1478

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 513

mandatory injunction, ordering the violator to take actions
that will cure the violation. The Attorney General shall
give the alleged violator notice of his determination and
intention to file a petition at least 15 days prior to
filing the petition. If the complaint is from a source other
than the Maryland Public Disclosure Board, the Attorney
General shall, prior to taking action under this section,
determine whether the Board has previously rendered an
advisory opinion with respect to the subject matter of the
complaint.

(2)   The equity jurisdiction of the various
circuit courts includes jurisdiction to issue mandatory
injunctions necessary to compel compliance with the
provisions of this subtitle, and these injunctions are
enforceable by contempt proceedings in accordance with the
laws and Maryland Rules relating to contempt,

(3)   The State Comptroller, upon the issuance of
any mandatory injunction against a person subject to this
subtitle who receives a salary or other compensation from
the State, shall suspend payment of any salary or other
compensation to that person pending full compliance with the
terms of the injunction.

(4)   The Attorney General nay not institute any
action for an injunction if prior to or within 15 days of
the receipt of the Attorney General's notice, the person
alleged to be in violation sought an advisory opinion from
the Maryland Public Disclosure Board with respect to the
matter and, thereafter, within 30 days of the issuance of
the Board's opinion, complied in full therewith.

(b) Penalties; liberal construction. —(1) Any
person who knowingly and wilfully violates the requirements
of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. If the
person is a business entity and not a natural person, each
officer and partner of the business entity who knowingly
authorized or participated in the violation is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to the same
penalties as the business entity.

(2) This subtitle shall be liberally construed
to require full disclosure.]

[14. Provisions not in substitution for other acts or
prohibitions.

Nothing herein shall be interpreted as being in
substitution for any criminal, legal, or judicial act or
prohibition set forth in the law of Maryland.]

[14A. Automatic expiration of §§ 5 to 14A.