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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 473
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REPORT FORM AS REQUIRED BY § 5-5A-06 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500.
5-5A-08.
A PERSON WHO, KNOWINGLY AND WITH AN INTENT TO DECEIVE, FAILS TO
COMPLETE AND RETURN, OR FALSIFIES, A BALLAST WATER CONTROL REPORT FORM
UNDER § 5-5A-06 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON
CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 1 YEAR OR A FINE NOT
EXCEEDING $5,000 OR BOTH.
5-1301.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a
misdemeanor. Upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, unless another
penalty is specifically provided elsewhere in this title, the person is subject to a fine
not exceeding $500, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court. Every fine and
cost shall be paid in accordance with Article 38, § 4 of the Code.
(b) Any person found guilty of a second or subsequent violation of any
provision of this title in a court of competent jurisdiction, unless another penalty is
specifically provided elsewhere in this title, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both with costs imposed in the discretion of the
court. For the purpose of this subsection, a second or subsequent violation is a
violation which has occurred within 2 years of any prior violation of this title.
(c) In addition to any administrative penalty provided in this title, a violation
of any regulation or restriction adopted by any unit within the Department of the
Environment pursuant to the provisions of this title is a misdemeanor and is
punishable as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor of
Maryland is requested to:
(a) coordinate with neighboring states and with the United States Coast
Guard, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and with other appropriate
federal agencies in order to provide necessary information on current ballast water
management practices; and
(b) meet with the Governors of the Commonwealths of Virginia and
Pennsylvania, and of the State of Delaware, and with the federal agencies, in order to
encourage those states and agencies to:
(1) develop uniform standards for ballast water management and
reporting for vessels entering State waters from other ports inside and outside the
United States Exclusive Economic Zone;
(2) cooperate with the State of Maryland and with federal agencies,
including the United States Coast Guard and the Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center, in developing information and policies to protect the Chesapeake
Bay and other State waters from nonindigenous species introduction through
improper ballast water management practices; and
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