(a) When conciliating a matter, the Director may use the services of any member of the Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection.
(b) The parties may incorporate the terms of a conciliation into a settlement agreement. A settlement agreement does not constitute an admission by any party that any law has been violated. The Director may sign a settlement agreement on behalf of the Office.
(c) Any settlement agreement may require a party to pay the costs of the Office’s investigation and related activities and restitution to a consumer of money, property, or any other thing received in apparent violation of this Chapter. A settlement agreement must not preclude the Office from using any other remedy to correct a violation of this Chapter.
(d) Each signatory must adhere to any settlement agreement. Any failure by the Office or another party to pursue a violation of any settlement agreement does not waive any provision of the agreement or any right of the Office under the agreement or this Chapter.
(e) The Director may enforce a violation of a settlement agreement under Section 11-11 as if it is a violation of this Chapter. (, § 1; , § 1.)
Editor’s note—Former Sec. 11-8, costs, which was derived from 1872 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1 and 2005 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1, was repealed by 2006 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 1. That section is discussed in Fosler v. Panoramic Design, Ltd., 376 Md. 118, 829 A.2d 271 (2003).
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