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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1712" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Office of Recycling">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to any special event that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Includes temporary or periodic use of a public street, publicly owned site or facility, or public park;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serves food or drink; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Is expected to have 200 or more persons in attendance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not affect the authority of a county, a municipality, or any other local government to enact and enforce recycling requirements, including establishing civil penalties, for a special event that are more stringent than the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before issuing a permit for a special event, the State, a county, a municipality, or any other local government shall provide to the organizer of the special event a written statement that describes the requirements and penalties under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to any other conditions required as part of a special events or other permit, the organizer of a special event shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Provide a recycling receptacle immediately adjacent to each trash receptacle at the special event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Ensure that all recycling receptacles are clearly distinguished from trash receptacles by color or signage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Ensure that all recyclable materials deposited into recycling receptacles at the special event are collected for recycling.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A county may require the organizer of a special event that provides for recycling to report to the county on recycling activities in a manner determined by the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The recycling required under subsection (b) of this section shall be carried out in accordance with the recycling plan required under § 9–1703 of this subtitle for the county in which the special event takes place.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person or an organization that violates subsection (b) or (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $300 for each day on which the violation exists.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An enforcement unit, officer, or official of a county, a municipality, or any other local government may conduct inspections of a special event location to enforce this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Any penalties collected under subsection (d) of this section shall be paid to the county, municipality, or other local government that brought the enforcement action.</text>
  </level>
</section>
