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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="13-201" title_number="13" title_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Civil Liability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a violation of the following provisions of this article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Title 5, Subtitle 4;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Title 7, Subtitle 1;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>§ 7–213 as it applies to electric cooperatives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Title 8, Subtitles 1 and 3;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Title 9, Subtitle 3; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Title 8, Subtitle 4.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $25,000 against a person who violates a provision of this division, or an effective and outstanding direction, ruling, order, rule, or regulation of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The civil penalty that the Commission may impose on a common carrier for each violation may not exceed $2,500.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A civil penalty may be imposed in addition to any other penalty authorized by this division.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each violation is a separate offense.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each day or part of a day the violation continues is a separate offense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commission shall determine the amount of any civil penalty after considering:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number of previous violations of any provision of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the gravity of the current violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the good faith efforts of the violator in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of the violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other matter that the Commission considers appropriate and relevant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a civil penalty collected under this section shall be paid into the Resiliency Hub Grant Program Fund established under § 9–2011 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A civil penalty assessed for a violation of a service quality and reliability standard under § 7–213 of this article shall be paid into the Electric Reliability Remediation Fund under § 7–213(j) of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A civil penalty assessed for a violation of § 7–317, § 7–318, § 7–505(b)(7), § 7–507, § 7–603, § 7–603.1, § 7–604, § 7–606, or § 7–707 of this article, or a rule, an order, or a regulation adopted under any of those sections, shall be paid into the Education and Protection Fund under § 7–310 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
