Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2024. See also following repeal of this chapter, effective 1-1-2024.

     Sec. 57. (a) The director may enter into a consent order with a person to resolve a matter arising under this chapter.

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     (b) A consent order must comply with the following provisions:

(1) Be signed by the person to whom it is issued or an authorized representative.

(2) Indicate agreement to the terms contained within the consent.

     (c) A consent order need not:

(1) constitute an admission by a person that a provision of this chapter or an order promulgated or issued thereunder has been violated; or

(2) constitute a finding by the director that such person has violated a provision of this chapter or an order promulgated or issued thereunder.

     (d) Notwithstanding the issuance of a consent order, the director may seek civil or criminal penalties or compromise civil penalties concerning matters encompassed by the consent order, unless the consent order by its terms expressly precludes the director from doing so.

As added by P.L.42-1993, SEC.85.