A. Any person who willfully:
1. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
2. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subject to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act;
3. Neglects or fails to make, or causes to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person;
4. Removes out of the jurisdiction of this state, or willfully mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary evidence of any such person; or
5. Refuses to submit to the Board or to any of its authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any such person, firm, or corporation in his possession or within his control;
shall be deemed guilty and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
B. Any officer or employee of this state who shall make public any information obtained by the Board, without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. Any person who violates any provision of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act for which no other criminal penalty is provided by the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
D. If a violation involved intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.