[§199D-1]  Civil natural resource violations
system authorization.  (a)  There is established, within the department of
land and natural resources, a civil natural resource violations system, whose
purpose shall be to process violations of departmental regulations for which
administrative penalties have been authorized by law or rules adopted
thereunder.



(b)  The department shall adopt, amend, and
repeal rules, subject to chapter 91, for the purposes of this chapter.



(c)  The rules may include, but are not limited
to, the following:



(1)  Notice of natural resource infraction;



(2)  A form of the answer that shall be made pursuant
to a notice of natural resource infraction, which answer may be an admission of
the infraction, a denial of the infraction, or an admission of the infraction
with mitigating circumstances;



(3)  The action to be taken after an answer is
received or when a person fails to answer the notice of natural resource
infraction;



(4)  Administrative hearings under this chapter;



(5)  The imposition and enforcement of monetary
assessments made pursuant to this chapter; and



(6)  Means of assuring that the alleged violator who
answers the notice of natural resource infraction by an admission of the
infraction or an admission of the infraction with mitigating circumstances has
knowingly and voluntarily elected to use the civil natural resource violations
system and waive the appeal provided for in section 91-14. [L 2004, c 142, pt
of §2]