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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-811" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a civil penalty that is assessed under this title is not paid in full within 30 days after the penalty becomes final, the Commissioner or the Central Collection Unit may proceed in the District Court to enforce payment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In a proceeding under this subsection, the Commissioner or the Central Collection Unit is entitled to judgment in the amount of the civil penalty that remains unpaid on a showing that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the penalty was assessed against the defendant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the penalty has become final;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>no appeal is pending;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the penalty is wholly or partly unpaid; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the defendant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>was duly served with a copy of the citation in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Commissioner; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contested the citation for which the penalty was assessed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
