49-27-51 - After-the-fact authorization for work upon proper application; civil and criminal actions; who may initiate. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 49-27-51. After-the-fact authorization for work upon proper application; civil and criminal actions; who may initiate.
 

(1) (a)  If a person in violation of this chapter submit s a proper application for any unauthorized work and the commission determines that the work has been conducted in accordance with the public policy as set forth in Section 49-27-3, the commission shall issue after-the-fact authorization for the work. 

(b) For conducting the work without first obtaining a current and valid permit and other violations of this chapter, the commission may order and levy a penalty of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per day for each day the violation has existed for residential type regulated activity and a penalty of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each day the violation has existed for commercial and industrial type regulated activity. 

(2)  If the person continues the violation, the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi at the request of the commission, a district attorney having jurisdiction, or a county attorney having jurisdiction may initiate the civil or criminal actions, or both civil and criminal actions, as described in this chapter against the person. 

(3)  The Attorney General, commission, district attorney or county attorney may initiate action to enjoin any person in violation of this chapter. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1973, ch. 385, § 8(a)(b); Laws, 1974, ch. 401, § 9; Laws, 1982, ch. 313; Laws, 1994, ch. 578, § 44; Laws, 2009, ch. 500, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2009.