(1) A person is liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsection (2) and, unless a greater penalty is prescribed in another part of the law, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person, without written authorization from the director:

1. (a) removes, extracts, uses, consumes, or destroys any mineral resource, gravel, sand, soil, vegetation, water resource, or improvement on trust lands;
2. (b) grazes livestock on trust lands;
3. (c) uses, occupies, or constructs improvements or structures on trust lands;
4. (d) uses or occupies trust lands for more than 30 days after the cancellation or expiration of written authorization;
5. (e) knowingly and willfully uses trust lands for commercial gain;
6. (f) appropriates, alters, injures, or destroys any improvement or any historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or paleontological resource on trust lands;
7. (g) trespasses upon, uses, commits waste, dumps refuse, or occupies trust land;
8. (h) interferes with the activities of an employee or agent of the administration on trust lands; or
9. (i) interferes with activities of a lessee or other person which have been authorized by the administration.

(2) A person who commits any act described in Subsection (1) is liable for damages in the amount of whichever of the following is greatest:

1. (a) three times the value at the point of sale of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or extracted;
2. (b) three times the amount of damage committed;
3. (c) three times the cost to cure the damage;
4. (d) three times the value of any losses suffered as a result of interference with authorized activities; or
5. (e) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the director for use of the land during the period of trespass.