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77.990 Penalties.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
A person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for the
assessment by the district of a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars
($10,000). Every day or any portion thereof during which the violation occurs or
continues shall constitute a separate offense. If the violation is not settled by
the payment of an assessment to the district, the district may proceed by a civil
or criminal action with the penalties provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of
this section. After a civil or criminal action reaches final adjudication in court,
the district shall not assess a further civil penalty for the violation.
In a civil action, a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Every day or any portion thereof during which the violation occurs or continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
In a criminal action, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by
imprisonment for a term of less than ninety (90) days. Every day or any portion
thereof during which the violation occurs or continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, or who
knowingly provides false information in any document filed or required to be
maintained under this chapter, or who knowingly renders inaccurate any
monitoring device or method shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not to
exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment for a term of not
less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years, or by both fine and
imprisonment, for each separate violation. Every day or any portion thereof
during which the violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 420, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 173,
sec. 3, effective June 17, 1954. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 53, secs. 43
and 61(2).
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