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THE SECRETARY THEN SHALL INVESTIGATE THE
COMPLAINT. SUBJECT TO EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO WHICH THE
PARTIES AGREE, THE SECRETARY SHALL RENDER A DECISION
IN WRITING AND SEND A COPY TO THE COMPLAINANT WITHIN
30 DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE COMPLAINT. A RECORD
SHALL BE KEPT OF EVERY COMPLAINT AND ITS DISPOSITION.
THE RECORD SHALL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING
REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

(E)   APPEAL TO BOARD OF REVIEW.

A PARTY AGGRIEVED BY AN ADVERSE DECISION, ACTION,
OR FAILURE TO TAKE ACTION WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED
BY SUBSECTION (D), MAY FILE AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF
REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT.

(F)   REVIEW PROCEDURES; BOARD DECISION IS FINAL
AGENCY DECISION.

THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES AS PROVIDED IN
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, AND IN ALL OTHER
RESPECTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THAT
ACT. AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS SHALL SIT AT ANY HEARING
OF THE BOARD, CONSTITUTED AS A BOARD OF APPEAL.
DECISIONS SHALL BE BY A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS
SITTING, SHALL BE IN WRITING, AND SHALL STATE THE
BOARD'S REASONS. MINUTES OF ITS PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE
KEPT. THE CHAIRMAN, OR ACTING CHAIRMAN, MAY
ADMINISTER OATHS AND COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF
WITNESSES. THE DECISION OF THE BOARD SHALL BE THE
FINAL AGENCY DECISION FOR PURPOSES OF JUDICIAL REVIEW
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

(G)   JUDICIAL REVIEW.

EVERY APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE BOARD SHALL
BE AS PRESCRIBED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT,
EXCEPT THAT IF THERE ARE SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF LAW
GOVERNING APPEALS FROM A PARTICULAR UNIT, THOSE
PROVISIONS SHALL GOVERN APPEALS FROM THE DECISION OF
THAT UNIT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 41, §437 of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE.

In the course of compiling Title 2 of the
Agriculture Article, the Governor's Commission to