248.7 56 Administrative and civil penalties for violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 -- Forfeiture of cigarettes. (1) The department may revoke the license issued in accordance with KRS 138.195 of any licensee and impose a civil penalty of twenty -five dollars ($25) per violation, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), upon finding a violation by the licensee of KRS 248.752 or 248.754, as applicable. (2) Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in, imported into, or sold or distr ibuted in this Commonwealth in violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 shall be treated as contraband under KRS 138.165 and be subject to seizure and forfeiture. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 138.165, all cigarettes seized and forfeited shall be destro yed. Cigarettes shall be treated as contraband whether the violation of KRS 248.752 or 248.754 is knowing or otherwise. Effective: July 1, 2015 History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 55, sec. 15, effective July 1, 2015. -- Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 4 , effective January 1, 2002.
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