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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="15-221.1" title_number="15" title_name="Procurement Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Dispute Resolution">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Appeals Board may award an interested party the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including reasonable attorney’s fees, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the interested party appeals the final action of an agency on a protest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Appeals Board sustains the appeal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Appeals Board finds that there has been a violation of law or regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Appeals Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section and to determine what constitutes reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest.</text>
  </level>
</section>
