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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".16" citation="COMAR 12.11.03.16" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="03" heading="9-1-1 System Violations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board may instruct the State Comptroller to withhold funds from a county for 9-1-1 system expenditures for a violation under:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Public Safety Article, §1-312, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The regulations in this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Withholding Funds.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the Board decides to withhold funds, the Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Identify, in writing, the reason or reasons for withholding funds;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Record the reason or reasons in the minutes of the meeting;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Notify the county that the county has 30 days from the date of notification to respond in writing to the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Notify the State Comptroller to hold funds, in that county's account within the 9-1-1 Trust Fund, until the Board advises the Comptroller that the funds may be released.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Funds held by the Comptroller under this section may not accrue interest for a county.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Interest income earned on funds held by the Comptroller under this regulation shall be diverted to the 9-1-1 Trust Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board shall notify the Secretary of action taken under §A or B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>