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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="19-304" title_number="19" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Regulation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Returnable Containers and Returnable Textiles">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the recordation, a person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>use a registered returnable container of another with contents of a nature different from that delivered; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sell, buy, rent, or otherwise traffic in a registered returnable textile of another.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall forfeit to the rightful owner possession of the property involved in the violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the recordation, a person may not willfully deface, remove, conceal, or destroy an identifying name, mark, or device attached, impressed, or imprinted on a returnable container or returnable textile of another.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall forfeit to the rightful owner possession of the property involved in the violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the recordation, a person may not willfully break, destroy, or otherwise injure a returnable container or returnable textile of another.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall forfeit to the rightful owner possession of the property involved in the violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the recordation, a person may not buy, offer for sale, sell, use, give, receive, hire, rent, lend, transport, collect from ash or garbage receptacles, dumps, or premises, keep in stock or store, or dispose of a returnable container or returnable textile of another without an assignment from or the written consent of the registered owner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for each first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall forfeit to the rightful owner possession of the property involved in the violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person may not adopt and register under this subtitle a returnable container or returnable textiles, or a description, name, mark or device, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has been previously registered by another; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is in use by another in good faith.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who receives a registered returnable container or registered returnable textile may not fail on demand to surrender promptly the container or textile to the person from whom the container or textile was received.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for each first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who receives a registered returnable container that has come into immediate contact with a dairy product shall thoroughly clean the inside of the container immediately after emptying the contents.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $500.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
