1. A. The board of directors may request the State Department of Agriculture to provide for the collection of the assessment or for other enforcement action necessary as determined by the board of directors for violations of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act and for collection of any administrative penalty from any person who is determined to have violated any provision of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act.
2. B. Failure by any person to comply with any provisions of the Boll Weevil Eradication Act may result in assessment of an administrative penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each violation.
3. C. Any penalty collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Boll Weevil Eradication Fund, provided, the Department shall be reimbursed for any costs incurred by the Department in the enforcement of this section.

Added by Laws 1993, HB 1198, c. 198, § 11, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 2000, HB 2567, c. 231, § 5, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2005, HB 1229, c. 93, § 4, eff. November 1, 2005 (superseded document available).