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Section 40-19-118 - Powers and Functions of the Administrator; Enforcement; Penalties.

WY Stat § 40-19-118 (2019) (N/A)
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40-19-118. Powers and functions of the administrator; enforcement; penalties.

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115, shall apply to and govern all administrative actions taken by the administrator pursuant to this act.

(b) The administrator may adopt rules and regulations to implement and administer this act.

(c) After notice and hearing, the administrator may order a merchant or a person acting on his behalf to cease and desist from engaging in violations of this act. Any person aggrieved by an order of the administrator may obtain judicial review of the order and the administrator may obtain an order of the court for enforcement of his order in the district court.

(d) The administrator may bring a civil action to restrain a merchant from violating the provisions of this act and for other appropriate relief.

(e) Any merchant refusing or obstructing access to the administrator or his representative to any account, books, records or papers, refusing to furnish any required information or hindering a full examination or investigation of the accounts, books, records or papers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for a period of not less than one (1) year, or both.

(f) Any merchant who wrongfully fails or refuses to comply with an order of the administrator as may be provided under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for each day the order is not obeyed.

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Section 40-19-118 - Powers and Functions of the Administrator; Enforcement; Penalties.