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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-6 Rulemaking authority.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-6" heading="Rulemaking authority.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Board must adopt and, from time to time, may amend rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out its powers and duties under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Matters included.">These rules and regulations must include:<para num="(1)">procedures for the issuance and enforcement of environmental citations for violations of the laws, rules, and regulations subject to the Board’s jurisdiction;</para>
      <para num="(2)">procedures for the adjudication of these violations, including the conduct of hearings and appeals by hearing officers, panels of the Board, or the full Board; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">procedures for enforcement of any abatement order that is contained in a citation or made part of an order or decision of a hearing officer, panel of the Board, or the full Board.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §300</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-326</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/09/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text of subsection (a) to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
