§ 71-4001. General criminal penalty.

Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 71-4001

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter or in the penal law, (a) a person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto, or the terms or conditions of any permit issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a violation; (b) each day on which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation; and (c) for each such violation the person shall be subject upon conviction to imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or to a fine of not more than nine hundred dollars, or to both such imprisonment and such fine.