N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-2807: Violations

§ 27-2807. Violations.

1. Any person required to collect tax who violates any provision of

section 27-2803 of this title shall receive a warning notice for the

first such violation. A person required to collect tax shall be liable

to the state of New York for a civil penalty of two hundred fifty

dollars for the first violation after receiving a warning and five

hundred dollars for any subsequent violation in the same calendar year.

For purposes of this section, each commercial transaction shall

constitute no more than one violation. A hearing or opportunity to be

heard shall be provided prior to the assessment of any civil penalty.

2. The department, the department of agriculture and markets, and the

attorney general are hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this

title, and all monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of the

environmental protection fund established pursuant to section

ninety-two-s of the state finance law.