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MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16 - Cigarettes|Subtitle 6 - Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes|Section 16-606 - Noncomplying Cigarettes Deemed Contraband [Subtitle Subject to Contingent Abrogation]

    ** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **    Any cigarettes sold or offered for sale in the State that do not comply with the performance standard required by § 16–602 of this subtitle are deemed to be contraband and subject to §§ 13–836, 13–837, and 13–839 of the Tax – General Article.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16 - Cigarettes|Subtitle 6 - Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes|Section 16-607 - Regulations [Subtitle Subject to Contingent Abrogation]

    ** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **    The Comptroller:        (1)    may adopt regulations necessary to carry out and administer this subtitle;        (2)    in consultation with the Commission, may adopt regulations for the conduct of random inspections of retailers, subwholesalers, vending machine operators, and wholesalers to ensure compliance with this subtitle; and        (3)    may establish a $250 fee for each certification required under § 16–603 of this subtitle to cover the expenses of administering this subtitle.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16-608 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16 - Cigarettes|Subtitle 6 - Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes|Section 16-608 - Violations; Penalties [Subtitle Subject to Contingent Abrogation]

    ** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **    (a)    (1)    A manufacturer or other person that knowingly sells or offers for sale cigarettes other than by retail sale in violation of § 16–602 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each package of cigarettes sold or offered for sale.        (2)    Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a manufacturer or other person may not exceed $100,000 during any 30–day period.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a retailer, subwholesaler, wholesaler, or other person that knowingly sells cigarettes in violation of § 16–602 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each package of cigarettes sold.        (2)    Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a retailer may not exceed $25,000 during any 30–day period.        (3)    Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a subwholesaler, wholesaler, or other person may not exceed $100,000 during any  30–day period.    (c)    A manufacturer that knowingly makes a false certification under § 16–603 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty of at least $75,000 and not exceeding $250,000 for each false certification.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16-609 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16 - Cigarettes|Subtitle 6 - Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes|Section 16-609 - Enforcement [Subtitle Subject to Contingent Abrogation]

    ** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **    (a)    To enforce this subtitle:        (1)    the Attorney General may bring an action to enjoin any acts in violation of this subtitle and to recover civil penalties authorized under § 16–608 of this subtitle; or        (2)    the Attorney General or the Comptroller may examine the books, papers, invoices, and records of a person in possession, control, or occupancy of a building, structure, or land where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale.    (b)    Money collected from civil penalties recovered under this section shall be distributed to the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16-610 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16 - Cigarettes|Subtitle 6 - Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes|Section 16-610 - Seizure, Destruction, and Inspection of Noncomplying Cigarettes [Subtitle Subject to Contingent Abrogation]

    ** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **    (a)    A police officer or other authorized personnel as determined by regulations may seize cigarettes in the possession of a retailer, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler that have not been marked in accordance with § 16–604 of this subtitle.    (b)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, cigarettes seized under this section shall be destroyed.        (2)    The true holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand shall be provided the opportunity to inspect any cigarettes seized under this section before the cigarettes are destroyed.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 16.5-102 - Delegation of Power or Duty

    The Executive Director may delegate any power or duty of the Executive Director.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 16.5-103 - Applicability of Subtitle

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, this title does not apply to a seller located outside the State when selling, holding for sale, shipping, or delivering premium cigars or pipe tobacco to consumers in the State.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-201 - License Required; Exceptions

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person must have an appropriate license whenever the person acts as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer, a licensed other tobacco products retailer, a licensed other tobacco products storage warehouse, a licensed other tobacco products wholesaler, or a licensed tobacconist in the State.    (b)    A person need not obtain an other tobacco products retailer license under this subtitle to act as a retailer at a vending stand operated under a trader’s license issued to Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.    (c)    A license to act as an other tobacco products retailer or a tobacconist is required for each place of business where a person acts as an other tobacco products retailer or a tobacconist.    (d)    (1)    An other tobacco products manufacturer, or person connected with the business of an other tobacco products manufacturer or related by ownership, may not at the same time hold or have any financial interest in an other tobacco products wholesaler license or in any business of an other tobacco products wholesaler.        (2)    A person licensed as an other tobacco products wholesaler, or person connected with the business of a licensed other tobacco products wholesaler or related by ownership, may not at the same time hold or have any financial interest in an other tobacco products manufacturer license or in any business of an other tobacco products manufacturer.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-202 - Established Place of Business

