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(D)    (1) IF A VIOLATION RESULTS IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO AN
INDIVIDUAL A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION IS
GUILTY OF A FELONY AND, ON CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN $100,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 20 YEARS OR BOTH.

(2) IF A VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL A
PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A
FELONY AND, ON CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $200,000
OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN LIFE OR BOTH.

(E)     UNLESS A GREATER FINE IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION, A
PERSON THAT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL AND THAT VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) OR (C)
OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN:

(1)      $50,000 $100,000 FOR EACH MISDEMEANOR; AND

(2)     $250,000 FOR EACH FELONY.

(F)     A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTIONS SUBSECTION (B) OR (C) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAKE FULL RESTITUTION OF THE MONEY,
GOODS, SERVICES, OR THE VALUE OF THE GOODS OR SERVICES HEALTH CARE
SERVICES OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES UNLAWFULLY RECEIVED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 714
(House Bill 1068)

AN ACT concerning

Lead Paint - Rent Escrow Law —Repeal

FOR the purpose of repealing modifying a certain provisions provision of law authorizing
a lessee to invoke certain rent escrow remedies if the lessor fails to remove or
eliminate lead based paint from a residential dwelling unit within a certain period
of time after receiving notice of the presence of lead based paint within the
residential dwelling unit; under certain circumstances if there is lead-based paint
on certain surfaces in certain residential premises; authorizing a lessee to invoke
certain rent escrow remedies only if the lessor fails to comply with certain risk
reduction standards; repealing a certain provision of law that authorizes a tenant to
invoke a certain rent escrow remedy if the landlord fails to repair and eliminate
paint containing lead pigment on surfaces within the residential dwelling unit;
preempting certain public local laws and ordinances; and generally relating to the
repeal of the rent escrow law provisions relating to lead-based paint.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

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