§ 20-559 Penalties.
AC § 20-559
a. Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, any provision of subdivision a of section 20-551 or subdivision a of section 20-556, or any rules promulgated pursuant to such subdivisions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. b. Except as provided in subdivision a of this section, any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, a provision of this subchapter or any rule promulgated pursuant to such subchapter, shall be guilty of an offense punishable as follows: 1. for the first violation, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50; 2. for the second violation issued for the same offense within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100; 3. for the third violation within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250; and 4. for the fourth and any subsequent violations within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a fine of not more than $500. c. In addition to the fines set forth in subdivisions a and b of this section, any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, any provision of this subchapter or any rules promulgated pursuant to such subchapter shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows: 1. for the first violation, a civil penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $50; 2. for the second violation issued for the same offense within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $100; 3. for the third violation within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $250; and 4. for the fourth and any subsequent violations within a period of two years of the date of the first violation, a civil penalty of not more than $500. d. For the purposes of this subchapter, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that any violation of any provision of this subchapter or any rules promulgated pursuant to such subchapter by a ticket seller was caused by: 1. the place of entertainment, mode of transportation, or guided tour whose ticket is vended; and/or 2. the person on whose behalf the ticket is vended. Such presumption shall not apply: (i) where the ticket vended is counterfeit and was not issued by the place of entertainment, mode of transportation, or guided tour; or (ii) where the circumstances of the vending were not authorized or subject to the control of the place of entertainment, mode of transportation, or guided tour. e. A proceeding to recover any civil penalty pursuant to this section shall be commenced by the service of a summons or notice of violation which shall be returnable to the office of administrative trials and hearings. (L.L. 2016/080, 6/28/2016, eff. 8/1/2016; Am. L.L. 2016/093, 8/3/2016, eff. 8/1/2016) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2016/080.
