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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5.5-115" title_number="5.5" title_name="Railroad Safety and Health" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “apparatus” means any machinery, device, or equipment or any part of any machinery, device, or equipment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner or authorized representative of the Commissioner shall give written notice to a railroad company or the railroad company’s agent in charge of the operation, if, after an inspection or investigation of the railroad, the Commissioner or authorized representative of the Commissioner determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an apparatus violates a health and safety standard adopted under this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm to an individual or damage to property could result from continued use of the apparatus.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A copy of a notice under subsection (b) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be attached to the apparatus; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be removed until the apparatus is made safe and each required safeguard is provided.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for use that is necessary to repair the apparatus and to provide any required safeguards, the apparatus may not be used while a notice under this section is posted on the apparatus.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Only the Commissioner or authorized representative of the Commissioner may remove the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner under this section may appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the Maryland Rules.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this subsection shall be brought in the court of competent jurisdiction where the apparatus is located.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In a proceeding under this subsection, a court may not stay an order of the Commissioner unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the court gives the Commissioner notice and an opportunity for a hearing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the aggrieved person posts security.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The court shall expedite the hearing of any action brought under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
