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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 9-412.1

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) A person may not tamper, attempt to tamper, or make a threat to tamper with a public water system.

(b) (1) The Department may bring a civil action against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system.

(2) The court may impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for actual tampering, or not more than $20,000 for each attempt to tamper.