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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="9-2803" title_number="9" title_name="Allegany County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may revoke or suspend a license or impose a fine on a license holder who violates this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In lieu of suspension, the Board may impose a fine not exceeding $2,500, which shall be paid into the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In deciding whether to fine a license holder or suspend the license, the Board shall consider whether:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <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="ii">
        <text>the payment of the fine will achieve the desired disciplinary purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
