Notice of civil money penalty assessment
Arkansas Code § 17-28-202; Arkansas Code § 17-28-309; Arkansas Code § 20-31-104
(a) In civil penalty cases, the staff of the Electrical Section of the Department of Labor and Licensing shall notify the person, firm, or corporation charged with the violation by regular mail (at the last known address on file with the Division of Labor, if the individual is licensed) of the following:
- (1) The type of violation or violations:
- (2) The date or dates of the violation or violations;
- (3) The amount of the civil penalty for the violation or violations;
- (4) The civil penalty determination issued by the Electrical Section staff shall be final, unless within twenty (20) days after receipt of this notice, the person, firm, or corporation notifies the Director of the Division of Labor in writing that the person, firm, or corporation contests the penalty; and
- (5) The procedure for contesting a civil penalty as provided in 17 CAR § 210-905.
- (b) If the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association charged with the violation has not filed written notice with the director that the charged party contests the civil penalty within twenty (20) days after receiving notice in accordance with 17 CAR § 210-902(a), the penalty assessment by the Electrical Section staff shall become the final determination of the director.
- (c) Notice of the civil penalty may also be delivered in the same manner as summons in civil cases or by hand-delivered citation by an electrical inspector of the department.