                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL PENALTIES (§ 6.2-1543)

The Commission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 upon any
licensee who it determines, in proceedings conducted in accordance with the
Commission&#8217;s Rules, has violated any provision of this chapter or of any
regulation or order of the Commission, either knowingly or without the exercise
of due care to prevent the violation. In any proceeding under this section, a
licensee shall not be penalized for any act or omission done in reasonable
reliance on any regulation, order, letter, or other written directive or request
of the Commission.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 6-338; 1956, c. 71; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-309; 1976, c.
658; 1986, c. 502; 2010, c. 794.