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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-7 Disposition.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-7" heading="Disposition.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Determination.">After the Ethics Board considers all of the evidence presented, it must make written findings of fact and conclusion of law on each alleged violation.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Finding of no violation.">If the Ethics Board determines that the respondent has not violated &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Board must:<para num="(1)">dismiss the complaint; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">promptly notify the complainant and respondent of the dismissal.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Sanctions for violation.">If the Ethics Board determines that the respondent has violated any provision of &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Board may take any 1 or more of the actions authorized in Subtitle 9 {“Enforcement”}, Part II {“Administrative Sanctions”}.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-520</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
