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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="31" subtitle_number="28" title_name="Washington County" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="31-2801" title_number="31" title_name="Washington County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
    <text>Section 6–402 (“General penalty”) of Division I of this article applies in the county.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="31-2802" title_number="31" title_name="Washington County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may impose a fine not exceeding $2,500 or suspend a license or both on a license holder who violates this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>In deciding whether to fine a license holder or suspend the license, the Board shall consider whether:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the public welfare and morals would be impaired by allowing the license holder to operate during the suspension period; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the payment of the fine will achieve the desired disciplinary purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Fines collected under this section shall be paid to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="31-2803" title_number="31" title_name="Washington County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
    <text>The Board shall expunge the record of a violation of this article or a regulation adopted under this article 5 years after the date the violation occurred.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>