(a) Whenever the Commission on Water Well Construction, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., finds that a person has violated the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commission pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter, the commission shall have the power and authority to impose a civil penalty on the person in lieu of prosecuting the person under § 17-50-105.
(b) If a person against whom a civil penalty has been imposed by the commission, as authorized in this section, fails to pay the penalty to the commission, the commission may file action in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to collect the civil penalty.
(c) If the commission prevails in the action, the defendant shall be directed to pay, in addition to the civil penalty, reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the commission for prosecuting the action.
(d) No civil penalty shall be assessed by the commission against any person if that person is prosecuted under § 17-50-105.
(e) The commission shall not assess a civil penalty in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per offense.
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