§ 6-57. Violations and penalties; minor violations and fines.
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(a)
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions
hereof shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided
in section 1-7.
(b)
Except as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, a person registered under
this article who commits a violation of this article that is not a minor violation
as described in the general rules or a person not registered under this article who
is performing any activity regulated by this article is guilty of a civil violation,
punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 per day for each day the violation
occurs except that a fine shall not exceed $5,000.00 in total per violation. A second
or subsequent violation is punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000.00 per day
for each day the violation occurs except that a fine shall not exceed $10,000.00 in
total per violation.