§ 30-5-119 — Penalties for violation of act, orders of commission; penalties cumulative

Wyoming § 30-5-119

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 30: Mines and Minerals
• Ch. 5: OIL AND GAS
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or
who after either actual or constructive notice thereof from the
commission or its representative violates any rule, regulation,
or order of the commission shall forfeit an amount of not more
than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each act of
violation, and for each day that such violation continues, to be
fixed and determined by the commission after notice and
opportunity for hearing. Amounts collected under this subsection
shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in
W.S. 8-1-109. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates
any provision of this act or who after notice thereof from the
commission or its representatives knowingly and willfully
violates any rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall
be subject to a civil penalty, upon order of the district court
of the county in which the defendant resides, or in which any
defendant resides if there be more than one (1) defendant, or in
the district court of any county in which the violation
occurred, or in the district court of Laramie county, Wyoming.
The civil penalty shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00) for each act of violation and for each day
that such violation continues and shall be collected and paid to
the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109.
(b) Any person who, for the purpose of evading this act or
any rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall make or
cause to be made any false entry in any report, record, account,
or memorandum, required by this act, or by any such rule,
regulation, or order, or shall omit, or cause to be omitted,
from any such report, record, account, or memorandum, full,
true, and correct entries as required by this act, or by any
such rule, regulation, or order, or shall remove from this state
or destroy, mutilate, alter, or falsify any such record,
account, or memorandum, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six (6) months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(c) Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other
person in the violation of any provision of this act, or any
rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall be subject to
the same penalty and punishment as that prescribed by this act
for the violation by such other person.
(d) The penalties provided in this section for violations
as prescribed herein shall be recoverable by suit filed by the
attorney general, in the name and on behalf of the state, in the
district court of Laramie county, Wyoming, or the county in
which the defendant resides, or in which any defendant resides
if there be more than one (1) defendant, or in the district
court of any county in which the violation occurred.
(e) Any person or corporation violating the provisions of
this article or rules and regulations prescribed pursuant hereto
or the lawful orders of the oil and gas supervisor or his
assistants or representatives under said rules and regulations
shall upon conviction be fined not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than six (6) months.
(f) The imposition or payment of any forfeiture or civil
penalty as provided in this section shall not bar or affect any
other penalty or remedy prescribed in this act or by general law
but such forfeiture shall be in addition to any such penalty or
other remedy.
(g) The commission may waive any penalty under this
section for good cause.