Sec 36-495.12. Violations; civil penalties

A. The department may assess a civil penalty in an amount of not more than three hundred dollars for each violation of this chapter after a hearing is conducted pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.

B. The attorney general or the county attorney shall bring actions to enforce the collection of penalties assessed pursuant to subsection A in the name of this state in the justice court or the superior court in the county in which the violation occurs.

C. Penalties assessed under this section are in addition to other penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter.

D. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, penalties collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund.