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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-209" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Civil Relief During Emergency Periods">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an action for compliance with the terms of a contract is stayed under this subtitle, a fine or penalty does not accrue because of failure to comply with the terms of the contract during the period of the stay.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A court may provide relief against the enforcement of a fine or penalty for nonperformance of a contract if the court finds that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a person failed to perform an obligation and a fine or penalty for nonperformance was incurred;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the fine or penalty was incurred during the period that the person was a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the ability of the person to pay the fine or penalty or perform the obligation was materially impaired because the person was a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
