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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-5 Action by City Solicitor.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-5" heading="Action by City Solicitor.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Investigation.">In determining whether to initiate legal proceedings under this subtitle, the City Solicitor, on behalf of the Mayor and City Council, may conduct an investigation when there is reason to believe a person is engaging in or has engaged in a violation of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Issuance of a subpoena.">In the course of an investigation under this subtitle the City Solicitor may issue in writing, and caused to be served, a subpoena to require any person to:<para num="(1)">appear under oath to provide testimonial information related to the alleged violation under investigation; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">produce any of the following related to the alleged violation:<para num="(i)">information;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">documents;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">reports;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">records;</para>
        <para num="(v)">accounts; or</para>
        <para num="(vi)">any other relevant material.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Enforcement of a subpoena.">The City Solicitor may enforce any subpoena issued pursuant to the section in a court of competent jurisdiction.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Initiation of legal proceeding.">In addition to any other enforcement action authorized by law, the City Solicitor, on behalf of the Mayor and City Council, may initiate a legal proceeding for injunctive relief and for the imposition and collection of civil penalties in a court of competent jurisdiction for a violation of this subtitle.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 23-266</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
