All courts of competent jurisdiction within their respective territorial jurisdiction are hereby empowered to hear, try and determine such crimes without indictment and to impose in full the punishments of fines and imprisonments herein prescribed. All violations of this chapter, when reported to the board and duly substantiated by affidavits or other satisfactory evidence, shall be investigated by it, and if the report is found to be true and the evidence substantiated, the board shall report such violations to the Attorney General and request prompt prosecution.Laws, 1973, ch. 471, § 12; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 348, § 12; reenacted without change, Laws, 1991, ch. 318, § 13; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 371, § 13, eff. 7/1/1999; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 406, § 13; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 361, § 13, eff. 7/1/2005.
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