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Md. Code, Local Government § 12–804

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  1. Article - Local Government

(a) Notwithstanding Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Land Use Article and any

other provision of law, the County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may provide

that:

(1) a violation of an ordinance is punishable as a misdemeanor and

enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as a violation under § 6–101 of

this article; and

(2) a violation of an ordinance is a civil infraction and shall be

prosecuted in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for a municipal

infraction under Title 6 of this article.

(b) Every day that a violation continues is a separate civil infraction.

(c) In addition to other remedies provided by this section, the county may

bring an action for an injunction against a person who violates an ordinance, a rule,

or a regulation to require the correction or elimination of a violation.

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