South Carolina Code 40-59-105. Administrative citations and penalties; appeal
(B) Separate citations may be issued and separate administrative penalties may be assessed for each violation; however, no more than two thousand five hundred dollars in administrative penalties may be assessed against an entity or an individual per day.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-59-105
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Commission: means the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission. See South Carolina Code 40-59-20
- Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. See South Carolina Code 40-59-20
(C) Administrative penalties authorized under this section are separate from and in addition to all other remedies, either civil or criminal, and these penalties may not exceed the following limits:
(1) for a first offense, not more than a five-hundred dollar penalty;
(2) for a second offense in a five-year period, the citation must be referred to the commission for action in accordance with §§ 40-59-90 and 40-59-110.
(D) An entity or individual assessed administrative penalties may appeal those penalties to the commission within ten days of receipt of the citation. If an appeal is filed, the department shall schedule a hearing before the commission, which shall make a determination in the matter. If no appeal is filed, the citation is deemed a final order and the administrative penalties must be paid within thirty days of receipt of the citation or other written demand.