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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 497
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TO EXCEED $100 FOR EACH PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES SOLD OR OFFERED FOR
SALE.
(2) UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES IMPOSED ON A MANUFACTURER OR OTHER PERSON MAY NOT
EXCEED $100,000 DURING ANY 30-DAY PERIOD.
(B) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A RETAILER, SUBWHOLESALER, WHOLESALER, OR OTHER PERSON
THAT KNOWINGLY SELLS CIGARETTES IN VIOLATION OF § 16-602 OF THIS
SUBTITLE IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $100 FOR EACH
PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES SOLD.
(2) UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES IMPOSED ON A RETAILER MAY NOT EXCEED $25,000 DURING ANY
30-DAY PERIOD.
(3) UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES IMPOSED ON A SUBWHOLESALER, WHOLESALER, OR OTHER PERSON
MAY NOT EXCEED $100,000 DURING ANY 30-DAY PERIOD.
(C) A MANUFACTURER THAT KNOWINGLY MAKES A FALSE
CERTIFICATION UNDER § 16-603 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL
PENALTY OF AT LEAST $75,000 AND NOT EXCEEDING $250,000 FOR EACH FALSE
CERTIFICATION.
16-609.
(A) TO ENFORCE THIS SUBTITLE:
(1) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING AN ACTION TO ENJOIN
ANY ACTS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE AND TO RECOVER CIVIL PENALTIES
AUTHORIZED UNDER § 16-608 OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR
(2) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE COMPTROLLER MAY
EXAMINE THE BOOKS, PAPERS, INVOICES, AND RECORDS OF A PERSON IN
POSSESSION, CONTROL, OR OCCUPANCY OF A BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR LAND
WHERE CIGARETTES ARE PLACED, STORED, SOLD, OR OFFERED FOR SALE.
(B) MONEY COLLECTED FROM CIVIL PENALTIES RECOVERED UNDER
THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE SENATOR WILLIAM H. AMOSS
FIRE, RESCUE, AND AMBULANCE FUND.
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