1998 Minnesota Statutes

     237.461 Enforcement. 

    Subdivision 1.    Actions.  This chapter and rules and 
 orders of the commission adopted under this chapter may be 
 enforced by any one or combination of:  criminal prosecution, 
 action to recover civil penalties, injunction, action to compel 
 performance, and other appropriate action. 

    Subd. 2.    Civil penalty.  A person who knowingly and 
 intentionally violates a provision of this chapter or rule or 
 order of the commission adopted under this chapter shall forfeit 
 and pay to the state a penalty, in an amount to be determined by 
 the court, of at least $100 and not more than $5,000 for each 
 day of each violation.  The civil penalties provided for in this 
 section may be recovered by a civil action brought by the 
 attorney general in the name of the state.  Amounts recovered 
 under this section must be paid into the state treasury. 

    HIST: 1990 c 598 s 2; 1995 c 156 s 6 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 2 by Laws 1995, chapter 
*156, section 6, expires January 1, 2006.  Laws 1995, chapter 
*156, section 25.