2066                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         Teh. 609

DIVISION DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON COMPLAINED AGAINST
HAS NOT, AFTER 30 CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING SERVICE OF ITS
ORDER, CORRECTED THE UNLAWFUL CONDUCT OR PRACTICE AND
COMPLIED WITH THE ORDER, THE DIVISION WILL PROCEED WITH
ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBHEADING. THE DIVISION
HAY INSTITUTE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THE SEEKING OF
RESTRAINING ORDERS AND TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT
INJUNCTIONS[[, AS ARE NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE]] TO OBTAIN
COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIVISION'S ORDER.

(C)    IF, AT ANY TIME AFTER A COMPLIANT HAS BEEN
FILED, THE DIVISION BELIEVES THAT APPROPRIATE CIVIL ACTION
TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO OR TO PREVENT IRREPARABLE HARM
APPEARS ADVISABLE, THE DIVISION MAY BRING ANY ACTION
NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO OR TO PREVENT THE
HARM, INCLUDING THE SEEKING OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDERS AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS.

(D)    IF, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, THE
DIVISION DETERMINES, UPON THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE
[[TESTIMONY AND]] EVIDENCE, THAT THE PERSON COMPLAINED
AGAINST HAS NOT VIOLATED THIS SUBHEADING, THE DIVISION
SHALL STATE ITS FINDINGS AND ISSUE AN ORDER DISMISSING
THE COMPLAINT.

20H.

[[ANY]] A MERCHANT WHO IS FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED A
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBHEADING
RELATING TO UNLAWFUL TRADE PRACTICES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
THE PAYMENT TO THE STATE OF A CIVIL PENALTY, RECOVERABLE
IN A CIVIL ACTION, IN THE SUM OF NOT MORE THAN $300 FOR
EACH VIOLATION. IN THE EVENT OF SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS
FOR THE SAME UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE, THE MERCHANT [[SHALL
BE]] IS LIABLE TO THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 AS A
CIVIL PENALTY FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.

20I.

[[ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO DISAGREES WITH
OR IS AGGRIEVED BY ANY ORDER OR DECISION OF THE DIVISION
MAY INSTITUTE IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION SUCH
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AS HE MAY DEEM NECESSARY CONCERNING ANY
ORDER OR DECISION.]] A PERSON WHO DISAGREES WITH OR IS
AGGRIEVED BY ANY ORDER OR DECISION OF THE DIVISION MAY
INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS HE DEEMS NECESSARY.

20J.

(A) THIS SUBHEADING DOES NOT APPLY TO:

(1) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, ARCHITECTS, CLERGYMEN, PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS, LAWYERS, VETERINARIANS, INSURANCE AGENTS, AND