A. Except as otherwise provided, a person who violates any provision of this article or a rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this article is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per day for each violation.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-811

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Director: means the director of environmental quality who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 49-101
  • Person: means any public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society of persons, the federal government and any of its departments or agencies, this state or any of its agencies, departments, political subdivisions, counties, towns or municipal corporations, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 49-701

B. The attorney general, at the request of the director, shall file an action in superior court to recover civil penalties provided by this section. This subsection shall not be construed to reduce the authority of the attorney general under any other provision of law.

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