§445-235  Prohibitions; penalty.  Any
person who violates section 445-232,
445-233,
or 445-233.5, or any person who falsifies a statement required by section
445-233, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in
accordance with chapter 706, except that the court shall impose a minimum
sentence of:



(1)  A fine of $1,000 for the first offense;



(2)  A fine of $3,000 for the second offense; and



(3)  A fine of $5,000 and the suspension of the scrap
dealer's license for a period of six months for the third or subsequent
offense; provided that if the third or subsequent offense occurs within a
five-year period from the occurrence of two prior offenses, the scrap dealer
shall be subject to license revocation. [L 1976, c 230, pt of §2; am L 2007, c
197, §§4, 7; am L 2008, c 32, §§2, 4 and c 91, §§3, 5; am L 2009, c 44, §1]