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urn: urn:us-la:rs:42:28
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breadcrumb: "Title 42 › Chapter 1-A"
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  - { year: 2010, number: 861, section: 23, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2019, number: 340, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Civil penalties

Any member of a public body who knowingly and wilfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars per violation. The member shall be personally liable for the payment of such penalty. A suit to collect such penalty must be instituted within sixty days of the violation.