1. A hotel that violates a provision of this title shall receive a
warning notice for the first such violation, detailing the hotel's
requirement to correct the violation within thirty days from the date
the notice is sent. A hotel shall be liable to the state for a civil
penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for the first violation after
receiving a warning and failing to correct the violation within thirty
days and five hundred dollars for any subsequent violation in the same
calendar year. A hearing or opportunity to be heard shall be provided
prior to the assessment of any civil penalty.
2. The department is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of
this title and all monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of
the environmental protection fund established pursuant to section
ninety-two-s of the state finance law.
* NB Effective January 1, 2024