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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="3-206" title_number="3" title_name="Open Meetings Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, on receipt of the written complaint, the Board promptly shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>send the complaint to the public body identified in the complaint; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request that a response to the complaint be sent to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The public body shall file a written response to the complaint within 30 days after it receives the complaint.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On request of the Board, the public body shall include with its written response to the complaint a copy of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the notice provided under § 3–302 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any written statement made under § 3–305(d)(2)(ii) of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the minutes and any recording made by the public body under § 3–306 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall maintain the confidentiality of the minutes and any recording submitted by a public body that are sealed in accordance with § 3–306(c)(3)(ii) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the public body identified in the complaint no longer exists, the Board promptly shall send the complaint to the official or entity that appointed the public body.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The official or entity that appointed the public body shall comply, to the extent feasible, with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a written response is not received within 45 days after the notice is sent, the Board shall decide the case on the facts before the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
