1. If the Department determines from the record maintained pursuant to NRS 482.36665 that on more than three occasions a used vehicle dealer has:

(a) Been found to have violated the provisions of NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive, or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and

(b) Failed to resolve those complaints in the manner recommended by the Department pursuant to NRS 482.36664 or in any other manner acceptable to the Department and the retail customer who filed the complaint,

the Department may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $2,500, for each additional violation of the provisions of NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive. The Department shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 233B.121.

2. All administrative fines collected by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Account for Regulation of Used Vehicle Dealers, which is hereby created in the State Highway Fund. Money in the Account may be used only for the administration of NRS 481.048 and NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive.

3. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the Department may compel compliance with NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive, and any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, by injunction or other appropriate remedy, and the Department may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2216)