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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-1203" 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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Cecil County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Garrett County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>St. Mary’s County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsection (c)(3) of this section does not apply to the distribution of a coupon that is redeemable for a tobacco product if the coupon:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is contained in a newspaper, magazine, or other type of publication and the coupon is incidental to the primary purpose of the publication; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is sent through the mail.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>distribute a tobacco product to an individual under the age of 21 years, unless the individual is acting solely as the agent of the individual’s employer who is engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>distribute cigarette rolling papers to an individual under the age of 21 years; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>distribute to an individual under the age of 21 years a coupon redeemable for a tobacco product.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person has not violated this section if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person examined the driver’s license or other valid government–issued identification presented by the recipient of a tobacco product, cigarette rolling paper, or coupon redeemable for a tobacco product; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the license or other identification positively identified the recipient as being at least 21 years old.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In Carroll County and St. Mary’s County, a person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and is subject to a civil penalty of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$300 for the first violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$500 for any subsequent violation within 24 months after the previous citation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In Cecil County, a person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and is subject to a civil penalty of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$300 for the first violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$500 for a second violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$750 for any subsequent violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In Garrett County, a person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $300.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
