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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 14.02.07.04" title_num="14" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="07" heading="Remedies.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If the Board finds that a custodian has denied inspection of all or part of a public record in violation of the Act, the Board may order the custodian to produce the public record for inspection.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the Board finds that a custodian charged an unreasonable fee or charged an unreasonable estimated fee under General Provisions Article, §4-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Board may order the custodian to reduce the fee or estimated fee to an amount the Board determines is reasonable and refund the difference, if applicable.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Remedies for Custodian’s Failure to Respond.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the Board finds that a custodian failed to respond to a request for a public record within the time limits established under General Provisions Article, §4-203(a) or (d), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Board may order the custodian to promptly respond.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board may order a custodian to waive all or part of the fee that the custodian is entitled to charge under General Provisions Article, §4-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Board finds that a custodian failed to respond to a request for a public record within the time limits established under General Provisions Article, §4-203(a) or (d), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Board includes its reasons for ordering the waiver in its written decision.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the Board finds that an applicant’s request is frivolous, vexatious, or in bad faith based on the totality of the circumstances, the Board may issue an order authorizing the custodian to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ignore the request that is the subject of the custodian’s complaint;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ignore any future requests that are substantially the same as the request that is the subject of the custodian’s complaint; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Respond to a less burdensome version of the request within a time frame that the Board determines is reasonable.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>