Any operator convicted of operating a ski lift or aerial passenger tramway without having obtained and kept in force an insurance policy as required by the Ski Safety Act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day of illegal operation. The attorney general or the district attorney of the county where the ski area is located has the power to bring proceedings in the district court of the county in which the ski area is located to enjoin the operation of any ski lift or tramway being operated without a current insurance policy, in the amounts prescribed herein, being obtained and kept in force and covering the operator concerned. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-16-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 218, § 5; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-28-5, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1997, ch. 211, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, substituted 'having obtained and kept in force' for 'having filed' near the beginning of the section, substituted 'five hundred dollars ($500)' for 'one hundred dollars ($100)' in the first sentence, and substituted 'being obtained and kept in force' for 'being on file' near the end of the e section, substituted 'five hundred dollars ($500)' for 'one hundred dollars ($100)' in the first sentence, and substituted 'being obtained and kept in force' for 'being on file' near the end of the section.
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