2304

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 844

THAT THIS SUBTITLE OR ANY RULE, REGULATION, STANDARD, OR
ORDER PROMULGATED AND ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE HAS BEEN
VIOLATED, HE SHALL ISSUE A CITATION WITH REASONABLE
PROMPTNESS TO THE OWNER OR LESSOR OF AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE
OR ATTRACTION AND SHALL DESCRIBE WITH PARTICULARITY THE
NATURE OF THE VIOLATION INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO THE
PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, RULE, REGULATION, STANDARD,
OR ORDER ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN VIOLATED. IN ADDITION, THE
CITATION SHALL SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE ABATEMENT
AND CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATION.

(B)    A CITATION ISSUED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, OR ITS
COPY, SHALL BE PROMINENTLY POSTED AS PRESCRIBED IN
REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR EACH
PLACE A VIOLATION REFERRED TO IN THE CITATION OCCURRED.

(C)    A CITATION MAY NOT BE ISSUED AFTER THE
EXPIRATION OF SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE VIOLATION.

75.

(A) (1) IF, AFTER AN INSPECTION AND
INVESTIGATION, THE COMMISSIONER ISSUES A CITATION, HE,
WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE,
SHALL NOTIFY THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE AFFECTED
AMUSEMENT RIDE OR ATTRACTION, BY CERTIFIED MAIL, OF THE
ISSUANCE OF THE CITATION, OF ANY PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY
ASSESSED UNDER §74 OF THIS SUBTITLE AND THAT THE OWNER OR
LESSEE HAS 15 WORKING DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO NOTIFY THE
COMMISSIONER IN WRITING, THAT HE WISHES TO CONTEST THE
CITATION OR PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF PENALTY.

(2) IF, WITHIN 15 WORKING DAYS FROM THE
RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE
OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE AFFECTED AMUSEMENT RIDE OR
ATTRACTION DOES NOT NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER THAT HE
INTENDS TO CONTEST THE CITATION OR ASSESSMENT OF PENALTY,
THE CITATION AND ASSESSMENT, ARE FINAL.

[[(B) THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF
THE AFFECTED AMUSEMENT RIDE OR ATTRACTION IS UNDER ORDER
TO CORRECT A VIOLATION, DOES NOT BEGIN TO RUN UNTIL THE
ENTRY OF A FINAL ORDER BY THE COMMISSIONER.]]

[[(C)]] (B) IF THE COMMISSIONER HAS REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT AN OWNER OR LESSEE OF AN AMUSEMENT RIDE OR
ATTRACTION HAS NOT CORRECTED A VIOLATION FOR WHICH A
CITATION HAS BEEN ISSUED WITHIN THE PERIOD PERMITTED FOR
ITS CORRECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE OWNER
OR LESSEE BY CERTIFIED MAIL:

(1)    OF THE FAILURE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION
AND ANY PENALTY, ASSESSED UNDER §§ 80 AND 81 OF THIS
SUBTITLE; AND

(2)    THAT THE OWNER OR LESSEE HAS 15 WORKING
DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER IN WRITING
THAT HE WISHES TO CONTEST THE COMMISSIONER'S NOTIFICATION