Home Table of Contents

§ 16-508. Review; regulations; costs and attorney's fees; forfeiture

West's Annotated Code of MarylandBusiness RegulationEffective: June 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Business Regulation (Refs & Annos)
Title 16. Cigarettes (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Escrow Requirements for Nonparticipating Tobacco Product Manufacturers (Refs & Annos)
Effective: June 1, 2022
MD Code, Business Regulation, § 16-508
§ 16-508. Review; regulations; costs and attorney's fees; forfeiture
Currentness
(a) A determination by the Attorney General to omit or to delete from the directory described in § 16-504 of this subtitle a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer shall be subject to review in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.
(b) The Attorney General, the Comptroller, and the Executive Director may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
(c) In any action brought by the State to enforce this subtitle, the State shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.
(d)(1) If a court determines that a person has violated this subtitle, the court shall order any profits, gain, gross receipts, or other benefit from the violation to be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Cigarette Restitution Fund established under § 7-317 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this subtitle are cumulative to each other, and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State.

Credits

Added by Acts 2003, c. 455, § 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2022, c. 743, § 1, eff. June 1, 2022.
MD Code, Business Regulation, § 16-508, MD BUS REG § 16-508
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.
End of Document