Section 25-317. Criminal punishments and fines  


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  • a. Any person who violates
      any provision of subdivision a of section 25-305 of this chapter or  any
      order  issued  by  the  chair  with  respect to such provisions shall be
      guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than
      ten thousand dollars and not less than  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by
      imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or by both such fine and
      imprisonment.
        b. Any person who violates any provision of subdivision a  of  section
      25-310  of  this chapter or any provision of section 25-311 or any order
      issued by the chair with respect to such provisions shall  be  punished,
      for a first offense, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and
      not  less than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
      thirty days, or by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  and  shall  be
      punished  for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than
      five thousand dollars or less than two thousand five hundred dollars, or
      by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine  and
      imprisonment.
        c.  Any  person who willfully makes any false statement or an omission
      of material fact in an application or request to the  commission  for  a
      certificate,  permit  or  other approval or in any document submitted to
      the commission certifying  the  correction  of  a  violation,  shall  be
      punished  by  a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or less than
      one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety  days,
      or by both such fine and imprisonment.
        d.  For  the purposes of this subdivision, each day during which there
      exists any violation of the provisions of paragragh three of subdivision
      a of section 25-305 of this chapter or paragraph two of subdivision a of
      section 25-310 of this chapter or any violation  of  the  provisions  of
      section  25-311  of  this  chapter or any order issued by the chair with
      respect to such provisions shall constitute a separate violation.