WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 470

(A)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE IS GUILTY OF
A MISDEMEANOR AND, ON CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT
EXCEEDING $5,000, IN ADDITION TO ANY CIVIL PENALTIES.

(B)  A PERSON MAY NOT BE IMPRISONED FOR VIOLATION OF ANY
PROVISION OF AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OR OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ENTERED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBTITLE OR TITLE 13 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

14-1916.

THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE "MARYLAND CREDIT SERVICES
BUSINESSES ACT".

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision
of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court of
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and
for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared
severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 470

(House Bill 497)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County
Correctional Facility

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant
to the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County
for the purpose of the design, construction, and equipping
of the St. Mary's County Correctional Facility, subject to
the requirement that the Board of County Commissioners of
St. Mary's County provide at least an equal and matching
fund of a certain kind for the same purpose by a certain

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