(A) The department may investigate the actions of any person for compliance with this chapter.
(B) The department may request a hearing before the Administrative Law Court for an order requiring a loan broker to cease and desist if it is determined that the loan broker has violated, is violating, or will violate a provision of this chapter, a regulation promulgated by the department, or a written agreement entered into with the department.
(C) The department may request a hearing before the Administrative Law Court for an order requiring a loan broker to refund or reimburse any advance fee or any other fee taken in violation of Section 34-36-20 or taken as a result of a false, misleading, or deceptive representation as described in Section 34-36-20. Such an order may, but need not, be sought by the department in conjunction with a cease and desist order pursuant to subsection (B).
(D) The department may request a contested case hearing before the Administrative Law Court seeking the imposition of a civil administrative fine on behalf of the department against any person found to have violated any provision of this chapter, any regulation promulgated by the department, or any written agreement entered into with the department, in any amount not to exceed five thousand dollars for each violation.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 452, Section 1, eff June 15, 1992; 2005 Act No. 128, Section 2, eff July 1, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment, in subsections (B), (C) and (D), added the references to hearings before the Administrative Law Court and made conforming amendments.