6. A telecommunications service provider who is determined by the board, after notice and opportunity to be heard, to have willfully or intentionally violated any provision of this act or any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant hereto or to have violated any federal law and rules relating to changes in telecommunications service providers applicable to intrastate service shall be liable to a civil penalty not to exceed $7,500 for a first violation and not to exceed $15,000 for each subsequent violation associated with a specific access line within the State. All moneys recovered from an administrative penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

L.1998,c.82,s.6.