KRS 367.627: Enforcement by Attorney General -- Actions for injunctive relief and

recovery of actual economic damages -- Civil penalty.

(1) The Attorney General shall enforce KRS 367.620 to 367.628.

(2) All of the remedies, powers, and duties provided to the Attorney General under

KRS 367.110 to 367.300, and the penalties provided in KRS 367.990, pertaining to

any violation of KRS 367.110 to 367.300, shall apply with equal force and effect to

a violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628.

(3) (a) The Attorney General may institute an action in any court of competent

jurisdiction against any person alleged to have violated KRS 367.620 to

367.628.

(b) A person injured by a violation of KRS 367.620 to 367.628 may institute an

action in any court of competent juris diction against any person alleged to

have committed the violation.

(c) In any action brought under this subsection, if the court finds that the person

has committed one (1) or more violations of KRS 367.620 to 367.628:

1. The plaintiff may:

a. Obtain an injunction to enjoin a continuance of the unlawful

activity;

b. Recover from the defendant two (2) times the amount of any

actual economic damages sustained, which shall be paid to the

injured person or persons; and

c. Be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs; and

2. In addition to the remedies and penalties pro vided under subparagraph

1. of this paragraph, the Attorney General may recover a civil penalty of

five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.

(4) It shall not be necessary that actual economic damages be alleged or proved in order

to recover any other remedy or penalty authorized under this section.

(5) (a) The remedies and penalties prescribed in KRS 367.620 to 367.628 shall be

cumulative.

(b) KRS 367.620 to 367.628 shall not be construed to limit or restrict the powers,

duties, remedies, or penalties a vailable to the Attorney General, the

Commonwealth, or any other person under any other statutory or common

law.