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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-2802" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall hear a case within 30 days after the violation is reported by an inspector or law enforcement officer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall make a determination of the case within 15 days after the conclusion of the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless another penalty is provided, for a violation of this article, the Board may impose:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for the first offense:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a fine not exceeding $1,000;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>suspension of the license; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>closure of the place of business not exceeding 15 days;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for the second offense:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a fine not exceeding $2,000;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>suspension of the license; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>closure of the place of business not exceeding 30 days;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for a third or subsequent offense that is different from either of the two previous offenses:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a fine not exceeding $2,500;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>suspension of the license; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>closure of the place of business not exceeding 90 days; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for a third offense that is the same as either of the two previous offenses:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>revocation of the license;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>prohibition of licensure of the violator; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>prohibition of licensure of the premises for a period not exceeding 1 year after the revocation.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The penalties provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>do not limit, but are in addition to, other specific or general penalties for the same violation under this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are independent of any related court action based on the same violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A petition seeking judicial review may not stay an order of the Board to suspend a license or close a place of business.</text>
  </level>
</section>
