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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="28-2802" title_number="28" title_name="St. Mary's County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates a law relating to hours or days for the sale of alcoholic beverages is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $250 or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Board finds that a person has violated a law relating to licensing the sale of alcoholic beverages, the Board may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>revoke or suspend the person’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>impose a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>both revoke or suspend the person’s license and impose a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an employee of a license holder sells alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years the Board may impose a fine on the employee not exceeding $500 per offense.</text>
  </level>
</section>
