Any person that violates a marketing program which is approved and made effective, or violates any regulation which is adopted by any program committee and approved by the director, is liable civilly in an amount of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each and every violation. That sum shall be recovered by the director or, with the approval of the director, by the proration zone which is affected, in an action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. All sums recovered pursuant to this section shall be expended only for the necessary expenses which are incurred by the director in the administration of this chapter. Each violation during any day is a separate offense.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 500, Sec. 2.)