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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .24 Procedures for Claims Against Security Bond.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".24" heading="Procedures for Claims Against Security Bond.">
    <para num="A.">Authorization to Draw Against Security.
The City may deduct from the security provided by a permit holder to recover incurred costs if:<para num="(1)">A permit holder fails to remove from the public street a dockless vehicle that is:<para num="(a)">Unsafe;</para>
        <para num="(b)">Unpermitted; or</para>
        <para num="(c)">Abandoned;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Department seizes a dockless vehicles due to a violation of these regulations; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">A permit holder’s dockless vehicle causes damage to public property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="B.">Notification.
If the City intends to deduct from a permit holder’s security as provided in &lt;cite data-path="14.02.01.24|A."&gt;§A of this regulation&lt;/cite&gt; the Department shall provide written notice to a permit holder prior to the deduction which states:<para num="(1)">The reason for the deduction;</para>
      <para num="(2)">The amount of the deduction;</para>
      <para num="(3)">Information on submission of an objection to a deduction in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="14.02.01.24|C."&gt;§C of this regulation&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="C.">Objection Submission.
A permit holder may submit an objection to a planned deduction to their security bond:<para num="(1)">In writing; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">Within 7 days of the date of the written notice.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="D.">Notification of Outcome.<para num="(1)">The Department shall provide a permit holder with written notification of a decision rendered regarding their objection which:<para num="(a)">Provides the reason for denying the objection; or</para>
        <para num="(b)">Confirms acceptance of the objection.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Department shall send the notification to the permit holder three days before a deduction is made.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
