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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-5 General powers and duties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-5" heading="General powers and duties.">
    <text>The Commission is authorized to and shall have the power to:</text>
    <para num="(1)">formulate and carry out a comprehensive educational and action program designed to eliminate the payment of substandard wages to employees in the City of Baltimore;</para>
    <para num="(2)">receive, investigate, and take action as herein provided on all complaints of payment of less than the minimum wage required by this Division I;</para>
    <para num="(3)">conduct such investigations on its own initiative as it deems proper to effectuate the purposes of this Division I;</para>
    <para num="(4)">monitor and assist in the fulfillment of any agreements negotiated with employers to effect their compliance with this Division I;</para>
    <para num="(5)">make appropriate findings as a result of any of its investigations; and</para>
    <para num="(6)">in carrying out its powers and duties, inspect payroll records of any business without prior notice.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 19, §55(1) - (3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, § 63(1) - (3), (7)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 64-370</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 66-739</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 67-1219</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 70-798</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-601</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
