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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-404" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Procedures for Complaint of Violation of Title">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A hearing on a complaint shall be conducted under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article insofar as that subtitle is consistent with this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In preparation for the hearing, the respondent may use the subpoena power of the Ethics Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At the hearing, the staff counsel:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall present to the Ethics Commission all available evidence relating to each alleged violation of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may recommend any disposition of the complaint that appears appropriate to the staff counsel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The respondent may be represented by counsel.</text>
  </level>
</section>
