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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="20-102" title_number="20" title_name="Automated Purchasing Machines" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This title does not apply to an automated purchasing machine that is used exclusively for collecting recyclable materials in accordance with a recycling program approved by the Department of the Environment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this title:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>preempts the right of a county or municipality to regulate automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>supersedes any existing law of a county or municipality that regulates automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This title does not limit the power of a county or municipality to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>license automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prohibit the installation or operation of automated purchasing machines within the county or municipality.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
