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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="10-202" title_number="10" title_name="Express Powers Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Express Powers of Charter Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county may enact local laws and may repeal or amend any local law enacted by the General Assembly on any matter covered by the express powers in this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A county may provide for the enforcement of an ordinance, a resolution, a bylaw, or a regulation adopted under this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>by civil fines not exceeding $5,000; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by criminal fines and penalties not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment not exceeding 6 months.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A county may provide for the enforcement of local fair housing laws by fines or penalties that do not exceed the fines or penalties provided in the federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 for enforcement of similar federal fair housing laws.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A county may provide for the enforcement of local employment discrimination laws or public accommodations discrimination laws by civil fines not exceeding $5,000 for any offense.</text>
  </level>
</section>
