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shall be kept of all complaints and their disposition which
shall be open to public inspection during regular business
hours.

(2) A party aggrieved by an adverse decision of
action or failure to take action within the time prescribed
by subsection (1) of this section, may file an appeal to the
board of review of the Department of Economic and Community
Development. The beard shall adopt procedures as provided
in the Administrative Procedure Act, § 244 et seg. of this
article, and shall in all other respects be governed by the
provisions of said 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 board
sitting. The board's decision shall be in writing, stating
its reasons. Minutes of its proceedings shall be kept.
The chairman, or acting chairman, shall have the power to
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 § 255 of this article
or for purposes of any other provisions of law permitting
appeals to the courts from decisions of agencies included
within the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Appeals from decisions of the board shall be as prescribed
in the Administrative Procedure Act or by the substantive
law applying to the commission, department, board or other
instrumentality whose decision is being appealed. ]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978. However, the Board of
Review of the Department of Economic and Community
Development shall continue in existence with full authority
to hear and decide all appeals properly filed with it on or
before July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 461

(Senate Bill 385)

AN ACT concerning

Human Resources Department - Board of Review

FOR the purpose of abolishing the Board of Review of the
Department of Employment and Social Services, which is
known as the Department of Human Resources, Chapter
382, Laws of Maryland, 1975; repealing the provisions
of law relating to the Board; and providing that the
Board shall continue in existence with full authority
to hear and decide appeals properly filed with it on or
before the effective date of the Act.