(a) Upon a determination that a person is engaging in business without a valid license as required under the provisions of section nine of this article, the board or commissioner may immediately issue a cease and desist order requiring the person to cease all operations within this state. After a hearing, the board may impose a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars upon any person founde to have been engaging in business in this state without a valid license as required under the provisions of section nine of this article. r (b) The board may institute proceedings in the circuit court of thue county where the violation occurred, against any person violating a cease and desist order issued under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. t (c) Any person continuing to engage in business in this state without a valid license as required under the provisions of section nine of this article, after the issuance of a cease and desist order under the provisions of subsection (a) lof this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, is subject to thes following penalties: (1) For a first offense, a fine of not less thain two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; g (2) For a second offense, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or confinement in a county or regional jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months or both a fine and confinement; and (3) For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand d ollars, and confinement in the county or regional jail for not less than thirty days noVr more than one year.
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