Ch. 73                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article — Environment

Section 7-501(e), (g), and (j), 7-505, 7-506, 7-509, 7-510(a), 7-511(a), 7-512(a),
7-514, and 7-515

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Real Property
Section 12-111(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 83A - Business and Economic Development
Section 5-1401(j.) and 5-1408(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Tax - Property
Section 9-229(g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Environment

7-266.1.

(A) (1) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT LAW OR IN
EQUITY, ANY RESPONSIBLE PERSON WHO FAILS WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE TO COMPLY
WITH A FINAL ORDER OF THE STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE
LIABLE TO THE STATE FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

(2) PUNITIVE DAMAGES MAY BE ASSESSED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ANY COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE AS A
RESULT OF SUCH FAILURE.

(3) A RESPONSIBLE PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A CONTESTED
CASE HEARING FOR A DETERMINATION WHETHER THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON HAS
FAILED WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE TO COMPLY WITH A FINAL ORDER OF THE STATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE.

(4) PUNITIVE DAMAGES MAY BE CALCULATED ONLY ON THE COSTS
ARISING AFTER THE DATE A DETERMINATION IS MADE UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF
THIS SUBSECTION.

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