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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="14-222" title_number="14" title_name="Business Opportunities, Franchises, and Multilevel Distribution Companies" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Franchises">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After passing a stop order, the Commissioner promptly shall send to the applicant or registrant a notice that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>states that the stop order has been passed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>states the reasons for the stop order; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>informs the applicant or registrant of the right to a hearing under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant or registrant may submit to the Commissioner a written request for a hearing on the stop order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner shall schedule a hearing within 15 business days after the Commissioner receives the request unless the applicant or registrant consents to a later date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner may schedule a hearing even if the applicant or registrant does not request a hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a hearing is not requested and is not scheduled by the Commissioner and therefore is not held, the stop order remains in effect until the Commissioner modifies or vacates it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a hearing is held, after the hearing, the Commissioner may modify or vacate the stop order or extend it until the Commissioner makes a final determination.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner may modify or vacate a stop order if the Commissioner finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>conditions have changed; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>it is otherwise in the public interest to vacate or modify the stop order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
