Each corporation, domestic or foreign, that fails or refuses to file its annual report for any year within the time prescribed by this part shall be subject to a forfeiture of an amount to be determined by the department director not exceeding $100 for every violation, neglect, or failure, to be recovered by action brought in the name of the State by the department director. A continuance of a failure to file the required report shall be a separate offense for each thirty days of the continuance. The department director, for good cause shown, may reduce or waive the penalty imposed by this section.

[L 2000, c 244, pt of §1]