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<subtitle article="gcl" title_number="14" subtitle_number="32" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_name="Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act">
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-3201" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="32" subtitle_name="Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act">
    <text>A person may not violate:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6101 through 6108, as implemented by the Federal Trade Commission in the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. Part 310); or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, as implemented by the Federal Communications Commission in the Restrictions on Telemarketing and Telephone Solicitations Rule (47 C.F.R. Part 64, Subpart L).</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-3202" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="32" subtitle_name="Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A violation of this subtitle is an unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article and is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>In addition to the remedies provided in § 13-408 of this article, an individual who is affected by a violation of this subtitle may bring an action against a person that violates this subtitle to recover:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Reasonable attorney’s fees; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Damages in the amount of the greater of:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>$500 for each violation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Actual damages sustained as a result of the violation.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>For purposes of this section, each prohibited telephone solicitation and each prohibited practice during a telephone solicitation is a separate violation.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>