Article 66B - Zoning and Planning
Section 7.01(c)(8) and (9)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 23A- Corporations - Municipal

3.

(b) (7) If any person shall be found by the District Court to have committed
a municipal infraction:

(i) 1. The District Court shall order the person to pay the fine,
including any doubling of the fine, not to exceed the limits under paragraph (2) of this
subsection;

2. The fines imposed shall constitute a judgment in favor of

the municipality; and

3. If the fine remains unpaid for 30 days following the date of
its entry, the judgment shall be enforceable in the same manner and to the same
extent as other civil judgments for money unless the Court has suspended or deferred
the payment of the fine as provided under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph;

(ii) The District Court may suspend or defer the payment of any
fine under conditions that the Court sets;

(iii) The person shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings in the
District Court; and

(iv) The Court may order the person to abate the infraction or enter
an order permitting a municipality to abate any such infraction at the person's
expense.

Article 66B - Zoning and Planning

7.01.

(c) (8) In a proceeding before the District Court, the violation shall be
prosecuted in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth for municipal
infractions in Article 23A, [$ 3(b)(8)] § 3(B)(7) through (15) of the Code. The governing
body of any county may authorize the .county attorney to prosecute a civil zoning
violation.

(9) If a person is found by the District Court to have committed a civil
zoning violation, [he] THE PERSON shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings in
the District Court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1999.