MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1015

ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE,
VIOLATION OF ANY RULE OR REGULATION OR RESTRICTION
PROMULGATED BY ANY UNIT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE IS A MISDEMEANOR AND
IS PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B).

REVISOR'S NOTE: These subsections are new
language and are patterned after the
penalty provision, Section 17-101, of
Article 66 1/2 of the Code. The Commission
decided generally to state only the maximum
penalty for an offense covered under this
uniform penalty provision. It believes
that within this ceiling, the matter should
be left to judicial discretion to weigh the
facts and circumstances of each case.

However, the commission decided that where,
for policy reasons, another penalty is
specifically provided, that penalty should
be retained in tact notwithstanding the
fact that it might set forth both minimum
and maximum terms.

The last sentence of subsection (b) is
added by action of the Legislative Council.
While the provisions of subsection (b) were
approved, it was felt that prior violations
of these statutes — most of which involve
minor offenses — should not burden someone
in perpetuity in terms of the operation of
this subsection.

[[7-802. SEVERABILITY.

IF ANY CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, OR SECTION OF
THIS TITLE IS FOR ANY REASON ADJUDGED TO BE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THE JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT OR
INVALIDATE THE REMAINDER BUT IS CONFINED IN ITS
OPERATION TO THE CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, OR
SECTION FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.]]

NATURAL RESOURCES - TITLE 7
GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

The Commission to Revise the Annotated Code, in
compiling Title 7 of the Natural Resources Article,
concluded that certain provisions of present law
originally allocated to Title 7 are repetitious,