(1) If the owner of any boiler fails to report the location of such boiler to the section, the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if the owner or his agent fails to have said boiler ready for internal inspection as provided in this article, said owner shall be liable to pay fees and expenses of the inspector incurred in the inspection of any such boiler.
Any owner who fails or refuses to comply with all requirements or directions of thisarticle pertaining to notification of boiler placement, replacement, or operation; condones operation of condemned boilers; refuses a reasonable request to inspect any boiler used for heating or water supply service or any similar use; refuses to pay inspection and expenses or penalties or license fees; operates any boiler or similar device in defiance of a division of oil and public safety order or an order of the director shall, upon notice, cease to use or operate or allow the use or operation of any approved or nonapproved boiler or water-heating equipment owned by him or her until permission to resume use of such equipment is granted by the director.
Actions shall be instituted by the attorney general or the district attorney, or may beinstituted by the city attorney of any city, to prosecute such acts in violation of this article within his jurisdiction as may come to his knowledge or to enforce the provisions of this article independently and without specific direction of the director. Each such violation shall be a separate offense.
Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be punished by a fine of notmore than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 272, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-8. L. 76: (3) amended, p. 363, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 1136, § 61, effective June 5.