Unless another penalty specifically is provided elsewhere in this article, any person found guilty of a second or subsequent violation of any provision of the same title, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court. For the purposes of this section, a second or subsequent violation is one which has occurred within two years of any prior violation of this title and which arises out of a separate set of circumstances.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1974, c. 177, § 1; Acts 2002, c. 26, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2016, c. 267, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 661, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 662, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2019, c. 278, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.

Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 17-101.