(b) Any person, having previously been convicted of a violation of paragraph (a) of this section within the past three years, who willfully violates or directs another to violate the requirements to collect or charge the refund value imposed by section 27-1005 or paragraph a of subdivision nine of section 27-1012 of this title on five thousand or more beverage containers in one or more separate transactions within one year shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who willfully violates or directs another to violate the requirements to collect or charge the refund value imposed by section 27-1005 or paragraph a of subdivision nine of section 27-1012 of this title on twenty thousand or more beverage containers in one or more separate transactions within one year shall be guilty of a class E felony. Nothing in this subdivision shall apply to common or contract carriers or warehousemen while engaged in lawfully transporting or storing such containers as merchandise, nor to any employee of such carrier or warehouseman acting within the scope of his or her employment. 7. A violation of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section and section 27-1012 of this title, shall be a public nuisance.