Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-13.5. Civil penalties
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Sec. 13.5. In addition to the other penalties prescribed by this chapter, the director may, under IC 4-21.5, impose a civil penalty on a person who violates this chapter. A civil penalty imposed under this section may not exceed the following limits:
(2) For acting as the agent of a timber buyer without holding an agent’s license under this chapter, ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(1) For engaging in business as a timber buyer without securing a registration certificate under this chapter, ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-13.5
- Agent: means an individual who represents a timber buyer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases of timber. See Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-1
- Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, association, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-1
- Timber: means trees, standing or felled, and logs which can be used for sawing or processing into lumber for building or structural purposes or for the manufacture of any article. See Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-1
- Timber buyer: means a person engaged in the business of buying timber from timber growers for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale, but does not include a person who occasionally purchases timber for sawing or processing for his own use and not for resale. See Indiana Code 25-36.5-1-1
(3) For other violations of this chapter, one thousand dollars ($1,000).
As added by P.L.220-1993, SEC.8.