KRS 353.991: Penalties for violation of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 and 353.735 to 353.747.

(1) Any person who violates KRS 353.570(1) shall be subject to a civil penalty

assessed by the cabinet of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the

department may require the proper plugging of the well. The civil penalty order may

be appealed pursuant to KRS 353.700 within thirty (30) days of assessment. Any

person who knowingly and willfully violates KRS 353.570(1) shall upon conviction

be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than one

thousand dollars ($1,000) or i mprisonment for a term not exceeding one hundred

and eighty (180) days, or both.

(2) Any person who continues to violate any provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or

353.735 to 353.747, or any regulation or order promulgated or issued under KRS

353.500 to 35 3.720 or 353.735 to 353.747, after being notified in writing of the

violation by the department shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars

($1,000) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one hundred and eighty (180)

days, or both.

(3) Any person who does any of the following for the purpose of evading or violating

KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or 353.735 to 353.747, or any regulation or order

promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 3 53.720 or 353.735 to 353.747, shall

upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not

more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding

one hundred and eighty (180) days, or both:

(a) Makes or causes to be made a false entry or statement in a report, record,

account or memorandum, required by KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or 353.735 to

353.747, or by any regulation or order;

(b) Omits or causes to be omitted from a report, record, account or memorandu m

full, true, and correct entries and information as required by KRS 353.500 to

353.720 or 353.735 to 353.747, or by any regulation or order;

(c) Removes from this Commonwealth or destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies a

report, record, account or memora ndum required by KRS 353.500 to 353.720

or 353.735 to 353.747, or by any regulation or order.

(4) Any person who knowingly aids or abets any other person in the violation of any

provision of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or 353.735 to 353.747, or any regulation o r

order promulgated or issued under KRS 353.500 to 353.720 or 353.735 to 353.747,

shall be subject to the same penalty as that prescribed in this section for the

violation by the other person.

(5) All civil penalties recovered under this section shall be d eposited into the oil and

gas well plugging fund established in KRS 353.590(27) and shall be for the

plugging of any abandoned wells coming within the authority of the department

pursuant to this chapter.