Hawaii § 231-96 - Failure to record transaction.
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§ 231-96. Failure to record transaction.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person doing business under chapter 237, other than casual sales, to conduct any transaction in cash and fail to: (1) Offer a receipt or other record of the transaction; and (2) Maintain a contemporaneously generated record of all business transactions conducted each day, whether handwritten or generated by a manually operated or electronic cash register. Each day a person is in violation of this section shall be treated as a separate violation. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000; provided that if the person is a cash-based business, the fine shall not exceed $2,000. (c) If the person, including a cash-based business, is otherwise in compliance with title 14 at the time of violation of this section, the fine for a violation of this section shall be commensurate with the violation, as determined by the department in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 2009, c 134, pt of §2, §13(3); am L 2011, c 102, §1; am L 2013, c 58, §1 and c 162, §1] Previous Vol04_Ch0201-0257 Next
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What does Hawaii Revised Statutes § 231-96 cover?
Section 231-96 ("Failure to record transaction.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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