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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="6-102" title_number="6" title_name="Violations of Ordinances and Resolutions" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless State law classifies a violation as a criminal offense, the legislative body of a municipality may provide, by law, that a violation of a municipal ordinance is a municipal infraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipal infraction is a civil offense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The legislative body of a municipality may classify as a municipal infraction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a violation of an ordinance or regulation concerning zoning or land use; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>littering in the municipality as prohibited under § 10–110 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A fine not exceeding $5,000 may be imposed for each municipal infraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fine is payable to the municipality by the person charged in the citation within 20 calendar days of service of the citation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
