Oklahoma § 59-46.18 - Civil penalties

§ 59-46.18. Civil penalties

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.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 287, § 26, operative July 1, 1986. Amended

by Laws 1998, c. 220, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2006, c. 163, §

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

14, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 12, eff. July 1, 2009;

Laws 2014, c. 234, § 10, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2021, c. 443, § 11,

eff. July 1, 2021; Laws 2024, c. 138, § 12.