28900-28901
CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 28900-28901
28900. If, after notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that any person has violated any provision of this division or of any regulation or order issued under this division, the commissioner may order the person to pay to the commissioner a civil penalty in that amount as the commissioner may specify. However, the amount of the civil penalty shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, or in the case of a continuing violation, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each day for which the violation continues. 28901. The provisions of Section 28900 are additional to, and not alternative to, other provisions of this division which authorize the commissioner to issue orders or to take other action on account of a violation of any provision of this division or of any regulation or order issued under this division. However, no person who has been finally convicted under Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 28800) of this division on account of a violation of any provision of Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 28800) shall be liable to pay a civil penalty under Section 28900 on account of the violation.