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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-18 Suspension pending decision.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-18" heading="Suspension pending decision.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Persons.">Pending a final decision on a debarment, the Board may suspend any person against whom debarment proceedings have been instituted under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Businesses.">A business is suspended to the same extent that a person is suspended under this section if:<para num="(1)">the suspended person’s debarment would cause the debarment of the business under &lt;cite data-path="|5|§40-20"&gt;§ 40-20 {“Debarment of businesses”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Board notifies the business of its suspension under this subsection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Modification or termination.">
      <para num="(1)">A person or business suspended under this section may petition the Board to modify or terminate the suspension.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In its sole discretion, the Board may conduct a hearing on the petition.</para>
      <para num="(3)">In considering the petition, the Board shall determine whether the integrity of the contracting process and the best interests of the City would be served by continuing, modifying, or terminating the suspension.</para>
      <para num="(4)">The Board shall give the petitioner notice of the Board’s decision.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
