(a) Any dealer violating any provision of sections 12-326a to 12-326h, inclusive, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

(b) Any distributor violating any provision of sections 12-326a to 12-326h, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars for the first offense, not more than five thousand dollars for the second offense, and not more than ten thousand dollars for each subsequent offense, except that, if the violation is of subsection (b) of section 12-326b, such distributor shall be fined an additional one thousand dollars for each carton of cigarettes sold or bought in violation of said subsection.

(P.A. 90-293, S. 4; P.A. 05-221, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 23.)

History: P.A. 05-221 designated provision re penalty for a dealer violating any provision of Secs. 12-326a to 12-326h, inclusive, as Subsec. (a) and amended same to specify that the fines are the maximum fines rather than the minimum fines and designated provisions re penalty for a stamping agent, subjobber or chain store violating any provision of said sections as Subsec. (b) and amended same to replace “stamping agent, subjobber or chain store” with “distributor”, replace the fine of not less than $500 with a fine of not more than $1,000 for a first offense and replace the fine of not less than $1,000 for each subsequent offense with a fine of not more than $5,000 for a second offense and not more than $10,000 for each subsequent offense; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that distributors be fined an additional $1,000 for each carton sold or bought in violation of Sec. 12-326b(b), effective January 1, 2008.