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What is NYC AC § 25-317?

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This section outlines the criminal penalties for violating specific provisions related to environmental regulations, including fines and imprisonment. Violations can result in misdemeanors with fines ranging from five thousand to ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment for up to one year. Applies to individuals violating environmental compliance orders.

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§ 25-317 Criminal punishments and fines.

AC § 25-317

a. Any person who violates any provision of subdivision a of section 25-305 of this chapter or any order issued by the chair with respect to such provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and not less than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. b. Any person who violates any provision of subdivision a of section 25-310 of this chapter or any provision of section 25-311 or any order issued by the chair with respect to such provisions shall be punished, for a first offense, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and not less than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be punished for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or less than two thousand five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. c. Any person who willfully makes any false statement or an omission of material fact in an application or request to the commission for a certificate, permit or other approval or in any document submitted to the commission certifying the correction of a violation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or less than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. d. For the purposes of this subdivision, each day during which there exists any violation of the provisions of paragraph three of subdivision a of section 25-305 of this chapter or paragraph two of subdivision a of section 25-310 of this chapter or any violation of the provisions of section 25-311 of this chapter or any order issued by the chair with respect to such provisions shall constitute a separate violation.

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