27-12-20
Section 27-12-20 Review of commissioner's cease and desist orders. Any person required by an order of the commissioner under Section 27-12-18 to cease and desist from engaging in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice defined in this trade practices law may obtain a review of such order by filing an appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions and procedures for appeals from the orders of the commissioner in general under Section 27-2-32. To the extent that the commissioner's order is affirmed on such review, the court shall issue its own order commanding obedience to the terms of the commissioner's order. (Acts 1957, No. 608, p. 865, §8; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §246.)...
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27-12-18
Section 27-12-18 Statement of charges; hearing, order, and review thereon. (a) If the commissioner believes that any person has been engaged, or is engaging, in this state in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice expressly prohibited in this trade practices law and that a proceeding by him in respect thereto would be to the interest of the public, he shall issue and serve upon such person a statement of the charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than 10 days after the date of the service thereof. (b) At the hearing, such person shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order should not be made by the commissioner requiring such person to cease and desist from the acts, methods, or practices so complained of. Upon good cause shown, the commissioner shall permit any person to intervene, appear, and be heard at such hearing by counsel or...
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27-21A-22
Section 27-21A-22 Penalties and enforcement. (a) The commissioner may, in lieu of suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority under Section 27-21A-17, levy an administrative penalty in an amount not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, if reasonable notice in writing is given of the intent to levy the penalty and the health maintenance organization has a reasonable time within which to remedy the defect in its operations which gave rise to the penalty citation. The commissioner may augment this penalty by an amount equal to the sum that he calculates to be the damages suffered by enrollees or other members of the public. All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund. (b)(1) If the commissioner or the State Health Officer shall for any reason have cause to believe that any violation of this chapter has occurred or is threatened, the commissioner or State Health Officer may give notice to the health maintenance organization...
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27-60-2
committees as its bylaws may provide for the carrying out of its functions. 4. Corporate records of the commission. The commission shall maintain its corporate books and records in accordance with the bylaws. 5. Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification. a. The members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability, or both, for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton...
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27-12-22
Section 27-12-22 Proceedings on unfair competition, etc., not defined under chapter - Appeal by intervenor. If the report of the commissioner under Section 27-12-21 does not charge a violation of this chapter, then any intervenor in the proceedings may, within 30 days after the service of such report, cause a notice of appeal to be filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for a review of such report. Upon such review, the court shall have authority to issue appropriate orders and judgments in connection therewith, including, if the court finds that it is to the interest of the public, orders enjoining and restraining the continuance of any method of competition, act, or practice which it finds, notwithstanding such report of the commissioner, constitutes a violation of this trade practices law. Subsection (c) of Section 27-12-21 shall apply as to any such review. (Acts 1957, No. 608, p. 865, §10; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §248.)...
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5-19-25
Section 5-19-25 Cease and desist orders by administrator; penalties for violation of this chapter; right to counsel at hearing; judicial review. After notice and hearing, the administrator may order a licensee under this chapter or a person acting on behalf of the licensee to cease and desist from engaging in violations of this chapter. A creditor who is found by the administrator, after notice and hearing, to have violated this chapter may be ordered by the administrator to pay a civil penalty in an amount determined by the administrator of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature or, where violations are knowing violations, of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), in addition to any other penalties provided by law, including, but not limited to, license revocation. Violations shall be of a similar nature if the violations consist of the same or substantially the same course of action or practice irrespective of the...
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5-25-16
Section 5-25-16 Enforcement and penalties. (a) Whenever it appears to the supervisor that any person required to be licensed or registered under this chapter has violated any law of this state or any order or regulation of the department, the supervisor after notice and hearing may order such person or an affiliate acting on behalf of such person to cease and desist from the unauthorized practices. (b) Any person required to be licensed under this chapter or an affiliate of such person who is found by the supervisor after notice and hearing to have violated this chapter or the terms of any order issued pursuant to this section may be ordered by the supervisor to pay a civil penalty of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature or, where violations are knowing violations, not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), in addition to any other penalties provided by law, including, but not limited to, revocation of any licenses...
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8-33-11
are necessary to enable the commissioner to reasonably determine compliance or noncompliance with this chapter. (b) The commissioner may take action that is necessary or appropriate to enforce this chapter, the commissioner's rules and orders, and to protect warranty holders in this state. If a warrantor engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates this chapter and that the commissioner reasonably believes threatens to render the warrantor insolvent or cause irreparable loss or injury to the property or business of any person or company located in this state, the commissioner may do any of the following: (1) Issue an order directed to that warrantor to cease and desist from engaging in further acts, practices, or transactions that are causing the conduct. (2) Issue an order prohibiting that warrantor from selling or offering for sale vehicle protection products in violation of this chapter. (3) Issue an order imposing a civil penalty on that warrantor. (4) Issue any...
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5-17-8
Section 5-17-8 Reports to Administrator of Alabama Credit Union Administration; powers of administrator. (a) Credit unions shall report to the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration at least annually on or before January 31 in such manner and form as required by the administrator for that purpose. Additional reports may be required. Credit unions shall be examined at least every 18 months by employees of the administration or by other persons designated by the administrator. For failure to file reports when due, unless excused for cause by the administrator, the credit union shall pay to the State Treasurer five dollars ($5) for each day of its delinquency. (b) If the administrator determines that the credit union is violating this chapter, or is insolvent, the administrator may suspend operations of the credit union by issuing an order requiring that the credit union cease operations pending a hearing on the revocation of the certificate of approval, or the...
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8-32-10
Section 8-32-10 Enforcement provisions. (a) The commissioner may conduct investigations or examinations of providers, administrators, insurers, or other persons to enforce this chapter and protect service contract holders in this state. Upon request of the commissioner, the provider shall make all accounts, books, and records concerning service contracts sold in this state by the provider available to the commissioner which are necessary to enable the commissioner to reasonably determine compliance or noncompliance with this chapter. (b) Providers, administrators, or insurers being examined shall pay to the commissioner the travel expense to and from such examination, a living expense allowance at reasonable rates customary for the examination in the state where the examination takes place and as established or adopted by regulation of the commissioner, and the compensation of the examiners making the examination, upon presentation by the commissioner of a detailed account of the...
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