Except as provided in §§ 10-I(f) and 10J(c) of this article, Article 66B, §§ 7.02 and 14.07(f) of the Code, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in St. Mary's County, the County Commissioners may provide that:

            (1)      Violations of county ordinances and resolutions shall be punishable as misdemeanors and enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as municipal violations under Article 23A, § 3(a) of the Code; and

            (2)      Violations of county ordinances shall be prosecuted in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth for municipal infractions in Article 23A, § 3(b) of the Code.