Alaska § 06.60.400 - Cease and desist proceedings.

§ 06.60.400. Cease and desist proceedings.

 (a) Notwithstanding AS 06.01.030 (d) and (e), if the department finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that a person has violated, is violating, or is about to violate any provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter, the department may publish findings and enter an order requiring the person to cease and desist from committing or causing the violation and any future violation of the same provision or regulation. An order may, in addition to requiring a person to cease and desist from committing or causing a violation, require the person to comply, or to take steps to effect compliance, with a provision or regulation, on terms and conditions and within a time, as the department may specify in the order. An order may require future compliance or steps to result in future compliance, either permanently or for a period of time, as the department may specify.

 (b) Notwithstanding AS 06.01.030 (d) and (e), if the department determines that the alleged violation or threatened violation is likely to result in significant dissipation or conversion of assets, significant harm to consumers, or substantial harm to the public interest before the completion of cease and desist proceedings, the department may enter a temporary order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from the violation or threatened violation and to take action to prevent the violation or threatened violation and to prevent dissipation or conversion of assets, significant harm to consumers, or substantial harm to the public interest as the department determines appropriate pending completion of the proceedings. A temporary order may be entered only after notice and opportunity for a hearing, unless the department determines that notice and hearing before entry would be impracticable or contrary to the public interest. A temporary order becomes effective on service on the respondent and, unless set aside, limited, or suspended by the department or a court of competent jurisdiction, remains effective and enforceable pending the completion of the cease and desist proceedings.