88B.12  Penalties.

1.  A person or business entity who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation.

2.  A person or business entity who previously has been assessed a civil penalty under this section, and who willfully violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter:

a.  For a first offense, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed twenty thousand dollars.

b.  For a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor and shall be fined not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not to exceed two years, or both.

Section History: Recent form

  84 Acts, ch 1062, § 12


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