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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="17-208" title_number="17" title_name="Powers and Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Use of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A violation of a regulation under § 17–207 of this subtitle is a Commission infraction unless the violation is declared by law to be a crime.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A Commission infraction is a civil offense.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The adjudication of a Commission infraction:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is not a criminal conviction; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>does not impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by a criminal conviction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A Commission park police officer may deliver a citation to any person charged with a Commission infraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>retain a copy of the citation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include on the citation a certification attesting to the truth of the matter specified in the citation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The citation shall also contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and address of the person charged;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the nature of the infraction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location and time that the infraction occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the amount of the fine assessed for the infraction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the manner, location, and time in which the fine may be paid to the Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>notice of the person’s right to a trial for the infraction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establish a schedule of fines for each conviction of a Commission infraction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>impose a fine not to exceed $50 for each conviction of a Commission infraction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>impose a fine not to exceed $100 for each repeat violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The recipient of a citation for a Commission infraction shall pay the fine to the Commission within 20 days after the receipt of the citation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a person who receives a citation for a Commission infraction fails to pay the fine by the payment due date specified in the citation and fails to file a notice of the person’s intent to stand trial for the offense, the Commission shall send a notice of the infraction to the person’s last known address.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who fails to pay the fine within 15 days after the date of the notice is liable for an additional fine not to exceed twice the original fine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the fine is not paid within 35 days after the date of notice, the Commission may request adjudication of the case through the District Court.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The District Court promptly shall schedule the case for trial and summon the defendant to appear.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who receives a citation for a Commission infraction may elect to stand trial by filing with the Commission a notice of the person’s intent to stand trial.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall be given at least 5 days before the payment due date specified in the citation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On receipt of the notice of intent to stand trial, the Commission shall forward to the District Court having venue a copy of the citation and a copy of the notice of intent to stand trial that was filed by the person who received the citation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On receipt of the citation and the notice of intent to stand trial, the District Court shall schedule the case for trial and notify the defendant and the Commission of the trial date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The District Court shall remit to the Commission all fines, penalties, or forfeitures the District Court collects for Commission infractions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A person found by the District Court to have committed a Commission infraction shall pay a fine not to exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$50 for a first violation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$100 for a repeat violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>In a proceeding for a Commission infraction before the District Court, the violation shall be prosecuted in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for municipal infractions under §§ 6–102 through 6–115 of the Local Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
