§ 6-5A-10. Penalty for unregistered solicitor

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   (a) In general. -- A person that engages in soliciting public safety contributions without prior application for registration as a public safety solicitor is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding 10 times the value of the total amount of funds improperly solicited or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

(b) Ten-year bar upon conviction. -- A person convicted of a violation of this section may:

   (1) be prohibited from acting as a public safety solicitor for a period up to 10 years beginning on the date of the conviction; and

   (2) be ordered to refund all improperly solicited public safety contributions to the donors who made such contributions.

HISTORY: 2000, ch. 500.

                    
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