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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-519" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity and after an opportunity for a hearing, the board of trustees of the Foundation may impose a penalty on an owner of property that is subject to an easement granted under this subtitle for a violation of any provision of this subtitle, any regulation adopted in accordance with § 2–504 of this subtitle, or an easement acquired by the Foundation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each day a violation occurs is a separate violation for purposes of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before taking any action under this section, the Foundation shall provide the alleged violator with written notice of the proposed action, an opportunity for an informal meeting, and a reasonable time to correct the alleged violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The penalty imposed on a person under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Up to $2,500 for each violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not more than $50,000 total for any single administrative hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Assessed with consideration given to the willfulness of the violation and the extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the violator but uncorrected by the violator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Penalties collected by the Foundation under this section shall be paid into the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund established under § 2–505 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Foundation shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
