Maryland Public Utility Companies Section 12-113

      (a)      A person that performs an excavation or demolition without first providing the notice required under § 12-108 of this subtitle and damages, dislocates, or disturbs an underground facility is deemed negligent and is subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense or ten times the cost of repairs to the underground facility caused by the damage, dislocation, or disturbance.

      (b)      An action to recover a civil penalty under this section shall be brought by an owner of a damaged, dislocated, or disturbed underground facility or the Attorney General in a court of competent jurisdiction in Baltimore City or the county in which the damage, dislocation, or disturbance occurred.

      (c)      All civil penalties recovered in an action under this section, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be paid into the General Fund of the State.