2-2909.   Penalties for violations; jurisdiction.Any person convicted of violating any provision of this act or any rulesand regulations promulgated thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanorand upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100)for the first violation and not less than one hundred dollars($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each subsequent violation. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the secretary or hisor her authorized agents to report violations of this act for prosecution or forthe institution of seizure proceedings when he or she believes that thepublic interest will best be served by a suitable written warning.

      The district courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to restrain violationsof this act by injunction without any criminal proceeding being first initiated.

      History:   L. 1976, ch. 3, § 9; July 1.