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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-17 Notice and opportunity for hearing — other debarments.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-17" heading="Notice and opportunity for hearing — other debarments.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope of section.">This section applies if:<para num="(1)">a person is subject to debarment under § 40-6 {“Other bribery offenses”}, § 40-7 {“Violations of other laws”}, or &lt;cite data-path="|5|§40-8"&gt;§ 40-8 {“Other events”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">that person or a business in which that person is a principal is seeking or is performing under a contract with the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice of proposed debarment.">
      <para num="(1)">When the Board receives information that indicates a basis for debarring a person under § 40-6, § 40-7, or &lt;cite data-path="|5|§40-8"&gt;§ 40-8 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the Board may institute debarment proceedings by notice to that person.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The notice shall state:<para num="(i)">the grounds for the debarment;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the person’s right to a hearing before the Board; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">that the right to a hearing is waived unless the person files a request for hearing as required by subsection (c) of this section.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Request for hearing.">A request for a hearing must be:<para num="(1)">in writing; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">filed with the Board within 30 days after the person received the notice.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Debarment on failure to request hearing.">If the person fails to file a request for hearing as required by subsection (c) of this section, the person:<para num="(1)">waives the right to a hearing; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">is debarred.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
