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353.990 Penalties.
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Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 353.050 to 353.130
or KRS 353.200 relating to the manner of drilling and casing or plugging and filling
any well, or fixing the distance from wells within which mining operations may not
be conducted, or any person who willfully violates any of the terms of an order of
the department allowing mining operations within a lesser distance of any well than
that prescribed by this chapter shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars
($200) or imprisoned in jail for not more than twelve (12) months, or both.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS 353.150
shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense and in addition thereto
one hundred dollars ($100) for each thirty (30) days the violation continues. The
penalty shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Commonwealth for
the use of the county in which the well is located.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 353.160 shall be fined not
more than two hundred dollars ($200) and, if the offender is a natural person,
imprisoned not less than ten (10) days nor more than six (6) months. Each day that
the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS 353.180
shall be fined not less than one hundred ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1,000).
If any person violates any of the provisions of KRS 353.190 he shall be fined five
dollars ($5) for every twenty-four (24) hours that the violation continues.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. secs. 3766b-18, 3766b-21, 3912, 3914a, 4358, 4359.
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