§844.15.  Violations; penalties

A.  The commission shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations of this Chapter.  If, after investigating such complaint, the commission finds that there has been a violation of this Chapter, the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose an administrative penalty against the telephonic solicitor not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.  If the violation is committed against a residential telephonic subscriber over the age of sixty-five, then the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose a penalty not to exceed three thousand dollars for each violation.

B.  Any telephonic solicitor found by the commission to be in violation of this Chapter, who refuses to pay the fine assessed, shall after notice and hearing, be assessed additional costs and reasonable attorney fees related to the collection of the fine.

Acts 2001, No. 40 , §1, eff. May 24, 2001.