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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 36.10.12.04" title_num="36" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="12" heading="Collection and Deposit of Payments.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant or licensee shall pay a fee or civil penalty by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wire transfer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Money order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certified check made payable to the “State of Maryland”; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other manner designated by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commission shall deposit payment of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An application, license, renewal, or other fee into a bank account that the State Treasurer designates to the credit of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency Fund and distribute the funds as described under:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>State Government Article, §9-1E-07, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>State Government Article, §9-1E-12, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Expired winnings into the Problem Gambling Fund established in the Maryland Department of Health under State Government Article, §9-1A-33, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Funds surrendered under COMAR 03.10.10 or COMAR 03.10.11.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission may recover from an applicant or licensee whose payment of a fee or penalty is overdue:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The unpaid amount of the fee or penalty;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Revenues lost to the State as the result of the nonpayment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Attorney’s fees; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other penalty, interest, cost, and expense allowable by law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The failure of a licensee to timely pay a fee or penalty is a violation of an order of the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Commission’s election to seek recovery under §C of this regulation for a licensee’s failure to pay a fee or penalty does not preclude the Commission or the State from enforcing other rights, or seeking other remedies, for the same failure to pay.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Commission shall account for collection of a fee or penalty in accordance with applicable law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>