§15–221.1.

    (a)    The Appeals Board may award an interested party the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including reasonable attorney’s fees, if:

        (1)    the interested party appeals the final action of an agency on a protest;

        (2)    the Appeals Board sustains the appeal; and

        (3)    the Appeals Board finds that there has been a violation of law or regulation.

    (b)    The Appeals Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section and to determine what constitutes reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest.