Section 8-721.1 – Removal of Vessel From Marina
(a) The owner or operator of a marina or the owner’s or operator’s agent may have a vessel removed from the marina by a private person if the vessel has remained on the marina premises without permission for more than 48 hours and the owner, operator, or agent has placed in conspicuous locations signs that: (1) State […]
Section 8-712.1 – Vessel Validation Sticker
(a) (1) An owner of a vessel that has a valid document issued by the United States Coast Guard and that is used principally on the waters of the State for pleasure shall apply to the Department for a Maryland use sticker. (2) The Department shall issue a Maryland use sticker to any person who submits an application […]
Section 8-722 – Acquiring Title to Abandoned Vessel
(a) This section applies only to abandoned vessels as defined in § 8-721 of this subtitle. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, a landowner, a landowner’s lessee, or a landowner’s agent may acquire title to any abandoned vessel on the landowner’s land or the water immediately adjacent to the landowner’s land. Acquisition of title divests […]
Section 8-712.2 – Boating Safety Education
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection, a person born on or after July 1, 1972 may not operate on the waters of the State a vessel for pleasure that is required to be numbered in accordance with this subtitle or a vessel for pleasure that is required to […]
Section 8-723 – State Boat Act Fund
(a) In this section, “Fund” means the State Boat Act Fund. (b) There is a State Boat Act Fund in the Department. (c) The Secretary shall administer the Fund. (d) (1) The Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund. (2) The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State […]
Section 8-704.1 – Disclosure of Information
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Department may not furnish to any person the name, address, or other identifying information about the owner of the registered vessel. (b) This section does not prevent the Department from furnishing information under this section: (1) To another governmental agency; (2) If not requested for the purpose of […]
Section 8-705 – Waterways Improvement Districts — in General
(a) A governing body may establish and designate areas of land or water within its jurisdiction as waterways improvement districts, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. (b) A governing body: (1) Shall act as the district council for the district; and (2) May carry out the duties vested by law or which are reasonably necessary. […]
Section 8-706 – Waterways Improvement Districts — Department’s Functions
The Department shall carry out the administrative duties concerning the waterways improvement districts. In addition, the Department shall: (1) Review proposals and petitions to establish waterways improvement districts and report to the governing body on each proposed district as provided in § 8-705 of this subtitle; (2) Provide engineering design for waterways projects and supervise or provide […]
Section 8-707 – Waterway Improvement Fund — Established; Purposes; Appropriations; Reports
(a) There is a Waterway Improvement Fund for the purposes specified in this subtitle. Except as provided in § 8–709 of this subtitle, any money received into the Waterway Improvement Fund shall be used solely for the following projects: (1) Marking channels and harbors and establishing aids to navigation in cooperation with and as an extension of […]
Section 8-708 – Waterway Improvement Fund — Financing Projects
(a) (1) Except as provided in § 8–708.1 of this subtitle, projects for dredging and marking channels and harbors, construction of jetties and breakwaters, and clearing debris, aquatic vegetation, and obstructions in navigable waters, as well as construction of marine facilities located within lands owned by the Department and construction of pump–out stations for use by the […]