Section 89-WWW. Violations and penalties

1. Any individual who is employed
  as an armored car guard or who acts as an armored car guard in violation
  of the provisions of this article or who knowingly and  willfully  makes
  material  misstatements  in the application for or renewal of his or her
  conditional letter of authority or registration card, as  the  case  may
  be,  or  who permits or authorizes the employment of an individual as an
  armored car guard in violation of the provisions of this article,  shall
  be  guilty of a misdemeanor, which, upon conviction, shall be punishable
  by a term of imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by a fine of  not
  more  than  one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
  upon the first conviction, and by a term of imprisonment not  to  exceed
  one  year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not to
  exceed two thousand five hundred dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and
  imprisonment, upon a subsequent conviction.
    2.  a.  Any holder who shall knowingly and willfully fail to surrender
  his or her conditional letter of authority or registration  card  within
  five  days of receipt of notice of suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal
  thereof by the secretary, or the officer designated by the secretary  to
  preside  over  the  hearing,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section
  eighty-nine-vvv of  this  article,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  violation,
  punishable  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  two  hundred fifty dollars, in
  addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.
    b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this  subdivision,
  where  it is determined after a hearing that the holder has violated one
  or more provisions of this article pursuant to paragraph c of sudivision
  three of section eighty-nine-vvv of this article, the secretary may,  in
  lieu  of revocation or suspension of the conditional letter of authority
  or registration card of such holder, impose a fine  not  to  exceed  one
  thousand dollars for each violation, payable to the department.
    3. Each violation of this article shall be deemed a separate offense.
    4.  Unless  otherwise provided under this article, all fees, fines and
  penalties collected under this article shall be deposited to the  credit
  of  the  licensing examinations services account established pursuant to
  the provisions of section ninety-seven-aa of the state finance law.