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§ 2-610. Civil penalty

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West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Environment
Title 2. Ambient Air Quality Control (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Enforcement; Penalties
MD Code, Environment, § 2-610
§ 2-610. Civil penalty
Currentness
In general
(a) A person who violates any provision of this title or any rule, regulation, or order adopted or issued under this title is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $25,000, to be collected in a civil action in the circuit court for any county. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation under this section.
Compromise and settlement
(b) If the Attorney General concurs, the Secretary may compromise and settle any claim for a civil penalty under this section.
Remission of penalty
(c) If, within 36 months after a civil penalty is compromised and settled under subsection (b) of this section, the person against whom the penalty is imposed satisfies the Secretary that the violation has been eliminated or the order has been satisfied, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, may return to the person not more than 75 percent of the amount of the penalty paid.

Credits

Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 353; Acts 1991, c. 15.
Formerly Art. 43, § 703.
MD Code, Environment, § 2-610, MD ENVIR § 2-610
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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