Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 8-726.1 - Throwing certain waste on certain waters of the State(a) This section does not: (1) Apply to the improvement of harbors; or(2) Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.(b) Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:(1) In the Chesapeake Bay above Sandy Point;(3) Below the high water mark in a river, creek, or harbor in the State.(c) A person in command or having charge of a vessel that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $20 and not exceeding $150.(d) The Natural Resources Police Force shall enforce this section.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 600,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 599,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.