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SECTION 197
Civil penalty
Labor (LAB) CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE 6
§ 197. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to pay the wages of his
employees or shall differentiate in rate of pay because of protected
class status, as provided in this article, shall forfeit to the people
of the state the sum of five hundred dollars for each such failure, to
be recovered by the commissioner in any legal action necessary,
including administrative action or a civil action.