    (a)    An applicant for a license to act as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer shall maintain in the State an established place of business for the manufacture and storage of other tobacco products.    (b)    An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products storage warehouse shall maintain an established place of business for storage of other tobacco products on which the tobacco tax has not been paid.    (c)    An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products wholesaler shall maintain:        (1)    an established place of business, including warehouse facilities, for the sale of other tobacco products; and        (2)    necessary equipment and vehicles for the storage and distribution of other tobacco products.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-203 - Requirements of Applicants

    (a)    An applicant for a license to act as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer shall:        (1)    submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and        (2)    pay to the Executive Director a fee of $25.    (b)    (1)    An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products retailer or a tobacconist:            (i)    shall obtain a county license by submitting to the clerk an application for each permanent or temporary place of business located in the same enclosure and operated by the same applicant; and            (ii)    except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall pay to the clerk a fee of $15.        (2)    A person who has a license issued under Title 16 of this article to act as a cigarette retailer or to act as a special cigarette retailer is not required to pay the license fee.        (3)    The application shall:            (i)    be made on the form that the clerk requires; and            (ii)    contain the information that the Executive Director requires.    (c)    An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products storage warehouse shall:        (1)    submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and        (2)    pay to the Executive Director a fee of $25.    (d)    (1)    An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products wholesaler shall:            (i)    submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and            (ii)    except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, pay to the Executive Director a fee of $250.        (2)    A person who has a license issued under Title 16 of this article to act as a cigarette wholesaler or to act as a cigarette subwholesaler is not required to pay the license fee.    (e)    A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation.    (f)    If a person has had a license revoked under § 16.5–208 of this subtitle, the person may not reapply for a license within 1 year after the date when the prior license was revoked.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-204 - Issuance of License

    (a)    The Executive Director shall issue an appropriate license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle for a license to act as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer, other tobacco products storage warehouse, or other tobacco products wholesaler.    (b)    The clerk of the circuit court shall issue to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle a license to act as an other tobacco products retailer or a tobacconist.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-206 - Term and Renewal of License

    (a)    Unless a license is renewed for a 1–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 after its effective date.    (b)    At least 1 month before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the issuing official shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states:        (1)    the date on which the current license expires; and        (2)    the date by which the issuing official must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires.    (c)    Before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the licensee may renew it for an additional 1–year term, if the licensee:        (1)    otherwise is entitled to be licensed;        (2)    submits to the issuing official a renewal application on the form that the issuing official requires; and        (3)    pays to the issuing official the license fee required under § 16.5–203 of this subtitle.    (d)    The issuing official shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-207 - Assignment, Transfer, Surrender of License

    (a)    (1)    A licensed other tobacco products retailer or a licensed tobacconist may not assign the license.        (2)    If a licensed other tobacco products wholesaler sells the licensee’s other tobacco products business and pays to the Executive Director a license assignment fee of $10, the licensee may assign the license to the buyer of the business, if the buyer otherwise qualifies under this title for an other tobacco products wholesaler’s license.    (b)    If the other tobacco products business of a licensee is transferred because of bankruptcy, death, incompetency, receivership, or otherwise by operation of law, the Executive Director shall transfer the license without charge to the new owner of the licensee’s business, if the transferee otherwise qualifies under this title for the license being transferred.    (c)    (1)    If a licensed other tobacco products wholesaler surrenders the license to the Executive Director and if no disciplinary proceedings are pending against the licensee, the Executive Director shall refund a pro rata part of the license fee for the unexpired term of the license.        (2)    A licensed other tobacco products retailer or a licensed tobacconist is not allowed a refund for the unexpired term of the license.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-208 - Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds

