76-10-918 - Attorney general may bring action for injunctive relief, damages, or civil penalty. - Utah Statutes

76-10-918. Attorney general may bring action for injunctive relief, damages, orcivil penalty.
(1) The attorney general may bring an action for appropriate injunctive relief, and fordamages or a civil penalty in the name of the state, any of its political subdivisions or agencies,or as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons in this state, for a violation of this act. Actionsmay be brought under this section regardless of whether the plaintiff dealt directly or indirectlywith the defendant. This remedy is an additional remedy to any other remedies provided by law. It may not diminish or offset any other remedy.
(2) Any individual who violates this act is subject to a civil penalty of not more than$100,000 for each violation. Any person, other than an individual, who violates this act issubject to a civil penalty of not more than $500,000 for each violation.

Amended by Chapter 19, 2006 General Session