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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="13-1124" title_number="13" title_name="State-Operated Financial Programs" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Heritage Areas">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “aggrieved person” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is a party to a dispute that the Authority resolves under § 13-1108(4)(ii) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is aggrieved by the Authority’s final action in resolving the dispute under § 13-1108(4)(ii) of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The local jurisdictions within a certified heritage area from which the Authority has withdrawn approval of a management plan under § 13-1111(p) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The failure of the Authority to designate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A heritage area as a recognized heritage area; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A recognized heritage area as a certified heritage area through the approval of a management plan;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Actions taken by the Authority under its powers to issue bonds under Part IV of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The failure of the Authority to award or enforce the terms of grants, loans, or other financing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An aggrieved person may appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings for a hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings is the final administrative decision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings may not modify the Authority’s resolution of a dispute unless the aggrieved person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The final action of the Authority was arbitrary or capricious; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Authority failed to follow its own procedures or regulations for resolving a dispute under § 13-1108(4)(ii) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