    (a)    Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16.5–209 of this subtitle, the Executive Director may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:        (1)    fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another person;        (2)    fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;        (3)    buys other tobacco products for resale:            (i)    in violation of a license; or            (ii)    from a person who is not an other tobacco products manufacturer or licensed other tobacco products wholesaler;        (4)    is convicted, under the laws of the United States or of any other state, of:            (i)    a felony; or            (ii)    a misdemeanor that is a crime of moral turpitude and is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee;        (5)    violates Title 12 of the Tax – General Article or regulations adopted under that title; or        (6)    violates this title or Title 16 of this article or regulations adopted under these titles.    (b)    Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16.5–209 of this subtitle, the Executive Director shall deny a license to any applicant who has had a license revoked under this section until:        (1)    1 year has passed since the license was revoked; and        (2)    it satisfactorily appears to the Executive Director that the applicant will comply with this title and any regulations adopted under this title.    (c)    Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license, the Executive Director shall conduct an investigation with regard to:        (1)    the applicant;        (2)    the business to be operated; and        (3)    the facts set forth in the application.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-209 - Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Hearings

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in § 10–226 of the State Government Article, before the Executive Director takes any final action under § 16.5–208 of this subtitle, the Executive Director shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Executive Director.    (b)    The Executive Director shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.    (c)    The Executive Director may administer oaths in a proceeding under this section.    (d)    The person against whom the action is contemplated may be represented at the hearing by counsel.    (e)    If, after due notice, the person against whom the action is contemplated does not appear, nevertheless the Executive Director may hear and determine the matter.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-210 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-210 - Suspension or Revocation

    (a)    Subject to the notice requirement of subsection (c) of this section, if a licensee engages in an act or omission that is a ground for discipline under § 16.5–208 of this subtitle, the Executive Director may suspend the license for a consecutive period that:        (1)    for a first offense, is not less than 5 nor more than 20 business days; or        (2)    for a subsequent offense, is not less than 20 business days nor more than 6 months.    (b)    Subject to the notice requirement under subsection (c) of this section, the Executive Director may revoke a license if a licensee:        (1)    willfully and persistently engages in an act or omission that is a ground for discipline under § 16.5–208(a) of this subtitle; or        (2)    violates this title or Title 12 of the Tax – General Article or regulations adopted under these titles.    (c)    If a license is suspended or revoked under this section:        (1)    the Executive Director shall give the licensee notice of the suspension or revocation; and        (2)    the suspension or revocation may not take effect until at least 5 business days following notice of the suspension or revocation.    (d)    The transfer, renewal, or expiration of a license will not bar or abate a disciplinary action under this section.    (e)    (1)    Except for a violation of § 10–107 of the Criminal Law Article, whenever any license issued under the provisions of this subtitle is suspended or revoked by the Executive Director, the licensee may, before the effective date of the suspension or revocation, petition the Executive Director for permission to make an offer of compromise consisting of a sum of money in lieu of serving the suspension or revocation.        (2)    Money paid in lieu of suspension or revocation shall be paid into the General Fund of the State.        (3)    An offer of compromise may not exceed $2,000 in the case of retail licensees and may not exceed $50,000 for other licensees.        (4)    The Executive Director may accept the offer of compromise if:            (i)    the public welfare and morals would not be impaired by allowing the licensee to operate during the period set for the suspension or revocation; and            (ii)    the payment of the sum of money will achieve the desired disciplinary purposes.        (5)    The Executive Director may adopt regulations to carry out this subsection.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-211 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-211 - Judicial Review

    A party to a proceeding before the Executive Director who is aggrieved by a final decision of the Executive Director in a contested case, as defined in § 10–202 of the State Government Article, is entitled to judicial review as provided in §§ 10–222 and 10–223 of the State Government Article.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-212 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-212 - Unauthorized Practice

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in § 16.5–201(b) of this subtitle, a person may not act, attempt to act, or offer to act as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer, a licensed other tobacco products retailer, a licensed other tobacco products storage warehouse, a licensed other tobacco products wholesaler, or a licensed tobacconist in the State unless the person has an appropriate license.    (b)    (1)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both.        (2)    Each day that a violation of this section continues is a separate offense.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  16.5-213 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 16.5 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Subtitle 2 - Other Tobacco Products Licenses|Section 16.5-213 - License Fees

    (a)    (1)    The Executive Director shall pay into the General Fund of the State all license fees collected under this title.        (2)    All license fees collected by the counties are subject to the distribution provisions of § 17–206 of this article.    (b)    The General Assembly intends that these license fees be used to administer this title.