New York General Business Law Section 89-WWW - Violations and penalities.

89-www. Violations and penalties. 1. Any individual who is employed as an armored car guard or who acts as an armored car guard in violation of the provisions of this article or who knowingly and willfully makes material misstatements in the application for or renewal of his or her conditional letter of authority or registration card, as the case may be, or who permits or authorizes the employment of an individual as an armored car guard in violation of the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, upon the first conviction, and by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, upon a subsequent conviction.

2. a. Any holder who shall knowingly and willfully fail to surrender his or her conditional letter of authority or registration card within five days of receipt of notice of suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal thereof by the secretary, or the officer designated by the secretary to preside over the hearing, pursuant to the provisions of section eighty-nine-vvv of this article, shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars, in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, where it is determined after a hearing that the holder has violated one or more provisions of this article pursuant to paragraph c of sudivision three of section eighty-nine-vvv of this article, the secretary may, in lieu of revocation or suspension of the conditional letter of authority or registration card of such holder, impose a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation, payable to the department.

3. Each violation of this article shall be deemed a separate offense.

4. Unless otherwise provided under this article, all fees, fines and penalties collected under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the licensing examinations services account established pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-seven-aa of the state finance law.


Last modified: February 3, 2019