48-1613. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or rules and regulations issued pursuant to this act, or who violates any order of the secretary issued pursuant to this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate violation.
(b) Any person who violates any licensing or registration provision of this act, any rule and regulation or order issued thereunder or any term condition or limitation of any license or registration certificate issued thereunder or who commits any violation for which a license or registration certificate may be revoked under rules and regulations issued pursuant to this act may be subject to a penalty, to be imposed by the secretary, not to exceed $10,000. If any violation is a continuing one, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate violation for the purpose of computing the applicable civil penalty. The secretary shall have the power to compromise, mitigate or remit such penalties. Whenever the secretary proposes to subject a person to the imposition of a civil penalty under the provisions of this section the secretary shall follow the procedures contained in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 48-1608, and amendments thereto.
Any action by the secretary pursuant to this section is subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
(c) On the request of the secretary, the attorney general is authorized to institute a civil action to collect any penalty imposed pursuant to this section. The attorney general shall have the exclusive power to compromise, mitigate or remit such civil penalties as are referred for collection.
(d) All moneys collected from civil penalties shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. Moneys collected from civil penalties shall not be used for normal operating expenses of the department except as appropriations are made from the general fund in the normal budgetary process.
History: L. 1963, ch. 290, § 13; L. 1984, ch. 198, § 11; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 73; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 162; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 180; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 94; July 1.