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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 33.12.08.02" title_num="33" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="08" heading="Early Termination.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Request to Terminate Early.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At any time during the recount, the petitioner may make a written request to terminate the recount.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The termination request shall be filed with the same election authority (State Board or local board) with which the petition was filed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notices of Termination.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The State Board shall promptly notify each appropriate local board of a termination request filed with the State Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A local board shall promptly notify the State Board of a termination request filed with the local board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Determination of Costs. The local board and State Board shall jointly determine the actual cost incurred up until the actual termination of work.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Payment by Petitioner.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in Election Law Article, §12-107(b)(2)(iii), Annotated Code of Maryland, the petitioner is liable for the actual cost incurred up until the actual termination of work.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The local board may collect that cost from the bond previously filed with the petition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Payment by County. In the circumstances described in Election Law Article, §12-107(b)(2)(iii), Annotated Code of Maryland, the county bears the full cost of the recount in that county.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>