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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part III – City Solicitor">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-9" heading="Designation of representative.">
    <text>The City Solicitor may designate one or more Assistant Solicitors to perform the functions and duties assigned by this subtitle.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-10" heading="Reports to Board.">
    <text>The City Solicitor shall promptly report to the Board any information that indicates a basis for instituting debarment proceedings under this subtitle.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-11" heading="Investigations — in general.">
    <text>The City Solicitor shall investigate the matters to be determined by the Board in any hearing held under this subtitle.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-12" heading="Investigations — investigative demand.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope of section.">This section applies whenever the City Solicitor reasonably believes that a person may have information or may possess or have custody of or control over any potential evidence, wherever situated, that the City Solicitor believes is relevant to an investigation under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Service of demand.">Before making any recommendation to the Board, the City Solicitor may serve on a person described in subsection (a) of this section a written investigative demand that requires the person to do one or more of the following:<para num="(1)">be examined under oath;</para>
      <para num="(2)">answer written interrogatories; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">produce documentary material for inspection and copying.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents of demand.">The demand of the City Solicitor shall:<para num="(1)">state the matter under investigation;</para>
      <para num="(2)">describe the documentary material to be produced with sufficient specificity to indicate fairly the material demanded;</para>
      <para num="(3)">contain a copy of the written interrogatories to be answered;</para>
      <para num="(4)">specify the place for taking testimony and for producing documentary materials; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">prescribe a reasonable time of not less than 3 days after the demand is served within which the person must comply with the demand.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Enforcement.">If the person fails to comply with the demand, the City Solicitor may apply to a court of appropriate jurisdiction for an order requiring compliance.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-13" heading="Preliminary recommendations.">
    <text>On completing the  investigation of a person, the City Solicitor may recommend to the Board whether the Board should:</text>
    <para num="(1)">institute debarment proceedings against the person; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">suspend the person pending a final decision.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-14" heading="Participation in proceedings.">
    <text>As a party to any proceeding brought under this subtitle, the City Solicitor may:</text>
    <para num="(1)">present to the Board the evidence that the City Solicitor considers appropriate; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">recommend to the Board:<para num="(i)">whether the Board should debar the person; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">the appropriate time period for the debarment.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
