1. If it shall appear from the examination of any commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner or any anhydrous ammonia installation, equipment, or operation that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the secretary shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributor, or possessor from whom said sample was taken; any person so notified shall be given opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the secretary. If it appears after such hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the secretary may certify the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney.
2. A person violating this chapter or rules adopted by the secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. In addition to the imposition of the simple misdemeanor penalty, a person violating section 200.14 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars, if the person does any of the following:
a. Intentionally tampers with anhydrous ammonia equipment.
b. Possesses or transports anhydrous ammonia in a container or receptacle which is not authorized to hold anhydrous ammonia according to rules adopted by the secretary.
A person tampering with anhydrous ammonia equipment in violation of section 200.14 shall not have a cause of action against the owner of the equipment, any person responsible for the installation and maintenance of the equipment, or the person lawfully selling the anhydrous ammonia for damages arising out of the tampering.
3. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the secretary or the secretary's representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings minor violations of the chapter when the secretary believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.
4. It shall be the duty of each county attorney to whom any violation is reported, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay.
5. The secretary is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under the chapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law, said injunction to be issued without bond.
[C46, 50, 54, § 200.11, 200.14; C58, 62, § 200.19; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 200.18]
98 Acts, ch 1004, § 2, 3
Referred to in § 331.756(39)
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