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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Scrap - Collectors, Scavengers, Processors, and Others - Penalties
FOR the purpose of increasing the penalties for violations by scrap collectors, scavengers, scrap metal processors, and others who collect, buy, process, sell, transport, or otherwise deal in scrap; and correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 2 - Consumer Protections
Section(s) 7-10, 8-14
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 2. Consumer Protections
Subtitle 7. Scrap Collectors and Scavengers
§ 710. Penalties.
(a) In general.
Any scrap collector, scavenger, or other person who violates any provision of this subtitle OR OF A RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than [$500] $1,000 for each offense.
(b) Each day a separate offense.
Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.
Subtitle 8. Scrap Metal Processors
§ 814. Penalties.
(A) IN GENERAL.
Any scrap metal processor or other person who [willfully or knowingly] violates any provision ...
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