Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 13 - Miscellaneous
Section 1-1304 - Civil Penalties

(a)    In this section, “civil penalty” means a civil fine or other monetary penalty administratively imposed.
    (b)    Unless otherwise provided by statute, ordinance, or regulation, an officer or unit of a county, municipality, bicounty agency, or board of license commissioners authorized by law to impose a civil penalty up to a specific dollar amount for violation of a statute, ordinance, or regulation shall consider the following in setting the amount of the civil penalty:
        (1)    the severity of the violation;
        (2)    the good faith of the violator; and
        (3)    any history of prior violations.

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