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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="10-502" title_number="10" title_name="For-Hire Driving Services" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Prohibitions; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not operate a vehicle that provides passenger–for–hire services in the State:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>unless the person is licensed as a passenger–for–hire driver by the Commission, including a person who is licensed or otherwise authorized by the Commission as a transportation network operator, transportation network partner, or transportation network driver; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in violation of this title or Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not operate a vehicle that provides taxicab services in the State:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>unless the person is licensed as a taxicab driver by the Commission or a county or municipal corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that is under the jurisdiction of the Commission, in violation of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not operate a transportation network company in the State unless the person has been issued a permit as a transportation network company by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 3–102(c) of this article, the Commission may impose on a person who violates this section a civil penalty not exceeding $500 for each violation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
