When an administrative hearing is held, the hearing officer, upon determination of a violation of this Act or rules or regulations promulgated under it, may levy the following administrative monetary penalties:
(1) $50 for failure to register annually with the Department.(2) $50 for failure to post registration number in the apiary.(3) $50 for transporting bees intrastate without a permit.(4) $100 for maintaining hives that cannot be readily inspected.(5) $100 for transporting bees interstate without a permit.(6) $500 for failure to abate colonies infected with bee diseases or exotic strains of bees.(7) $500 for violation of a quarantine.(8) $100 for any other violation of this Act. In the case of a second or subsequent violation within 3 years of the first offense, the penalty shall be doubled.
P.A. 89-154, eff. 1/1/1996.