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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-308.2" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="License to Sell Cigarettes at Retail in Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “unpackaged cigarette” means any cigarette not contained in a sealed package of 20 or more cigarettes that are designed and intended to be sold as a unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only in Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who holds a county license may not sell an unpackaged cigarette.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An enforcement officer of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in the Baltimore City Health Department may enforce this section by entering and inspecting, at a reasonable time, the premises of a county license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An enforcement officer shall report a violation of this section to a State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16–307 of this subtitle, the Executive Director may reprimand a licensee or suspend or revoke a license for a violation identified under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Issuance of a citation by the Comptroller or the Executive Director for a violation of § 16–215 of this title precludes a prosecution for a violation under this section arising out of the same incident.</text>
  </level>
</section>
