§ 7-20. Slugs or meter tampering prohibited.

(a) Using slugs.

It is unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any slug, device, or substitute for a coin of the United States.

(b) Tampering with meter.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, steal from, open, or wilfully break into, to destroy, to remove, or to impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under this subtitle.

(2) This subsection does not apply to:

(i) any person authorized by the Director of Finance to collect money or other payment placed in parking meters; or

(ii) any person authorized by the Director of Transportation to regulate, repair, or maintain parking meters.

(c) Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,00 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or to both fine and imprisonment.