2006 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.
    Subd. 3.MS 2004 [Expired, 1999 c 224 s 7; 2004 c 261 art 6 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 117]
    Subd. 4. Civil penalty proceeds deposited in treasury. 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.
History: 1990 c 598 s 2; 1995 c 156 s 6,25; 1999 c 224 s 3-5; 2003 c 97 s 2