C.R.S. § 24-74-107: Data privacy breaches - civil penalty - legislative declaration.

(1) A state agency employee or political subdivision employee who intentionally violates a provision of this article 74 or section 25-2-108.5 is subject to an injunction and is liable for a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation.

(2) Any civil penalty money collected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for immigration-related violations must be transferred to the state treasurer, who shall credit it to the immigration legal defense fund established pursuant to section 8-3.8-101.

(3) For purposes of an action for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction brought pursuant to this section, the general assembly finds and declares that violation of this article 74 poses a real, immediate, and irreparable injury for which there is no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law, and the public interest is served by compliance with this article 74.