Any person, firm or corporation that knowingly violates any provision of the Procurement Code is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each procurement in violation of any provision of the Procurement Code. The district attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation occurs or the state ethics commission is empowered to bring a civil action for the enforcement of any provision of the Procurement Code; provided that the commission may refer a matter for enforcement to the attorney general or the district attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation occurred. Any penalty collected under the provisions of this section shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision in which the violation occurred and on whose behalf the suit was brought.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 65, § 169; 2019, ch. 86, § 34.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, authorized the state ethics commission to bring a civil action for the enforcement of any provision of the Procurement Code or to refer a matter for enforcement to the attorney general or the district attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation occurred; in the second sentence, after "The", deleted "attorney general or the", after "the violation occurs", added "or the state ethics commission", and after "Procurement Code", added "provided that the commission may refer a matter for enforcement to the attorney general or the district attorney in the jurisdiction in which the violation occurred".