<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-1C-5 - Option to authorize limited administrative fines for specified violations.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083108Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083108SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083108CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083108Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083108DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083108000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083108NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083108DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083108SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-1C-5 - Option to authorize limited administrative fines for specified violations."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-1C-5 - Option to authorize limited administrative fines for specified violations."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-1C-5"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-1C-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083108SENU">36-1C-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083108SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083108CL">Option to authorize limited administrative fines for specified violations. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108Statute"><span class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont">The agency may authorize the administrator to impose an administrative fine upon proof of a violation of specified statutes or rules without additional prior approval. Any action taken pursuant to this section shall be reported to the agency at its next scheduled meeting or within thirty days, whichever is shorter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont">Any administrative fine issued under this section may be appealed by requesting a contested case under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont">. Notice of appeal must be submitted to the administrator within twenty calendar days of service of the fine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108Statute"><span class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont">Any fine issued under this section may not exceed five hundred dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083108000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083108NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083108DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083108SCL">SL 2021, ch 168, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>