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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="11-216" title_number="11" title_name="Consumer Credit" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Consumer Loans -- Licensing Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-217 of this subtitle, the Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Violates any provision of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Knowingly and repeatedly violates any provision of the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner shall revoke the license of any licensee who is convicted twice of violating § 12-316 of the Commercial Law Article if the second violation occurs after the first conviction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may not issue another license to any person whose license is revoked under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Commissioner suspends or revokes a license, the Commissioner shall file in the Commissioner’s office:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Findings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement of all the facts on which the findings are based.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
