HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b)  A merchant who has been found to have engaged in a
violation of this title and who subsequently [ repeats the same
violation ] IS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THIS TITLE is subject to a
fine [in the amount] of [$500] NOT MORE THAN $5,000 for each
SUBSEQUENT violation.

(c)  The fines provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of
this section are civil penalties and are recoverable by the State
in a civil action.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 604

(House Bill 302)

AN ACT concerning

Caroline County - Tax Sales - Rate
of Redemption

FOR the purpose of altering the rate of redemption applicable to
tax sales in Caroline County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Tax - Property
Section 14-820(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (S.B. 1) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1985)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

14-820.

(b) The rate of redemption is 6% a year except:

(1)  In Anne Arundel County the rate is 6% a year or
as fixed by law of the County Council;

(2)  In Baltimore City the rate is 6% a year or as
fixed by law of the City Council;