WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 2

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN § 628 OF THIS SUBTITLE, A
PERSON MAY NOT REMOVE OR TAMPER WITH A SEAL PLACED ON A VENDING
MACHINE BY THE COMPTROLLER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the fourth sentence of
former Art. 81, § 444 1/2, as that sentence prohibited
the tampering with or removal of a vending machine
seal.

Defined term: "Comptroller" § 607

630. PENALTIES.

(A)  ENGAGING IN CIGARETTE BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE.

(1)  A PERSON WHO VIOLATES § 622 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
OF $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 30 DAYS OR BOTH.

(2)  EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
CONTINUES CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE OFFENSE.

(B)  WILLFULLY REMOVING OR TAMPERING WITH VENDING MACHINE
SEAL.

A PERSON WHO WILLFULLY VIOLATES § 629 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 1 YEAR OR
BOTH.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 56, § 73,
and the first sentences of §§ 65 and 66, as those
sentences related to license requirements and the
fourth sentence of former Art. 81, § 444 1/2, as it
related to penalties.

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, reference to a
person who "violates § 622 of this subtitle" is
substituted for the former references to a person who
engages in various cigarette businesses without a
license, for clarity.

In subsection (b) of this section, the requirement
that the offense be "willfully" done is added to avoid
the application of this provision to an inadvertent
action.

Also in subsection (b) of this section, the reference
"in violation of § 629 of this subtitle" is
substituted for the former reference to "[a]nyone
other than the duly authorized agents or employees of
the Comptroller" who removes a seal and the former
reference to a seal "placed on any vending machine by

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