If any master, agent, or owner of any water craft shall refuse or neglect to obey the lawful orders or directions of the director or his or her agents in any matter pertaining to the regulations of Mobile Harbor, or the removal or stationing of any water craft in violation of the navigation or other laws of the state, such master, agent, or owner so refusing or neglecting is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), and may also be imprisoned for not more than one year. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund.