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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 36.08.03.05" title_num="36" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="03" heading="Settlement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commission may provide an amusement gaming licensee with the opportunity to discuss with staff a means of entering into a settlement agreement between the licensee and the Commission by which the violation is settled without a penalty or sanction.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A settlement agreement:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be signed by an authorized representative of the amusement gaming licensee and the Director or the Director’s designee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not be considered final and binding until approved by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If an amusement gaming licensee violates a term of a settlement agreement, nothing in this regulation shall be construed to prevent the Commission from imposing a penalty or sanction against the licensee for that, or the underlying, violation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>