§445-235 Prohibitions; penalty. Any person who violates section 445-232, 445-233, or 445-233.5, or any person who falsifies a statement required by section 445-233, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with chapter 706, except that the court shall impose a minimum sentence of:
(1) A fine of $1,000 for the first offense;
(2) A fine of $3,000 for the second offense; and
(3) A fine of $5,000 and the suspension of the scrap dealer's license for a period of six months for the third or subsequent offense; provided that if the third or subsequent offense occurs within a five-year period from the occurrence of two prior offenses, the scrap dealer shall be subject to license revocation. [L 1976, c 230, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 197, §§4, 7; am L 2008, c 32, §§2, 4 and c 91, §§3, 5; am L 2009, c 44, §1]