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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="9-514" title_number="9" title_name="General and Administrative Provisions" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person denied a right conferred by this subtitle may file a complaint for mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate remedy in circuit court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A plaintiff need not allege or prove an irreparable injury or an injury different from the public at large.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A complaint under this section shall be filed within 1 year after the date of the alleged violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The court shall conduct a hearing within 7 days after a complaint is filed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A violation of this subtitle is deemed an injury to the public at large.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court shall issue an order that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>grants or denies all or part of the relief sought;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>awards appropriate attorney’s fees or costs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>determines the effect of the action alleged to be in violation of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may void an action taken at a public agency meeting in violation of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
