§ 48-17-16 - Penalties for violations by business owners or operators
O.C.G.A. 48-17-16 (2010)
48-17-16. Penalties for violations by business owners or operators
(a) For single or repeated violations of this chapter by a business owner or business operator who offers one or more bona fide coin operated amusement machines for play by the public, the commissioner may impose the following penalties on such a business owner or business operator:
(1) A civil fine in an amount specified in rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this chapter; or
(2) For a third or subsequent offense, a suspension or revocation of the privilege of offering one or more bona fide coin operated amusement machines for play by the public.
(b) Before a penalty is imposed in accordance with this Code section, a business owner or business operator shall be entitled to at least 30 days' written notice and, if requested, a hearing. Such written notice shall be served in the manner provided for written notices to applicants and holders of licenses in subsection (b) of Code Section 48-17-5, and an order imposing a penalty shall be delivered in the manner provided for delivery of the commissioner's orders to applicants for licenses and holders of licenses in Code Section 48-17-6.
(c) In the case of a suspension or revocation in accordance with this Code section, the commissioner shall require the business owner or business operator to post a notice in the business location setting out the period of the suspension or revocation. No applicant or holder of a license or permit shall allow a bona fide coin operated amusement machine under the control of such applicant or holder of a license or permit to be placed in a business location owned or operated by a business owner or business operator who has been penalized by a suspension or revocation during the period of the suspension or revocation.