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(a) Summary offense.--Any person, other than a municipal official exercising his official duties, who violates any provision of this act, any regulation promulgated hereunder, any order issued hereunder or the terms or conditions of any approved municipal waste management plan shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 and costs and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
(b) Misdemeanor offense.--Any person, other than a municipal official exercising his official duties, who violates any provision of this act, any regulation promulgated hereunder, any order issued hereunder or the terms or conditions of any approved municipal waste management plan commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 but not more than $10,000 per day for each violation or to imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or both.
(c) Second or subsequent offense.--Any person, other than a municipal official exercising his official duties, who, within two years after a conviction of a misdemeanor for any violation of this act, violates any provision of this act, any regulation promulgated hereunder, any order issued hereunder or the terms or conditions of any approved municipal waste management plan commits a misdemeanor of the second degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 for each violation or to imprisonment for a period of not more than two years, or both.
(d) Violations to be separate offense.--Each violation for each separate day and each violation of any provision of this act, any regulation promulgated hereunder, any order issued hereunder or the terms or conditions of any approved municipal waste management plan shall constitute a separate offense under subsections (a), (b) and (c).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 4000.1705. Criminal penalties - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-4000-1705/
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