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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2105" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Revocation and Suspension of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>When the Board notifies a license holder of a violation alleged against the license and gives notice for the license holder to appear for a hearing, the Board may offer as a compromise, on a form provided by the Board, a monetary penalty if the license holder agrees to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>voluntarily waive the right to a hearing under § 4–603 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>admit to the facts of the violation as alleged;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>take the corrective action prescribed in the offer made by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>accept the monetary penalty offered.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a license holder does not accept the offer of compromise made by the Board in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the license holder may accept service of notice of the complaint from the Board and inform the Board of its intent to exercise the right to a hearing under § 4–603 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an offer of compromise is accepted by a license holder under subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep a record of the initial violation alleged against the license holder or the licensed establishment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue a written finding that the offer of compromise does not impair the promotion of the peace or safety of the community;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>as soon as practicable, state the license holder’s acceptance of the offer of compromise on the record at a hearing of the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>post the result of the Board’s decision in a place accessible by the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
