(a) The director may bring an action to recover a civil penalty against any person who violates this chapter or who has knowingly violated a rule or order made pursuant to this chapter. A civil penalty of not more than $100,000 may be assessed.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 482E-10.5

  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482E-2
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Person: means a natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, or other entity and in the case of an entity, it includes any other entity which has a majority interest in such an entity or effectively controls such other entity as well as the individual officers, directors, and other persons in act of control of the activities of each such entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482E-2
(b) No civil action may be brought under this chapter later than five years subsequent to the date of the violation or two years subsequent to the discovery of facts constituting the violation, but in no event shall any civil action be brought later than seven years subsequent to the date of the violation.

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