(a) A person found by a court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to a claim initiated by a prosecuting authority, to have violated any provision of section 1102¹ shall be subject to civil penalties of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the first violation, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the second violation and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each subsequent violation. The penalty shall be paid to the prosecuting authority to be used to defray the operating expenses of investigating and prosecuting violations of this article. The court may also award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prosecuting authority.

(b) If a prosecuting authority has probable cause to believe that a person has violated this section, nothing in this clause shall be construed to prohibit the prosecuting authority and the person from entering into a written agreement in which that person does not admit or deny the charges but consents to payment of the civil penalty. A consent agreement may not be used in a subsequent civil or criminal proceeding, but notification thereof shall be made to the licensing authority if the person is licensed by a licensing authority of the Commonwealth so that the licensing authority may take appropriate administrative action.

(c) All fines and penalties imposed following a conviction for a violation of this article shall be collected in the manner provided by law and shall be paid in the following manner: