[§199D-1]  Civil natural resource violationssystem authorization.  (a)  There is established, within the department ofland and natural resources, a civil natural resource violations system, whosepurpose shall be to process violations of departmental regulations for whichadministrative penalties have been authorized by law or rules adoptedthereunder.

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

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

(1)  Notice of natural resource infraction;

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

(3)  The action to be taken after an answer isreceived or when a person fails to answer the notice of natural resourceinfraction;

(4)  Administrative hearings under this chapter;

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

(6)  Means of assuring that the alleged violator whoanswers the notice of natural resource infraction by an admission of theinfraction or an admission of the infraction with mitigating circumstances hasknowingly and voluntarily elected to use the civil natural resource violationssystem and waive the appeal provided for in section 91-14. [L 2004, c 142, ptof §2]