Section 17.982 — Criminal And Administrative Penalties.

MN Stat § 17.982 (2019) (N/A)

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Subdivision 1. Criminal penalties. A person who violates a provision of chapter 25 or 31B for which a penalty has not been prescribed is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Subd. 2. Administrative penalties. (a) The commissioner may, as an alternative to misdemeanor prosecution, impose an administrative penalty on a person who violates a statute or rule enforceable by the commissioner. For a first violation, the commissioner may impose an administrative penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. For a second or succeeding violation, the commissioner may impose an administrative penalty of not more than $1,500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation.

(b) In determining the amount of the administrative penalty the commissioner may consider:

(1) the willfulness of the violation;

(2) the gravity of the violation;

(3) the person's history of past violations;

(4) the number of violations;

(5) the economic benefit from the violation; and

(6) other factors identified in the commissioner's citation.

(c) For a second or succeeding violation, the commissioner shall determine the amount of a penalty by considering the factors in paragraph (b) and:

(1) similarity between the violations;

(2) time elapsed since the last violation; and

(3) the person's response to the most recent violation.

History: 1991 c 316 s 2; 1999 c 231 s 34; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 11; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 20; 2012 c 244 art 2 s 1

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