Sec. 1. (a) The board may enforce this article when the board determines that sufficient funds have been deposited in the commercial 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 dog breeder, commercial dog broker, retail pet store, animal care facility, or animal rescue operation of a violation and requiring corrective 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 intentional violation; and

(C) five thousand dollars ($5,000) for knowingly or intentionally violating an injunction.

     (c) The board may assess a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day for each day a violation is not corrected, plus payment to the board for the costs incurred by the board as a direct consequence of prosecution of the violation. All civil penalties under this section shall be deposited in the commercial dog breeder and broker fund established by IC 15-21-3-3.

     (d) The board may seek an injunction to prohibit a commercial dog breeder from registering with the board for not more than three (3) years.

     (e) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the board from assisting a law enforcement agency in a criminal investigation.

As added by P.L.111-2009, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.4-2024, SEC.30.