§576D-17  Violations; penalties.  (a) 
Unless otherwise provided, any person or entity in the State including
for-profit, nonprofit, and labor organizations, and any agency, board,
commission, authority, court, or committee of the State or its political subdivisions
that knowingly, intentionally, or wilfully violates any section of this chapter
or any request of the agency pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a
petty misdemeanor.



(b)  The agency may establish, through
administrative rules, a system of fines for failure to promptly respond to the
agency's request for information, which may be levied without the necessity of
a court order. [L 1997, c 293, pt of §6; am L 2002, c 84, §4]