§ 20-20-204 - Penalties. - Arkansas Statutes

20-20-204. Penalties.

(a) (1) Any commercial or noncommercial applicator, dealer, or pilot who violates any provision of this subchapter or the regulations adopted under this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and for the second and any additional offense by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(2) (A) Any private applicator who violates any provision of this subchapter or the regulations adopted under this subchapter subsequent to having received a written warning from the State Plant Board for a prior violation shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.

(B) An offense committed more than three (3) years after a previous conviction or written warning shall be considered as a first offense.

(b) No state court shall allow the recovery of damages from administrative action taken if the court finds that there was probable cause for such an action.