§40-17A-9. Penalty; enforcement.

(a) Any dealer violating this chapter is subject to a penalty of 100 percent of the tax in addition to the tax imposed by Section 40-17A-8. In addition to the tax and penalty imposed, a dealer failing to affix the appropriate stamps, labels, or other indicia is guilty of a Class C felony, and, upon conviction, may be punished as provided in the Alabama Criminal Code. Such penalty shall be cumulative to any other penalty or crime.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the criminal laws of this state, an indictment may be found and filed upon any criminal offense specified in this section, in the proper court within six years after the commission of this offense.

(Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-785, p. 218, §9.)