49 CFR § 1503.425 - Compromise orders.

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title: "49 CFR § 1503.425 - Compromise orders."
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chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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# 1503.425 Compromise orders.

(a) *Issuance.* At any time before the issuance of an Order Assessing Civil Penalty under this subpart, an agency attorney and a person subject to a Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty, or an agency official and a person subject to a Notice of Violation, may agree to dispose of the case by the issuance of a compromise order by TSA.

(b) *Contents.* A compromise order contains the following:

(1) All jurisdictional facts.

(2) All allegations.

(3) A statement that the person agrees to pay the civil penalty specified.

(4) A statement that TSA makes no finding of a violation.

(5) A statement that the compromise order will not be used as evidence of a prior violation in any subsequent civil penalty proceeding.