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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 25-13 Withholding payments.">
  <section prefix="§" num="25-13" heading="Withholding payments.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="For outstanding obligations.">The City may withhold or cause to be withheld from the contractor so much of the accrued payments as may be considered necessary:<para num="(1)">to pay such laborers, mechanics, and apprentices employed by the contractor or any subcontractor the full amount of wages required by the provisions of this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">to satisfy any liability of any contractor or subcontractor for any penalties as provided herein.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="For failure to post rates.">The City may also withhold payments from any contractor who has failed to post and keep posted a copy of the regular hourly rates as required herein, until such default shall have been corrected.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §19(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 67-969</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 73-348</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
