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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-808.1" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Prohibited Activities; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After notice and a hearing, the Commissioner may assess a civil penalty against a banking institution that the Commissioner determines has:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Violated a cease and desist order issued by the Commissioner under § 5–808 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Engaged in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An unsafe or unsound banking practice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A practice that is injurious to the public interest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The civil penalty may not exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,000 per violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$1,000 per violation for each day that the violation continues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A civil penalty shall be assessed by written notice of assessment served on the person to be assessed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice of assessment shall state the:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Amount of the civil penalty;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Legal authority for the assessment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Matters of fact or law constituting the grounds for the assessment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The notice of assessment shall constitute a final order for purposes of judicial review pursuant to § 10–221 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In determining the amount of the civil penalty to be assessed, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The seriousness of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The good faith of the violator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The violator’s history of previous violations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The deleterious effect of the violation on the public and the banking industry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The assets of the violator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Any other factors relevant to the determination of the civil penalty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A civil penalty assessed under this section shall be due and payable within 30 days after the Commissioner issues the notice of assessment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may reduce or set aside a civil penalty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commissioner shall pay all civil penalties collected under this section into the General Fund of the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
