(a)  Any person who knowingly violates any provision of Section 5409 of Title 42 of the United States Code, or any regulation or final order issued thereunder as it exists on the effective date of this section in this state, shall be liable to the state for a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Each violation of a provision of Section 5409 of Title 42 of the United States Code, or any regulation or order issued thereunder, as it exists on the effective date of this section shall constitute a separate violation with respect to each manufactured home or mobilehome, or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required thereby, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation.

(b)  Any individual or a director, officer, or agent of a corporation, who knowingly violates Section 5409 of Title 42 of the United States Code as it exists on the effective date of this section in this state in a manner which threatens the health and safety of any purchaser, shall be subject to a state fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such a fine and imprisonment.

(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 16.)