The Board may impose administrative fines on any public or private entity that fails to comply with an information requirement, as provided in subsection (29) of § 62j of this title, under the following terms: up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to public bodies and private entities whose gross sales or gross income is less or equal to one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually; and fines up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to private entities whose gross sales or gross income is greater than one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually. Once the body or entity has paid the fine, it shall be granted a term of fifteen (15) days to comply with the requirements of the Board, if it fails to do so within said term, a new fine shall be imposed whose amount shall be twice the fine originally imposed. The income proceeding from the imposition of these fines shall be covered into a special account to be created in the Department of the Treasury in the name of the Planning Board and shall be destined to the development of the technologic infrastructure of said entity so that the information may be accessible to the citizenry and other interested sectors. Furthermore, the funds may be used for the publication of the reports of the Board and the distribution thereof.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, added as § 27(A) on Aug. 9, 2008, No. 213, § 3.