Sentences with phrase «statutory penalties for»

Although the states have varied exceptions and statutory penalties for violations, all the bans make it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute shark fins within that jurisdiction.

You may be entitled to receive statutory penalties for the delay.

State regulators, unlike class action plaintiffs, can claim statutory penalties for every violation of state law.

Not exact matches

The Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, passed in Albany on March 16, increases penalties for trafficking, ensures that penalties for buying sex from a minor align with those for statutory rape, and allows trafficking victims to bring civil suits against their traffickers.

Although statutes still in effect in some states permit the death penalty to be imposed for a variety of offenses — ranging from statutory rape to desecration of a grave to causing death in a duel — murder is virtually the only crime for which it has been recently employed.

The bill as it stands now would remove the need for prosecutors to prove that underage victims of trafficking were coerced into prostitution; elevate penalties for patronizing underage prostitutes to the level of statutory rape; and require that anyone under 18 arrested for a prostitution offense be tried in family court rather than criminal court.

Bills in the package would also raise civil penalties for Violations And Create An Avenue for Housing Courts to award statutory, compensatory and punitive damages as well as attorney's fees and costs for harassment cases.

It also has a policy to provide for the reduction, and under appropriate circumstances for the waiver, of civil penalties for violations of a statutory or regulatory requirement by a small entity.

I noted in a more thorough analysis on Pro and Contracts that the statutory language being enforced by Minnesota also provides no guidance on enforcement — or even for how the law or penalties would pragmatically apply to this situation.

«Labor Code statutes regulating meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wages provide express statutory remedies, including penalties for violation of those statutes that are punitive in nature, that are available when an employer has violated those provisions, and are exclusive remedy available for such statutory violations absent evidence that statutory remedy is inadequate.»

To make matters more confusing, the more expansive meaning of the French word «infraction» is evident in para. 44 of the majority in Guidon in the following statement: «The two parts test for determining which statutory infractions are criminal offences and which are administrative penalties was set out in Wigglesworth» (underline added).

Apprendi did, after all, discuss exposure not only in terms of an increased statutory maximum penalty, but expressly held that «[I] t is unconstitutional for a legislature to remove from the jury the assessment of facts that increase the prescribed RANGE of penalties to which a criminal defendant is exposed.»

If you are able to prove you're insured within the 30 - day grace period, your suspension and reinstatement fees will be waived, but you'll still have to pay the statutory $ 200 penalty for your first uninsured citation.

Companies can quickly rack up hefty fines and penalties for violating federal statutory requirements, state laws and local ordinances governing employment screening practices.

The statute — Texas Property Code Chapter 5, Subchapter D, beginning with Section 5.061 — prohibits any executory contract for the sale of residential property if the property already has a mortgage on it, and sets out draconian penalties for any violations of the technical statutory requirements.