§ 1-1304. Civil penalties

   (a) "Civil penalty" defined. -- In this section, "civil penalty" means a civil fine or other monetary penalty administratively imposed.

(b) Considerations in setting amount of penalty. -- Unless otherwise provided by statute, ordinance, or regulation, an officer or unit of a county, municipality, bicounty agency, or board of license commissioners authorized by law to impose a civil penalty up to a specific dollar amount for violation of a statute, ordinance, or regulation shall consider the following in setting the amount of the civil penalty:

   (1) the severity of the violation;

   (2) the good faith of the violator; and

   (3) any history of prior violations.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 24, § 14-101; 2013, ch. 119, § 2; ch. 493, § 1; ch. 494, § 1.