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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="6-608" title_number="6" title_name="Electricians" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “officer” includes a superintendent, a manager, or an agent of a business entity, regardless of whether the business entity engages in the business of providing electrical services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any person, including an officer, who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on a first conviction, a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on a second or subsequent conviction, a fine not exceeding $5,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any person who violates § 6–604 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to any other penalties imposed under this title, the State Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this subtitle a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining the penalty imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the State Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any previous violations by the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the harmful effect of the violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other relevant factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State Board shall pay any penalty collected under subsection (d) of this section into the General Fund of the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
