                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSION TO HAVE POWERS OF COURT OF RECORD; RULES AND REGULATIONS; FINES (§
12.1-13)

In all matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission, it shall have the
powers of a court of record to administer oaths, to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of documents, to punish for contempt, and to
enforce compliance with its lawful orders or requirements by adjudging and
enforcing by its own appropriate process such fines or other penalties as may be
prescribed or authorized by law.
		In the administration and enforcement of all laws within its jurisdiction, the
Commission shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations, to impose
and collect such fines or other penalties as are provided by law, to enter
appropriate orders, and to issue temporary and permanent injunctions. The
Commission is empowered to suspend or revoke any Commission-issued license,
certificate, registration, permit, or any other Commission-issued authority of
any person who fails to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by an order of the
Commission.
		Whenever no fine or other penalty is specifically imposed by statute for the
failure of any such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an
individual to comply with any provision of law or with any valid rule,
regulation, or order of the Commission, the Commission may impose and collect
from such individual or business conducted by any entity other than an
individual a fine in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in the case of an
individual, and in the case of a business conducted by any entity other than an
individual not to exceed $10,000.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 12-14; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1992, c. 11; 2000, c.
986.