68-126-212 - Violations Penalties.
68-126-212. Violations Penalties.
(a) Whoever violates any provision of the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, or any regulation or final order issued under that act, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such violation. Each violation of a provision of such act, or any regulation or order issued under that act, constitutes a separate violation with respect to each manufactured home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by the act, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any related series of violations occurring within one (1) year from the date of the first violation.
(b) Any individual, or director, officer or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully violates the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 in a manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any violation of this part, or of any rule or regulation made under this part, which is not covered by subsection (a) or (b), is a Class C misdemeanor.
[Acts 1979, ch. 310, § 12; 1981, ch. 301, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-4832; Acts 1987, ch. 120, §§ 11, 12; 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6, 113; T.C.A., § 68-36-212.]