Section 153. Enforcement of violations; civil penalties

If the commissioner
  finds  that  a  child performer's employer has violated any provision of
  this article or of a rule  or  regulation  promulgated  thereunder,  the
  commissioner  may  by  an  order  which  shall describe particularly the
  nature of the violation, assess such employer a  civil  penalty  of  not
  more  than  one  thousand dollars for the first violation, not more than
  two thousand dollars for a second violation  and  not  more  than  three
  thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation. Such penalty shall
  be  paid  to  the  commissioner  and  placed  into the child performer's
  protection fund  established  in  section  ninety-nine-j  of  the  state
  finance law and administered by the department. Monies accredited to the
  child  performer's  protection fund shall be utilized for the purpose of
  this article. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations  for
  the administration of the child performer's protection fund.