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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="3-204" title_number="3" title_name="Open Meetings Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>receive, review, and, subject to § 3–207 of this subtitle, resolve complaints from any person alleging a violation of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue a written opinion as to whether a violation has occurred.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall receive and review any complaint alleging a prospective violation of this title as provided under § 3–212 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>study ongoing compliance with this title by public bodies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make recommendations to the General Assembly for improvements in this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General and other interested organizations or persons, shall develop and conduct educational programs and distribute educational materials on the requirements of the open meetings law for the staffs and attorneys of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>public bodies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Maryland Municipal League;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Maryland Association of Counties; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Maryland Association of Boards of Education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before October 1 of each year, the Board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>describe the activities of the Board;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>describe the opinions of the Board;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>state the number and nature of complaints filed with the Board and discuss complaints that reasonable notice of a meeting was not given;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>identify the provisions of this title that the Board has found a public body to have violated and the number of times each provision has been violated;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>identify each public body that the Board has found to have violated a provision of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>recommend any improvements to this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
