(a) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, an employer who knowingly violates a procedure adopted under § 234.104 for reporting employee information may be liable for a civil penalty as permitted by Section 453A(d) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 653a).
(b) The amount of the civil penalty may not exceed:
(1) $25 for each occurrence in which an employer fails to report an employee; or
(2) $500 for each occurrence in which the conduct described by Subdivision (1) is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and an employee to not supply a required report or to submit a false or incomplete report.

(c) The attorney general may sue to collect the civil penalty. A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in a special fund in the state treasury.