793.99 PENALTY.
   (a)   Whoever, being a person charged by this chapter with the duty of collecting or paying the taxes imposed by this chapter, willfully fails or refuses to charge and collect or to pay such taxes, or to make return to the Director of Finance as required by this chapter, or to permit the Director of Finance or his or her duly authorized agent, to examine his or her books and other records, in or upon any premises where the same are kept, to the extent necessary to verify any return made or to ascertain and access the tax imposed by this chapter if no return was made, or to maintain and keep such books and records for three years or such lesser or greater time as may be permitted or required by the Director of Finance, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), if an individual, and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), if an organization, subject to the provisions of Sections 606.08 and 606.09 of the General Offenses Code. For a second or subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, if an individual, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) if an organization, subject to the provisions of Sections 606.08 and 606.09 of the General Offenses Code, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
   (b)   Whoever violates Section 793.09 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense and shall thereafter be disqualified from acting in any official capacity whatsoever in connection with the assessment or collection of taxes under this chapter.