§188-70  Penalties.  (a)  Any personviolating any provision of or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, exceptsections 188-23 and 188-39.5, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and, in additionto any other penalties, shall be fined not less than:

(1)  $100 for a first offense;

(2)  $200 for a second offense; and

(3)  $500 for a third or subsequent offense.

(b)  Any person violating section 188-23, isguilty of a class C felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to chapter 706;provided that the court, in addition to any term of imprisonment or any otherterms and conditions of probation, shall order the defendant to pay a fine ofnot less than $1,000.  Notwithstanding section 706-669 and any other law to thecontrary, any person in violation of subsection (b), as a first offense, shallbe sentenced to a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment without possibilityof parole for thirty days.  Repeat offenders shall be sentenced pursuant tochapter 706.

(c)  The fines specified in this section shallnot be suspended or waived. [L 1981, c 85, §77; am L 1988, c 374, §2; am L1993, c 256, §4; am L 1999, c 195, §6; am L 2009, c 92, §3]

 

Cross References

 

  Generaladministrative penalties, see §187A-12.5.

 

Case Notes

 

  As sentencing courtlimited to alternatives expressly enumerated in this section and probation notan enumerated alternative, offense of fishing with gill nets under §188-30.2nonprobationable; thus, under §853-4(5), deferred acceptance of no contest pleanot allowed for that offense.  87 H. 102, 952 P.2d 390.