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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="5-712" title_number="5" title_name="Cemeteries" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Preneed Burial Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A seller may not fail to deposit, as required by this subtitle, money received under or in connection with a preneed burial contract.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a second violation, a fine not exceeding $15,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for a third or subsequent violation, a fine not exceeding $20,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if a corporation violates this section, each officer responsible for the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a second violation, a fine not exceeding $15,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for a third or subsequent violation, a fine not exceeding $20,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who willfully misappropriates or intentionally and fraudulently converts preneed trust funds in excess of $100 to that person’s own use is guilty of a felony and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
