number and species of captive-raised birds that have been released, killed, or recaptured on the regulated shooting area each day;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The number and species of all wild waterfowl that have been killed on the regulated shooting area excluding any of the captive-raised birds listed in §A(2)(a) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An estimate of how many captive-raised birds by species were released and not captured; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Any outbreaks of avian influenza or other diseases in the captive-raised birds raised, released, or captured on the regulated shooting ground.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may not issue a new permit for a regulated shooting area to an existing permit holder unless the report required under this section has been filed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Records of Birds Purchased.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The permittee shall maintain records of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number and species of captive-raised birds purchased;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date on which they were purchased; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The name and address from whom they were purchased.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>These records shall be retained for 12 months from the date of the transaction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>