Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.18
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Civil penalties
Official statutory text
A. Any person or entity who has been determined by the Board to
have violated any provision of the State Architectural and Licensed
Interior Designers Act or any rule or order issued pursuant to the
provisions of the State Architectural and Licensed Interior
Designers Act may be liable for a civil penalty of not more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day that said violation continues
plus the legal costs incurred by the Board to prosecute the case.
The maximum civil penalty shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) for any violation plus the legal costs incurred by the
Board to prosecute the case.
B. The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the Board
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section, after
notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the penalty, the
Board shall include but not be limited to consideration of the
nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation and, with
respect to the person or entity found to have committed the
violation, the degree of culpability, the effect on ability of the
person or entity to continue to do business, and any show of good
faith in attempting to achieve compliance with the provisions of the
State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act. All monies
collected from such civil penalties shall be deposited with the
State Treasurer of Oklahoma and placed in the Board of Architects'
Fund.
C. Any license or certificate of authority holder may elect to
surrender the license or certificate of authority in lieu of said
fine but shall be forever barred from obtaining a reissuance of said
license or certificate of authority.
have violated any provision of the State Architectural and Licensed
Interior Designers Act or any rule or order issued pursuant to the
provisions of the State Architectural and Licensed Interior
Designers Act may be liable for a civil penalty of not more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day that said violation continues
plus the legal costs incurred by the Board to prosecute the case.
The maximum civil penalty shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) for any violation plus the legal costs incurred by the
Board to prosecute the case.
B. The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the Board
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section, after
notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the penalty, the
Board shall include but not be limited to consideration of the
nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation and, with
respect to the person or entity found to have committed the
violation, the degree of culpability, the effect on ability of the
person or entity to continue to do business, and any show of good
faith in attempting to achieve compliance with the provisions of the
State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act. All monies
collected from such civil penalties shall be deposited with the
State Treasurer of Oklahoma and placed in the Board of Architects'
Fund.
C. Any license or certificate of authority holder may elect to
surrender the license or certificate of authority in lieu of said
fine but shall be forever barred from obtaining a reissuance of said
license or certificate of authority.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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