Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLXI - Bulletin 137-Louisiana Early Learning Center Licensing Regulations
Chapter 11 - Operating Violations and Incidents; Fines; Appeals
Section CLXI-1111 - Payment of Fines

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CLXI-1111

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Fines for violations of licensing standards listed in §1105. A are due within 30 calendar days of receipt of written notice of assessment of fines, unless the center timely submits a request for departmental reconsideration.

B. If the department notifies a center that its decision upon reconsideration is that the original decision is justified, the fine remains due within 30 calendar days of the original notice of assessment of fines or within 14 calendar days of notice of the decision upon reconsideration, whichever is later, unless the center timely submits a request for an administrative appeal to the department.

C. If the department timely receives a request for an administrative appeal for an assessment of fines based on a violation of the licensing standards listed in §1105. A and said assessment is affirmed by the DAL, the fine shall be due and payable within 30 calendar days of receipt of notice of the decision by the DAL, unless the center timely seeks judicial review of the administrative decision.

D. If a center timely seeks judicial review of the administrative decision, and judicial review is denied or dismissed, the fines shall be due and payable within 30 calendar days of the denial or dismissal.

E. If a center does not timely pay a fine for a violation of the licensing standards listed in §1105 A:

1. its license may be immediately revoked;

2. the department shall refer uncollected fines to the Office of the Attorney General for collection, and the organization owing the fine shall be assessed, and shall be required to pay, the additional collection fee assessed by the Office of the Attorney General;

3. interest shall begin to accrue on a fine at the current judicial rate on the day following the day the fine becomes due and payable.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6 and 17:407.46.

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