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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="29-107" title_number="29" title_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who violates any of the following provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>§ 17–403 of this article (Commission regulations, except for those specified in subsection (c) of this section and §§ 29–101(b) and 29–102(a) of this title);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Title 22, Subtitle 1 of this article (general obligation bonds and notes);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>§ 23–102(a) of this article (construction of private or municipal systems);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>§ 23–202 of this article (service connections);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>§ 26–103 of this article (tampering with Commission system in Anne Arundel County);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>§ 26–205 of this article (tampering with Commission system in Howard County);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>§§ 27–101(c) and  27–108 of this article (public utilities construction);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>§ 29–105 of this title (unlawful use of Commission property, except for the regulations governing publicly owned watershed property); or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>§ 29–106 of this title (leaving dead animals or fecal matter unburied).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates the provisions of Title 20, Subtitle 2 of this article as they relate to the minority business enterprise utilization program by committing a prohibited act listed under § 14–308 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, on conviction, is subject to the penalties provided under that section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates emergency water use restrictions adopted in accordance with § 17–403 of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates Title 18, Subtitle 1 of this article (Personnel Management) is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates § 19–102(b) of this article (ethics) is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A person may be convicted of a second or subsequent violation of a provision of this Division II or a regulation adopted under this Division II.</text>
  </level>
</section>
