CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT

IC 15-21-7
    Chapter 7. Enforcement

IC 15-21-7-1
Enforcement by board; when enforcement permissible;enforcement power
    Sec. 1. (a) The board may enforce this article when the boarddetermines that sufficient funds have been deposited in thecommercial dog breeder and broker fund to permit enforcement.
    (b) In enforcing this article, the board may:
        (1) seek injunctive relief;
        (2) issue an order of compliance notifying the commercial dogbreeder or commercial dog broker of a violation and requiringcorrective action by a certain date; and
        (3) impose a civil penalty of not more than:
            (A) five hundred dollars ($500) for a knowing violation;
            (B) one thousand dollars ($1,000) for an intentionalviolation; and
            (C) five thousand dollars ($5,000) for knowingly orintentionally violating an injunction.
    (c) The board may seek an injunction to prohibit a commercialdog breeder from registering with the board for not more than three(3) years.
    (d) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the board from assisting a lawenforcement agency in a criminal investigation.
As added by P.L.111-2009, SEC.4.