(a) If the commissioner finds, based on available evidence, that a person is violating any provision of this article or a regulation of the commissioner adopted to implement a provision of this article, the commissioner may order the person to cease and desist from committing the violation or to cease and desist from the further sale or lease of an interest in the subdivision until the violation is corrected.
(b) A person to whom an order is directed shall, upon receipt of the order, immediately cease the activity described in the order.
(c) The person to whom the order is directed may request a hearing in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 11019.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 587, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)