A. If the commission shall determine that any applicant is not qualified to receive a license, a license shall not be granted to said applicant, and if the commission shall determine that any licensee is guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission, his or its license may be suspended or revoked or a civil penalty may be imposed by the commission. The commission may also impose a civil penalty against any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, or trust which is determined by the commission to have violated any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission.
B.
(1)No civil penalty imposed for the violation of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulatio
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A. If the commission shall determine that any applicant is not qualified to receive a license, a license shall not be granted to said applicant, and if the commission shall determine that any licensee is guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission, his or its license may be suspended or revoked or a civil penalty may be imposed by the commission. The commission may also impose a civil penalty against any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, or trust which is determined by the commission to have violated any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission.
B.(1) No civil penalty imposed for the violation of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations of the commission shall exceed two thousand dollars for each day such violation continues.
(2) On a second or subsequent violation, no civil penalty imposed shall exceed three thousand dollars for each day such second or subsequent violation continues. In order to constitute a second or subsequent violation there must occur a lapse of at least one day following the first or previous violation.
C. Any civil penalty imposed by the commission may, in the discretion of the commission, be suspended in whole or in part.
D. Upon the failure of any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, or trust to timely pay any civil penalty imposed by the commission when due, the commission shall be entitled to recover by suit or otherwise, from such party all costs of collection, including court costs, deposition, and other discovery costs, and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the commission in collecting such civil penalty.