Penalties for violating sign posting rules

(a) Any person violating any provision of sections 445-111 to 445-121 shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500, or imprisoned not more than one month, or both. (b) In addition to subsection (a), any person acting knowingly, who is either: (1) Responsible for posting material in violation of section 445-114; or (2) The person organizing the event or the owner or operator of the business advertised on the posted material, shall remove the material within seventy-two hours after receipt of written notice of the posting or seventy-two hours after the date of the event advertised on the posted material, whichever occurs first. Failure to remove the posted material within the time specified shall be punishable by an additional fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200 per posted material, or community service of not less than ten hours nor more than twenty hours, or both. Such additional penalties shall not be imposed unless the person received written notice of the posting or was responsible for posting material in violation of section 445-114.