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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-1202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Tobacco Product Sales">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Carroll County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Garrett County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the sale of a tobacco product from a vending machine that complies with State law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a tobacconist establishment that engages primarily in the sale of tobacco products other than cigarettes, as defined in § 16–101 of the Business Regulation Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a business that engages primarily in the retail sale of beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who owns or operates a business that engages in the retail sale of a tobacco product may not store or display a tobacco product unless the tobacco product:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is not immediately accessible to customers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is accessible only to the owner or operator of the business or an agent of the owner or operator.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates subsection (c) of this section commits a civil infraction and is subject to a civil penalty of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$100 for the first violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$300 for any subsequent violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A citation for a second violation may not be issued within 30 days after the date of the first citation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>After a citation is issued for a second violation, a citation may be issued each day that the violation continues after the date of the second citation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
