Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't § 1-1304 – Civil penalties

(a) In this section, “civil penalty” means a civil fine or other monetary penalty administratively imposed.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by statute, ordinance, or regulation, an officer or unit of a county, municipality, bicounty agency, or board of license commissioners authorized by law to impose a civil penalty up to a specific dollar amount for violation of a statute, ordinance, or regulation shall consider the following in setting the amount of the civil penalty:
1. (1) the severity of the violation;
2. (2) the good faith of the violator; and
3. (3) any history of prior violations.

Added as Local Government § 1-1303 by Acts 2013, c. 119, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013. Renumbered as Local Government § 1-1304 by Acts 2013, c. 493, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 494, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.