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(a) Ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, any enterprise, concessionaire, operator or person that voluntarily violates any of the provisions of this chapter, omits, neglects or refuses to obey, observe or comply with any of the rules or decision made by the Tourism Company, fails to comply with a judgment [from] any court, incites, helps violate, omits, neglects or fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor publishable with a maximum fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000), at the discretion of the trial court.\n(b) Ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, any enterprise, concessionaire, operator that travels within a tourist transportation area or picks up passengers within said tourist transportation area to offer tourist ground transportation services, as defined in this chapter, without the franchise, authorization or license duly issued by the Tourism Company, except when entering said tourist transportation area to drop off passengers it had picked up out of the tourist transportation areas shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the

transportation area to drop off passengers it had picked up out of the tourist transportation areas shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\n(c) Ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, any operator who operates his authorized vehicle with an altered meter, shall incur a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\n(d) Ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, any person who sells, installs, repairs or adjusts a taximeter without being duly authorized by the Tourism Company shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\n(e) Ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, any enterprise that alters a taximeter so that it shows an amount different from the one according to the traveled mileage, to be paid by the user, pursuant to the regulations approved by the Tourism Company shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\nAny

ser, pursuant to the regulations approved by the Tourism Company shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the trial court.\nAny action against an enterprise, concessionaire, operator or person under the provisions of this chapter does not hinder the Tourism Company from taking any other additional action authorized by it.\nHistory —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 33, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.