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FEE-19-2002 10:15 LEAGUE OF MN CITIES P.17/24 (A) Any person violating the provisions of this chapter Ot M. S. Chapter 340A, as it may be amended from time to tUne or any rules promulgated under that Chapter is guJ.lty of a m.l6demeanor and upon conviction shall be punished 8S plmided by law. (B) The CoUl1cilshall impose a civil penalty of up to $2,000 for each violation of M. S. Chapter 340A and of this ordinance as provided by the mlnimum schedule of presumptive civil penalties. These civil penalties shall be III addition to lIDY criminal penalties imposed under (A) 01' any suspension Or revocation imposed under Section 22. Conviction of a violation in a court of law is not required In order for the Counc1l to impose the civil pelHl1ty. A hearing Wider the Adll1inlstrative Procedures Act, M. 5.1114.57 to 14.70, as it may be amended fI'Om time to time, is not nqulred before the penalty is imposed, hut the Council shall bold a bearing on the Pl'Oposed violation and the proposed penalty and hear any person who wishes to speak. Non-payment of the pemdty is grounds for 8D8p8osion 01' Avocation of the license. The following is the mlnlmum sehedule of presumptive civil penalties in addition to any suspensions which must be imposed unless the license is revoked: For the first violation wlthJb any three year period, $500. For the second violation within any three year period, $1,000. For the thil'd.and subsequent violations within any three year period, $2,000 for each violation. . (C) The term "violation" as used in this section and in Section 22 includes any and all violations of the provisions of this chapter, or of M. S. Chapter 340A, as It may be amended from time to time or any rules promulgated under that Chapter as they may be amended from time to tlme. The number of violations shall be deter111lDed on lbe bll/lu of the history ofvioladons for the Pl'eCedIlIg three year period. Effective_ and summary pUblication Section 30. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance becomes effective on the date of its publication, or upon the publication of a summary of the ordinlmce as provided by M. S. 5 412.191, subet. 4, as it may be amended from time to time, which meets the requirements of M. S. i 33IA.oI, subd. 10, as it may be amended from time to time. Section 31. SUMMAltY APPROVEl> The Council bereby determines tbat the text of the S1ID1mllI'Y of this ordinance marked "Oftlcial SummAry of OrdiDance No. -' " and a copy of wblch is attached 16